@orchidtierney
Ph.D. | poet | NZ in Ohio | no person is illegal | Essay Press and Calamari Archive author | William P. Rice Associate Professor of English at Kenyon College | Senior Editor Kenyon Review | She/her | BEI Fellow | www.orchidtierney.com
I'm a running a new version of my workshop Reading the Unreasonable College! We will explore strategies to develop poetry-inspired pedagogical practices to foster learning in a period of political uncertainty. Date: March 25, 6-9pm EST on Zoom. To see register, visit: tinyurl.com/3tyjw3wx
Yes! I was thinking of both these ones too!
Perfect! I'll grab a copy.
They can. In this regard, though, I'm thinking more of the poet's memoir, or a memoir that has poetic elements.
Yes! I have a copy of this book. It's superb.
I'm looking for suggestions for experimental and/or hybrid short stories and memoirs. Anything goes. I am looking to expand my knowledge in this area.
above/ground press author spotlights : substack, / @amishtrivedi.bsky.social @orchidtierney.bsky.social @pearlpoet.bsky.social @russellcarisse.bsky.social @mreid.bsky.social @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social ;
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ICYMI: The new book of #Poetry 'pedagogies for the planthroposcene' by #BlackEarthInstitute Fellow Orchid Tierney, was published by the above/ground press.
@orchidtierney.bsky.social is a poet and scholar from Aotearoa-New Zealand
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Rob McLennan got a lovely shout out from Alina Stefanescu as did I. You're a real one, Alina. www.alinastefanescuwriter.com/blog/2025/12...
I love this experimental review on "this abattoir is a college" by Joel Chace in Word for/Word. Thanks Joel for your lovely words for my words. wordforword.info/vol45/Chace....
Thank you Eric Shoemaker for this beautiful review on my book. You really capture my despair of higher education! rhinopoetry.org/reviews/orch...
Amazing.
It's an excellent piece of writing.
Thanks rob!
some above/ground press author activity: RenΓ©e Sarojini Saklikar, Melissa Eleftherion, Orchid Tierney, Juliet Cook, Isabel Sobral Campos, Benjamin Niespodziany + Stan Rogal, / @orchidtierney.bsky.social ;
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Thank you for your kind reading of my book @erikkennedy.com Welcome to the slaughterhouse.
What delightful and insightful reading of my book. Thank you for penetrating analysis. And what a stunning readings of Stephen Oliver and Carin Smeaton's books!
Book cover with abstract body wearing a mortar board, showing organs and symbolic meat
π by #BlackEarthInstitute Fellow @orchidtierney.bsky.social is: "Part poem and part poetβs novel, this abattoir is a college explores the hostile demands that higher education places upon capitalised bodies, upon students and faculty..."
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I forgot to tag the wonderful organisers! @sarabandebooks.bsky.social
I am hosting a poetry zine workshop that explores all things vegetal on Friday, Aug. 8, at 12pm EST. If you or someone you know is interested in plant poetics, feel encourage them to sign up (or sign up yourself). It's free! Sign up here: tinyurl.com/mrf544ju
Please join us for this wonderful reading: www.facebook.com/events/11078...
In which fellow poets are doing amazing work.
In which we walk through the vegetal soundscape.
Sometimes it's about the walking in the vegetal soundscape. That's what pedagogies is all about. π Thanks for reading my weird little lifeforms!
In which Rebecca Hawkes, John Garaets, and I talk about Big Poetry, this abattoir is a college, and MFA programmes. And a minor amendment: "this abattoir is a college" is published by Calamari Press and distributed by Asterism. johngeraets.com/marketplace/
In which my face is a thumbnail.
A set of amazing titles here.
In which rob asks me questions and I answer them. Thanks rob!
Tomorrow night!
A reminder that this event unfolds on Wednesday. It's virtual! It's free!