Kate Evans is an award-winning poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

 and prose

Prose

Prose is the most typical form of written language, applying ordinary grammatical structure and natural flow of speech rather than rhythmic structure...

 writer

Writer

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. Her debut novel

Debut novel

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, For the May Queen, was released in 2008 by Vanilla Heart Publishing. Her second novel, Complementary Colors, will be released in 2009.

Her debut poetry

Poetry

Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...

 collection, Like All We Love, was published by Q Press in 2006 and was nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Lambda Literary Award

Lambda Literary Award

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. She is also the author of Negotiating the Self (Routledge, 2002), a nonfiction book about lesbian

Lesbian

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 and gay

Gay

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 teachers.

Her poetry, stories and essays have appeared in more than fifty publications, including the North American Review

North American Review

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, Bellevue Literary Review, Santa Monica Review, and Harrington Lesbian Fiction Quarterly.

She currently teaches at San Jose State University

San José State University

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External links

• Official Site
• http://www.poemeleon.org/kimberly-l-becker-interviews-k