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Poet. Debut chapbook Big Man (Chestnut Review, 2025) More at katiekemplepoetry.com

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Looking forward to this!

17.07.2025 16:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sixth Finch Sixth Finch: a quarterly online journal of poetry and art. The current issue features poems by Katie Berta, Conor Bracken, Ava Chen, Andrew Collard, Sofia Fall, Kelle Groom, Katie Kemple, W. M. Lobko,...

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

16.07.2025 22:22 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Grateful to New Verse News for curating this pocket sized poem

25.06.2025 15:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Great time reading & signing Big Man at Barnes & Noble, Carmel Mountain.

09.06.2025 23:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Check out Katie Kemple’s @katiekemple.bsky.social chapbook, β€œBig Man”.

Big Man speaks about Kemple’s father’s experience as a public school teacher and a veteran. It is also available as an audiobook on Amazon.

www.amazon.com/Big-Man-Ches...

31.05.2025 22:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump orders end to federal funding for NPR and PBS In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation's primary public broadcasters.

Those who can, shld donate like crazy. It’s a very visible form of resistance.

www.npr.org/2025/05/02/n...

02.05.2025 11:52 πŸ‘ 489 πŸ” 161 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 11

Thrilled to have one of my BIG MAN poems on All of It (WNYC) today, β€œHeart failure as River Styx” alongside many other wonderful poems in the segment. Big thank you to the producers ❀️❀️❀️

30.04.2025 17:10 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for including my poem, β€œHeart Failure as River Styx.” β€οΈπŸ™ Enjoyed hearing so many wonderful poems in this segment!

30.04.2025 17:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Big Man: Chestnut Review Press Chapbook Launch Event with Katie Kemple This event takes place Sunday, 4/27/25 at 1pm PST/4pm ET. The zoom link will be emailed as a reminder on Thursday, 4/24/25.

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...

25.04.2025 20:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Columbia Canceled My Course on Race and Media. I'm Going to Teach It Anyway. This is not a time for media literacy or historical knowledge to be held hostage by institutions bending the knee to authoritarianism.

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...

21.04.2025 19:17 πŸ‘ 5400 πŸ” 1725 πŸ’¬ 101 πŸ“Œ 95
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

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

15.04.2025 16:04 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A truly great read & looking forward to the launch!

15.04.2025 18:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Big Chapbook weekend. Sign up to attend!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

15.04.2025 16:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Excited to have an interview & two poems from Big Man in this issue πŸ’—πŸ₯°

15.04.2025 18:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œFear” by Charles Simic #nationalpoetrymonth #poetry #poetrymonth2025 #charlessimic

10.04.2025 16:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œThe Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” by Randall Jarrell #nationalpoetrymonth #poetrymonth2025 #poetry #randalljarrell

08.04.2025 23:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œOne Art” by Elizabeth Bishop. Never get tired of this one πŸ’™ #poetrymonth2025 #nationalpoetrymonth #elizabethbishop

07.04.2025 23:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œThe Bean Eaters” by Gwendolyn Brooks #poetrymonth2025 #gwendolynbrooks #nationalpoetrymonth

06.04.2025 23:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Gorgeous cover 😍

05.04.2025 23:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A little Walt Whitman seems right for today. #waltwhi

05.04.2025 23:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats, Katie!!

05.04.2025 14:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œA Coney Island of the Mind” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (poem 14) #poetrymonth2025 #poetry #lawrenceferlinghetti

04.04.2025 22:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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

04.04.2025 02:34 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œI’m Nobody” by Emily Dickinson #poetrymonth2025 #emilydickinson

03.04.2025 22:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œHair Poem” by Bill Knott from the newly re-released classic The Naomi Poems: Corpse and Beans (Black Ocean, 2024) #nationalpoetrymonth2025 #poetrymonth2025 #BillKnottPoetry

02.04.2025 23:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Happy Poetry Month! β€œFirst Fig” by Edna St. Vincent Millay πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ #ednastvincentmillay #firstfig #nationalpoetrymonth

02.04.2025 19:29 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Such a great show! I loved the poetry trivia.

01.04.2025 19:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I nearly died of joy. Denise was so sweet πŸ’—

30.03.2025 21:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Loved seeing @slowdownshow.org at the @laist.com last week. Poems, games, trivia. The best possible intersection of my two passions: poetry + public radio πŸ“šπŸ“»πŸ’•

30.03.2025 21:56 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Met the amazing Denise Duhamel last week - I’ve been reading her books for 25+ yrs and thrilled to read her latest releases. πŸ’œπŸ€©

30.03.2025 21:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0