Kathryn Miles

Kathryn Miles is the author of All Standing, which details the miraculous journeys of the famine ship Jeanie Johnston, and Out With Ari, a memoir recounting her year as a canine naturalist. An excerpt of the book was named a Best American Essay by Houghton Mifflin in 2009; two years later, her essay "Killing Laughter" was named a notable essay by the same publication. Since that time, Miles has written about subjects that include Puerto Rican street food, eel poachers, homing pigeons, and lifesavers. Her writing has appeared in publications like Ecotone, Flyway, History Magazine, Outside, and Terrain, where she is also an editorial board members and regular columnist. Kathryn serves as professor of Environmental Writing at Unity College and as part of the faculty for the Chatham University MFA low-residency program. She is editor-in-chief of Hawk & Handsaw: The Journal of Creative Sustainability and a scholar-in-residence for the Maine Humanities Council. She is also an exceptionally messy chef, a reprehensibly lazy gardener, a mediocre sailboat racer, and a clumsy but passionate surfer.