Katie Prout

Katie Prout received her BA from Kalamazoo College and her MFA from the University of Iowa’s Nonfiction Writing Program. Her writing has appeared in Longreads, Lit Hub, and other publications, and in 2017, her micro chapbook Liner Notes was published with Ghost City Press. She is currently at work on a book about her family’s history with addiction, football, and ghosts.

Going Hungry at the Most Prestigious MFA in America

Katie Prout on Class, Work, and Making Ends Meet in Iowa

October 9, 2018 By Katie Prout

A History of Violence: Walking the Blood-Soaked Shores of Spirit Lake

Rethinking an Early-American Captivity Narrative

March 1, 2017 By Katie Prout

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