I/O has a cover! This is not a drill! My book has a cover! With art by the magnificent Moyna Flannigan. I’m so excited my poems get to live behind this painting. You can read all about the relationship between the collection and cover here: uapress.com/cover-reveal-i… ✨🌒✨

endless as the sea, not separate, we die a million times a day, we are born a million times, each breath life and death : get up, put on your shoes, get started, someone will finish —Diane Di Prima (1934-2020) poets.org/poet/diane-di-…

“The likelihood that your acts of resistance cannot stop the injustice does not exempt you from acting in what you sincerely and reflectively hold to be the best interests of your community.” ― Susan Sontag, At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches

My new poetry book PINE comes out April 5th, 2021. If you're teaching LGBTQ lit, Southern lit, poetry, cw, or other courses in the spring or next year where you think it might fit, DM me and I'll send you an advanced copy of the book. I'd be happy to Zoom into your courses, too.

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Gail Goepfert Gail Goepfert reviews The Machinery of Grace (Kelsay Books) by Patrice Boyer Claeys on The Bind today! thebind.net/blog/claeys-ma…

Christmas came a little early for me because what a gift it is to share the cover of Mother Body with you all. Forthcoming with Saturnalia Books, March 2021.

Today on The Bind, Mary Ozbolt reviews Witch Doctrine (U Akron Press) by Annah Browning: thebind.net/blog/browning-…

Don't miss @rahkan's review of @andrealongchu's FEMALES (Verso Books) on The Bind: thebind.net/blog/andrea-lo…

New today: Madeleine Wattenberg reviews SAY IT HURTS by @lisasumme (@YesYesBooks): thebind.net/blog/2021/1/22…

Check out my review of @lisasumme's debut collection in preparation for her book launch tomorrow! To quote myself: "Lisa Summe’s debut poetry collection Say It Hurts (YesYes Books, 2021) is a striking examination of the queer intimacy that powerfully reshapes normative scripts."

Today on The Bind, MT Vallarta reviews @kimberlya's : once teeth bones coral : (Belladonna* Series) thebind.net/blog/kimberly-…

This took me quite a while to compile, but here it is: "A Crowd-Sourced List of (Almost 300) 2021 Poetry Collections," now live on Kenyon Review. (Please see my note if you'd like to recommend a title to add.) kenyonreview.org/2021/02/a-crow…

She’s off!!! 🌟💫🌔🚀

New today: Rochelle Hurt discusses & charts various uses of the mouth in franny choi's Soft Science (Alice James Books) thebind.net/blog/franny-ch…

Wow so this is one of those dream reviews, a dreamy amount of attention and care and smartness, plus the inclusion of an ACTUAL CHART. I'm grateful for this Rochelle Hurt, thank you.

Poets: I'm compiling a list again of poetry books for Kenyon Review, for those coming out in 2022. This is an open-ended list, & I’ll continue to add it. Comment below w/your author name, title of book & publisher. I do all this entirely on my own so appreciate your patience (1)