Kate Baldwin is the author of two books of nonfiction and holds a PhD in comparative literature from Yale. A professor of English and gender studies at Tulane University, she lives in New Orleans with her family. Her work has appeared in Narrative, The Hill, Huffington Post, Truth Out and differences, and has been supported by the Bread Loaf Writers Conference. While at A Studio in the Woods in 2019 she worked on a chapter from this book that addresses motherhood, race, and debt. During her 2025 residency she will be working on a project that explores literary engagements with running, and how bodily movement is historically embedded in our local landscapes and environments. She will be using the residency to complete a chapter on Audubon Park.