Katie Bennett is a writer based in Philadelphia who is interested in time, motherhood, power, and desire. Her first book, She Was Wild Grass, will be released by Brink Books fall 2026. She’s published work in Lit Hub, swamp pink, and The Rumpus and received fellowships from Yaddo, Hedgebrook, and Monson Arts. She runs the reading series Personal Velocity.

She also spent a decade touring North America and Europe with various bands and her songwriting has been featured in Pitchfork, SPIN, Rolling Stone, and NPR.

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