We’re kicking off Bernice’s literary lineup this month with Kat Savino, who also has a cat with an awesome name:

Kat Savino holds an MFA from Columbia’s School of the Arts. Her most recent work has appeared in Adrienne: A Poetry Journal of Queer Women, DIAGRAM, and the Los Angeles Review. She was the recipient of A Room of Her Own’s Orlando prize in poetry. She currently lives in Brooklyn with her cat, Oscar the Wilde Grouch.