By Erica Pearson, The Minnesota Star Tribune

Kate Baer tries her best not to give people advice.

But the bestselling poet and author of the new collection “How About Now” does want to share some of what she’s been reminding herself lately.

“I think most of us, when we get into our 40s, we’ve lived enough life to know that we’re so lucky to age and that there’s a lot of people who don’t get that privilege. We don’t get a dress rehearsal for this life. It’s like, this is it,” Baer said. “Whatever you want to do, it’s time to do it now.”

Baer, who lives in rural Pennsylvania with her husband and four kids, knew she wanted to be a writer when she was 8 years old. With her 2020 debut “What Kind of Woman,” her first work of paid writing, she landed atop the New York Times bestseller list for

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