Muse Contest Judge: Katherine Durham Oldmixon Garza

Katherine Durham Oldmixon Garza is the author of Life Afterlife / A Book of the Hours, from 3: A Taos Press, 2024, and the chapbook Water Signs (Finishing Line Press, 2009).   She is the director of the Poetry at Round Top Festival, held annually in the rolling hills between Austin and Houston, and has served as a senior poetry editor for Tupelo Quarterly, past president of Austin Poetry Society and as a regular moderator for Texas Book Festival.  She holds a Ph.D. in English (Medieval Literature) from UT-Austin, M.F.A. in Creative Writing from University of New Orleans, and M.A. and B.A. degrees in English from University of Houston.  At historic Huston-Tillotson University in Austin where she taught world literatures, creative writing and language and culture, Katherine is professor emerita.