Kate is the author of a novel: Class Notes, which was published under the name Kate Stimpson. She is the founding editor of Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, and edited a book series of 62 titles for the University of Chicago Press. 

She has published over 150 monographs, essays, stories, and reviews; and served as co-editor of the two-volume Library of America edition of the works of Gertrude Stein. With Gilbert Herdt, she edited Critical Terms for the Study of Gender, which was named one of the most significant academic titles (of 2015) by CHOICE. A selection of essays on literature, culture, and education, Where The Meanings Are, appeared in 1988, and was re-issued in 2014.

Kate is finishing a book about Gertrude Stein. She is also working on a collection of essays, which will be edited by Deborah L. Williams. (Be warned – Kate may also be revisiting Harriet Springer: the intrepid protagonist of her novel, Class Notes).