Brandon Thurman

poet | ordinary queer | he/him | STRANGE FLESH (@QuarterlyWest, 2018)

[Brandon Thurman @bthurman87]

Y'all! My little chapbook is out in the big ol' world looking for homes!

You can order it directly from the press here: https://t.co/2IefhyqLTF

There's also a limited # on Amazon (more coming!): https://t.co/G5og037ADJ

I'll share some poems from it here over the next few days!

[Open Mouth Literary Center @OMLiterary]

Announcing the opening readers sharing work with Michael Chang @mchangpoet—join us Sunday!

Register here: https://t.co/l4QnlvMgYm

@bthurman87 @_iloveyoudaniel @MariaZoccola

[Gwyn Hill 🌱🌾🌻 @GwynHillPoet]

It's a dream to have my first publication in 3 (!!!) years out today, surrounded by trans joy.

Thank you to @sg_poetry, @petitobjetb, and @ANMLY_LIT for making it a reality. The whole issue is truly stacked! Check it out here: https://t.co/C5kflDmRJK

[Brandon Thurman @bthurman87]

@BayouMag 🙏🙏🙏

[Brandon Thurman @bthurman87]

2022 was a quiet (almost nonexistent) writing year for me. The highlight: seeing one of my poems in @BestNewPoets. (With thanks to @FrontierPoetry for giving this one its first home.)

[Brandon Thurman @bthurman87]

This energy: “I woke with dawn in my mouth and it was spilling all over with birdsong, with flower, with the after moths of thunderstorm and dawn said I’m going to speak to you now, I’m going to rev you up to gaga mode and I said okay, use me…” https://t.co/H9GAyliNE2

[Brandon Thurman @bthurman87]

This is such a special poem to me, and I’m so grateful to @BayouMag for giving it a home. It’s a different kind of poem for me: ode kicked into hyperdrive, pure gaga adoration, darkness shooed aside for just a moment. ✨🧑‍🚀✨

[Brandon Thurman @bthurman87]

Check out the whole issue here: https://t.co/bswoSaLBjn

[Brandon Thurman @bthurman87]

“And God said to Rachel. / And God said to Mary. / He does not say to us. / We are not his chosen grief-birds. / We are just sad.”

[Brandon Thurman @bthurman87]

@elizmuscari This was such a lovely and unexpected bright spot on a dreary Friday. Thank you so much!

[Brandon Thurman @bthurman87]

@MuzzleMagazine @elizmuscari 🙏🙏🙏😭😭😭

[Muzzle Magazine @MuzzleMagazine]

The poem that's been on @elizmuscari's mind:

I might be bending the rules slightly, as I read this a little bit ago, but I want to celebrate a poem by another Ozark poet that I actually read online in Muzzle: Brandon Thurman's poem, "Shed."

1/3

[Brandon Thurman @bthurman87]

@DavidJBauman @thearkint 🙏🙏🙏 thank you so much for spending time with my work and sharing!

[Open Mouth Literary Center @OMLiterary]

Excited to announce that @CTsalazar_ will be joining us on 10/23 for a reading and workshop--sign up here! https://t.co/vLY3oz8GDz

[Brandon Thurman @bthurman87]

@MuzzleMagazine @gaiarajan @SaraFarag Ahhhh thank you so much!! 💖💖💖

[Muzzle Magazine @MuzzleMagazine]

BIG HUGE CONGRATS to contributors @gaiarajan, @bthurman87, and @SaraFarag!

[Brandon Thurman @bthurman87]

Here’s the poem, “New Moon Ceremony,” originally published in @FrontierPoetry, with so many thanks to the editors there for giving it its first home. 🌑 https://t.co/xOK68X7FAn

[Brandon Thurman @bthurman87]

Absolutely gobsmacked to have a poem selected for Best New Poets, alongside so many whose work I love. ✨✨✨

[Best New Poets @BestNewPoets]

We've posted our fifty selections for Best New Poets 2022 at https://t.co/ABUo1hiMJG. Special thanks to guest editor Paula Bohince. Please join us in congratulating these wonderful poets!

[The Arkansas International @thearkint]

We are excited to share our nominations for Best of the Net!

[francisco márquez @femd222]

Happy to have this old, resuscitated poem in the latest issue of @poetrynw alongside so many familiar faces. (Shoutout to @Dalai_Mama_ for helping me with the ending.)