Kim Roberts was editor of Beltway Poetry from its founding in 2000 through its first twenty years of publication. She is the author of seven books of poems, most recently Q&A for the End of the World, a collaboration with Michael Gushue (WordTech Editions, 2025). Roberts co-curates DC Pride Poem-a-Day each June, and co-directs the Pride Poetry Residency at the Arts Club of Washington. She has been the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Humanities DC, and the DC Commission on the Arts, and has been a writer-in-residence at 20 artist colonies and nonprofits. Her second guidebook, The District’s Departed: Walking Tours of DC-Area Cemeteries, will be released by Rivanna Books in Fall 2026. www.kimrobertsmeikle.com