K. Alma Peterson
Finnish North American Literature Association
Biographical Information
Kathy Alma Peterson was born in 1949; her parents both grew up in Duluth, and her
mother was intensely proud of being 100% Finnish.
She has a mathematics degree and a minor in Studio Arts from the University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis, and she finished her MFA at Warren Wilson College in
January 2007. She is a poet with works published in journals and periodicals.
Publications
"Transitory Particulates Become I Ching Hexagrams 57 and 59." qarrtsiluni: online literary
magazine. 2/08/2008. http://qarrtsiluni.com/2008/08/02/transitory-particulates/
"Begins the Season of Regret," "Life in Particular," "Growing Season," and "The End: A
Collage of Last Sentences from Novels on My Shelf": Four poems.
www.perihelionreview.com
“Remains” and “Take a Spin Laundromat and Casino”: AUGHT No. 15 (2006)
“Aubade,” “The Finer Points of Disappointment,” “Her Father’s Happy Life,” and
“Sestina For a Lost Friend”: The New Orphic Review: volume 6, no. 1 (Spring 2003)
“The Kiss: A Romantic Clogyrnach”: Say…: Issue #1 (2002)
“The Story of Religion”: Hayden’s Ferry Review: Fall/Winter 2001/2002
“April Gothic”:www.mnartists.org/article.do?rid=157027
“Nearing Night, Early in Spring”: Laurel Poetry Collective (broadside, in collaboration
with artist, Georgia Greeley)
“Cutting Through”: www.mnartists.org/article.do?rid=149542
