Poems about things I mistook for love at the time.

Kait Mauro is a painter, photographer, and writer of radically self-sharing letters on Strange Feelings.

Their book of poems, Don’t Flinch, was recently released and is available from online booksellers.

  • β€œA Gaussian blur of slowly becoming safely embodied. Their bold, beautifully textured paintings invite a deeper feeling into of both the light and the darkness inherent in being human.”

  • β€œThere’s something about Kait’s work that draws you in without asking anything of you. It’s abstract, but it helps you feel your own depths, inviting curiosity and a gentler way of being human.”

  • β€œKait’s work carries a piece of their soul, raw and refined in equal measure. Through abstracted landscapesβ€”shape, color, textureβ€”they offer something that is felt as deeply as it is seen.”

  • β€œThey live with a rare kind of authenticity and honesty, and that same truth runs through their work. Their pieces come from the personalβ€”something deeply politicalβ€”and from a rich connection to self and life. Sometimes raw and gestural, sometimes more considered, but always from the soul.”

  • β€œEvolving out of a beautifully raw artistic practice, these works welcome us into their life with clarity, pose, and precision. Through an impressive span of media, Kait Mauro is a singular voice always looking for the next true thing to mirror back to us with openness and grit.