“Katherine Gekker is a master poet. In her book, In Search of Warm Breathing Things, she takes us places surprising and disturbing, tells us things that cannot be said any other way.”

“In spite of the hard truths at its core, In Search of Warm Breathing Things celebrates survival, love, and a keen appreciation for the natural world.”

“Katherine Gekker’s collection is an elegiac sweeping look at life in the middle of chaos and entropy. While exploring the emotional landscapes of being a caretaker of an aging and dying parent and of being a partner in a collapsing alcohol-sodden marriage, Gekker seeks order, control, and catharsis. Through the emotional gauntlet, Gekker wrangles poems that not only process pain and grief, but temper it, transform it into an angry beauty.”