Jay Deshpande

Author of LOVE THE STRANGER (@YesYesBooks) and THE UMBRIAN SONNETS (@pankmagazine). Teacher @BrooklynPoets and @Columbia. Social worker and psychotherapist.

[Jay Deshpande @jdeshpan]

Applications close this Sunday! If you're looking for a way to deepen your craft and build community, I hope you'll consider joining.

Now entering its 5th year, the MP is a 12-month intensive of classes, reading groups, and individual sessions to help poets develop. Join us!

[Brooklyn Poets @BrooklynPoets]

Final days to apply for our Mentorship Program’s class of 2025, led by @jdeshpan! Apply by November 10th at https://t.co/DRMVN6EU51

[(((David Naimon))) @DavidNaimon]

Happy birthday to one the poets whose work is closest to my heart. And two of the most unforgettable conversations I've had on the show as well.
Runaway: https://t.co/57GYEimoYd
To 2040: https://t.co/mzFAgvkRAp

[Dr. Maya C. Popa @MayaCPopa]

Time for your seasonal Bidart reminder:

[Brooklyn Poets @BrooklynPoets]

Do poets need to care about prosody? Or is it simply the purview of literary scholars, the stuff of academic, bloodless analysis? In this craft lab w/ @jdeshpan, we’ll take a more personal approach to prosody, exploring what it can mean to us and why. https://t.co/AznP0YEtL1

[Brooklyn Poets @BrooklynPoets]

Today! Registration closes at 5pm EST! https://t.co/Z4hNaEZg3h

[Academy of American Poets @POETSorg]

Some days I don’t know if it’s fair of me, built
as I am, a man, unable to carry every inch of an idea

into the future.

—Jay Deshpande
@jdeshpan
#PoemADay

https://t.co/drj9N1dodU

[Jay Deshpande @jdeshpan]

We’ve got a new craft lab headed your way this Sunday— some new ideas about poems, voice, and personhood that I’ve been playing around with for the last year. And there’s still time to sign up!!

[Brooklyn Poets @BrooklynPoets]

Just a few days left to register early for our next craft lab w/ @jdeshpan and save! Register by Apr 9 to save $15, or request financial aid through Apr 14. Members save $25 at any time. https://t.co/K392BbQsQN

[POETRY magazine @poetrymagazine]

for the dark here to carry me
home would be unsettling.

—Jay Deshpande @jdeshpan in the March issue of POETRY.
https://t.co/2FdccGZKTm

[Jay Deshpande @jdeshpan]

This thread; my heart

[Harmony Holiday @Harmony_Holiday]

In a society of people depleted and overworked into various states of delusion, catastrophe and emergency become sought after and addictive stimulants that many never hope to resolve because they are the primary fuel

[Jay Deshpande @jdeshpan]

@tindsaylurner Oh, Lindsay ❤️

[Brooklyn Poets @BrooklynPoets]

Last day to apply for our Mentorship Program's class of 2023! This virtual-only program provides developing writers with 12 months of immersive training in becoming a poet under the sustained guidance of @jdeshpan. https://t.co/6eSVJxYpPK

[Jay Deshpande @jdeshpan]

Applications close ***tomorrow*** for next year's @BrooklynPoets Mentorship Program! If you're ready for a year of digging into craft and building community with poets, send us your work!

[Brooklyn Poets @BrooklynPoets]

Apply to our Mentorship Program! This virtual program provides developing writers with 12 months of immersive training under the guidance of @jdeshpan. We strongly encourage writers from historically underserved and marginalized communities to apply. https://t.co/6eSVJyfsRK

[Jay Deshpande @jdeshpan]

If you're looking for something *wild* to do this weekend... why not send in an application for a year of learning, community, and mentorship? Let's write together!

And don't wait—applications are due 11/6!

[Brooklyn Poets @BrooklynPoets]

We're open for applications for our Mentorship Program's class of 2023! This virtual-only program provides developing writers with 12 months of immersive training in becoming a poet under the sustained guidance of @jdeshpan. https://t.co/6eSVJxXS0c

[Jay Deshpande @jdeshpan]

Four days left to apply!!

[Brooklyn Poets @BrooklynPoets]

We're open for applications for our Mentorship Program's class of 2023! This virtual-only program provides developing writers with 12 months of immersive training in becoming a poet under the sustained guidance of @jdeshpan. https://t.co/6eSVJxXS0c

[Mag Gabbert @mag_gabbert]

I wish it were possible to rly convey this to non-creatives: It’s not just about having enough time to write (or sculpt, or compose, or whatever). It’s about having enough time to quiet your mind first. That part is the hardest.

[Jay Deshpande @jdeshpan]

Tomorrow night! With @AmyRebeccaKlein @grace_wilentz and Sara Berkeley!

[Grace Wilentz @grace_wilentz]

NYC friends, I'll be reading this Friday, October 14th at 7pm in @UnnameableB, Brooklyn with the amazing Amy Klein, @jdeshpan & Sara Berkeley. I can't wait and hope to see you there! Many thanks to @culture_ireland for making this reading possible.

[Jay Deshpande @jdeshpan]

Can't wait to celebrate "Please make me pretty, I don't want to die" with @tawandamulalu and @23cschwartz later this month @mcnallyjackson!