Kami Westhoff, MFA
She/her, Senior Instructor
Office
Location
HU 257
Hours
Wednesdays: 1:15-2:15 (in HU 257 or Zoom)
Thursdays: By appointment on Zoom (email to schedule)
About
Kami Westhoff has taught creative writing and literature at WWU since 2007. She is the author of the short story collection, The Criteria, and four poetry chapbooks: Sacral, winner of the Floating Bridge Chapbook Contest; Sleepwalker, winner of Minerva Rising’s Dare to Be Chapbook Contest; and Your Body a Bullet, a collaboration exploring parasitic relationships with poet Elizabeth Vignali. Her work has appeared in various journals including Booth, Carve, Hippocampus, Fugue, Grist, Passages North, Waxwing, and West Branch. Her work explores trauma, grief, and resilience with a focus on exploring the most unlikely pockets of beauty and grace. She received her BA and MA in Creative Writing from WWU and MFA from University of Massachusetts-Amherst.