Keri Stewart (she/her) is the Birding Tourism Columnist at Blinter Magazine.
Her poetry has appeared in The Northeast Coast, Pastel Serenity Zine, and INKWELL, among others. After spending a semester researching lighthouse keeping in the late 1890s and the Scotch Cap Lighthouse incident of 1946, Keri wrote a short story called “122 Feet” that was picked up by Lone Peak Literary Magazine. During her BA in Psychology at UNH, Keri completed a Creative Writing minor, leading her to take on the challenge of completing an MFA in Poetry.
Contact: stewartmkeri@gmail.com
Based in: New England.
Topics of expertise: Birdwatching, poetry, neurodivergence, sustainability, psychology, and eco-tourism.
Languages: English (native), Spanish (upper-level beginner comprehension/reading).
Education: BA in Psychology, MFA (Poetry focus).
When Keri isn’t on assignment, she loves to…: birdwatch, go to the beach, go to concerts, write/read poetry, watch YouTube horror game playthroughs, eat good food, and cuddle with her cat Whimsy.
Favorite trip ever taken: Day trip birdwatching at Rachel Carson Wildlife Refuge.
Favorite cuisine: Thai.
Favorite book: “Temporary” by Hilary Leichter or “Mysteries of Small Houses” by Alice Notley.
Favorite film: “Uptown Girls,” “Jurassic Park,” or “Ginger Snaps.”
Favorite National Park: Acadia National Park.
10 interesting facts about Keri: 1) She had developmentally-advanced art skills as a toddler and at 16 sold a painting of hers in a gallery. 2) From late middle school to early high school, she finished every Duolingo level for Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Italian. 3) She started off writing murder mystery novels in middle school, the first of which being 144 pages. 4) The color scheme of her bedroom is green, brown, and teal to create the feeling of being outside in nature. 5) During her time at UNH, her capstone explored how poetry can improve personal life satisfaction. 6) She is nearly two hours older than her twin, and thus, their zodiac charts are exactly the same except for their rising signs. 7) As a late-diagnosed autistic person, she is interested in breaking outdated stereotypes of what being autistic means and celebrating neurodiversity. 8) Once she gets a passport, the first country she wants to travel to is New Zealand, specifically to go birdwatching at Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne. 9) Regarding fashion, she’s interested in bright pops of color and clothing from the 90s-early 2000s. 10) At the UNH Undergraduate Research Conference, Naked Arts: Creativity Exposed in 2024, she read poems, including ones from her self-published collection “Frolicking on Blackberry Lane.”
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