Looking forward to this!
Looking forward to this!
New summer issue
Featuring @1andrewcollard.bsky.social, @katiekemple.bsky.social, @alisonpelegrin.bsky.social, @sambranopoet.bsky.social, @kellyrsamuels.bsky.social, @mhwack.bsky.social, @ellenwelcker.bsky.social, @tracylchandler.bsky.social, @gregory-euclide.bsky.social, @todaysaaron.bsky.social
Grateful to New Verse News for curating this pocket sized poem
Great time reading & signing Big Man at Barnes & Noble, Carmel Mountain.
Check out Katie Kempleβs @katiekemple.bsky.social chapbook, βBig Manβ.
Big Man speaks about Kempleβs fatherβs experience as a public school teacher and a veteran. It is also available as an audiobook on Amazon.
www.amazon.com/Big-Man-Ches...
Those who can, shld donate like crazy. Itβs a very visible form of resistance.
www.npr.org/2025/05/02/n...
Thrilled to have one of my BIG MAN poems on All of It (WNYC) today, βHeart failure as River Styxβ alongside many other wonderful poems in the segment. Big thank you to the producers β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
Thank you for including my poem, βHeart Failure as River Styx.β β€οΈπ Enjoyed hearing so many wonderful poems in this segment!
Free on Sunday? Stop by my launch event for Big Man w/ @chestnutreview
at 1pm PT
This is a reading + generative workshop. I'll read work from the collection, and we'll take breaks to write (...or if you don't want to write, snack break!)
docs.google.com/forms/d/1Ihl...
Latest podcast is out: Get in everyone, we are going to Resistance Summer School!
Thank you to everyone who indicated they would like to take my course on Race, Media and International Affairs 101.
Please fill out this quick interest form to begin to sign up!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
blue background with yellow & gold highlighting. Text: Electric Lit Submissions Call: The Commuter & Personal Narrative. Open 4/21 - 4/27 or until cap is reached. Each capped at 750 submissions. More info on EL's Submittable page
Submissions for The Commuter and Personal Narrative open in one week! Get ready to send us your best. buff.ly/5jrE0YZ
A truly great read & looking forward to the launch!
Big Chapbook weekend. Sign up to attend!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Excited to have an interview & two poems from Big Man in this issue ππ₯°
βFearβ by Charles Simic #nationalpoetrymonth #poetry #poetrymonth2025 #charlessimic
βThe Death of the Ball Turret Gunnerβ by Randall Jarrell #nationalpoetrymonth #poetrymonth2025 #poetry #randalljarrell
βOne Artβ by Elizabeth Bishop. Never get tired of this one π #poetrymonth2025 #nationalpoetrymonth #elizabethbishop
βThe Bean Eatersβ by Gwendolyn Brooks #poetrymonth2025 #gwendolynbrooks #nationalpoetrymonth
Gorgeous cover π
A little Walt Whitman seems right for today. #waltwhi
Congrats, Katie!!
βA Coney Island of the Mindβ by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (poem 14) #poetrymonth2025 #poetry #lawrenceferlinghetti
To celebrate National Poetry Month at @georgiatech Poetry@Tech put up our Pause for Poetry yard signs all over campus @gt_lmc thanks to @expeditionpress for helping to curate our lines @ivanallencollege.bsky.social
βIβm Nobodyβ by Emily Dickinson #poetrymonth2025 #emilydickinson
βHair Poemβ by Bill Knott from the newly re-released classic The Naomi Poems: Corpse and Beans (Black Ocean, 2024) #nationalpoetrymonth2025 #poetrymonth2025 #BillKnottPoetry
Happy Poetry Month! βFirst Figβ by Edna St. Vincent Millay π₯π₯ #ednastvincentmillay #firstfig #nationalpoetrymonth
Such a great show! I loved the poetry trivia.
I nearly died of joy. Denise was so sweet π
Loved seeing @slowdownshow.org at the @laist.com last week. Poems, games, trivia. The best possible intersection of my two passions: poetry + public radio ππ»π
Met the amazing Denise Duhamel last week - Iβve been reading her books for 25+ yrs and thrilled to read her latest releases. ππ€©