Her poetry and prose have appeared in numerous literary journals online and in print, and in several anthologies. She is the author of four full-length poetry collections and five chapbooks. A former English and writing teacher, she now facilitates local writing groups. Her newest full-length collection, Last Evening With All the Versions of Myself, was first finalist in the 2025 Donna Wolf-Palacio Poetry Book Prize and will be published by Finishing Line Press, September 2026. A collaborative ekphrastic chapbook, The Razor Tip of an Arrowhead, fourteen photos by Alex Stolis and poems by Catherine with a few co-written with Alex, is forthcoming from Dos Madres Press in 2026. Arra lives in the Hudson Valley of upstate New York with her partner Alex Stolis and their dog Daisy.