Kristin Garth

Kristin Garth is a Pushcart, Best of the Net & Rhysling nominated sonnet stalker.  She is a 2020 Best of the Net Finalist. Her sonnets have stalked journals like Glass, Yes, Five:2:One, Luna Luna and more.

She is the author of two micro chapbooks of poetry The Legend of the Were Mer (Thirty West) and Glitter & Guillotines (Hedgehog Poetry Press). In addition, she has authored numerous chapbooks of poetry including Shut Your Eyes, Succubi,  Pink Plastic House, Atheist Barbie (Maverick Duck Press), Golden Ticket (Roaring Junior Press), Shakespeare for Sociopaths, Dewy Decimals (The Hedgehog Poetry Press), The Death of Alice in Wonderland (Alien Buddha Dress), Girlarium (Fahmidan Press), and Sock Slut (Slang Media Lab).

In addition, she has authored two full-length poetry collections Candy Cigarette Womanchild Noir (Hedgehog Poetry Press) and The Stakes (Really Serious Literature). Garth is also the author of three experimental novels — Flutter Southern Gothic Fever Dream, Crow Carriage and The Avalon Hayes Mysteries. With collaborators, she has co-authored three books of poetry, A Victorian Dollhousing Ceremony, Good Girls Games and Pensacola Girls.

She is also the dollhouse architect/editor in chief of Pink Plastic House a tiny journal. When she’s not writing sonnets, she’s photographing her socks for Instagram and her Barbies for the poets of the Pink Plastic House. You can see her sonnets, socks and Barbie photography on Twitter, @lolaandjolie and @pphatinyjournal; Instagram, @kristiningridgarth and @pinkplastichouse. You can also read her editorial poetry column for Pink Plastic House, The Dollhouse Architect’s Digest.

You can watch her perform her poetry and her anxiety monthly with her online poetry perform group Performance Anxiety. She often records poetry performances for Twitter and Instagram as well.