Catherine Jagoe is a poet, essayist, and professional translator based in Madison, Wisconsin. She is the author of the poetry collections Praying to the God of Small Things, Bloodroot, News from the North, and Casting Off. Bloodroot won the 2016 Settlement House American Poetry Prize, the Council for Wisconsin Writers poetry book award, and the Wisconsin Library Association Outstanding Achievement Award. Her nonfiction has received a Pushcart Prize and a citation in Best American Essays. She is a contributor to Wisconsin Public Radio’s Wisconsin Life series.
Contributions to Humans & Nature
- “Praise Song for a Plane Tree,” a poem in Sensoria: Attending to the Wonder and Vitality of Nature (Humans & Nature Press, 2026).
