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Two more days to apply! An enriching opportunity for place-based and environmental writers. Applications for our 2023 conferences close on February 15. ⁠Scholarships available! ⁠#BreadLoaf2023 @ramonaausubel @pam_houston @LadeeHubbard J. Drew Lanham Nathaniel Rich⁠

April Shaw: Take a step back from this poor, ill-advised library decision - VTDigger vtdigger.org/2023/02/23/apr…

"Last together behind his wood shed, / making out against the worn shingles / until his girlfriend tracked us down, gripping // a pitchfork": from "Field Days," 1 of 2 new poems by Kellam Ayres / ronslate.com

Thrilled to share that my debut poetry collection, IN THE CATHEDRAL OF MY UNDOING, won the Barry Spacks Poetry Prize and will be available in 2024! Such gratitude to Gary Soto for selecting my book and to Chryss and David at Gunpowder Press, and congrats to all the finalists. 💛

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“I can’t possibly protect my heart from this world.” —Kellam Ayres, “Backyard” in IN THE CATHEDRAL OF MY UNDOING 💙

This week's Friday review: a debut book of poetry that is very, very good. Half heartbreak, half steel. Highly recommend. goodreads.com/review/show/65… #amreading #amwriting #fridayreads #poetry #theglasschateau Vermont Book Shop Kellam Ayres

Thank you so much NER for the shout out to IN THE CATHEDRAL OF MY UNDOING. This is a fantastic group of new books 💚 Spring 2024 (Part 3) nereview.com/2024/06/13/spr… via New England Review

Many thanks to the The New Yorker for noting my new book, Double Exposure, out from Farrar,Straus&Giroux :

Thrilled to share that In the Cathedral of My Undoing is a finalist for the 2024 New England Book Awards! ✨ Gratitude to New England Independent Booksellers Association for this honor & thanks to Gunpowder Press and The Vermont Bookshop for their support. Huge congrats to all the finalists! 🎉#NewEnglandBookAwards

Thank you to Seven Days and Jim Schley for this generous review of In the Cathedral of My Undoing ✨ A joy to be read and reviewed alongside terrific poets Mary Elder Jacobsen and Alison Prine 💚

Thank you Verse Daily for featuring my poem “Graceland” which first appeared in New England Review ✨💚

Delighted that IN THE CATHEDRAL OF MY UNDOING is a finalist for the 2024 Vermont Book Awards! 🎉✨ Congrats to all the finalists and big thanks to the selection committee, Vermont Humanities, and the Vermont Department of Libraries 💚

Vermont Book Awards Announces Finalists for the State's Most Prestigious Literary Honors buff.ly/S4IbRrJ

Thank you Poetry Daily for featuring my work! 💚