Dr. Joshua Bennett

Writer. Professor at @MIT. Author of Being Property Once Myself, Owed, & The Study of Human Life. @PenguinBooks @Harvard_Press

[Dr. Joshua Bennett @SirJoshBennett]

Glad to have a new poem featured in this week’s @NewYorker

[Poetry Daily @Poetry_Daily]

Today's Feature:

"We" by @SirJoshBennett from Harvard Review 62

Read here:
https://t.co/RslGCTdhGu

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Having fled the Nazis and navigated Princeton’s racial divisions, Albert Einstein fought for the promise of a diverse, meritocratic America—@SirJoshBennett on why we need his optimism today: https://t.co/1UEOUiQ997

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

An MIT literature professor discovered that his students were quietly meeting outside class to write verse. @SirJoshBennett on what this means for the future of AI and why poetry matters in a world ruled by tech:
https://t.co/wfsPbeJucS

[SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026) @NewBlackMan]

"Who ultimately gets to participate—materially, emotionally—in the spoils of American abundance? Whose pain is rendered invisible, subsumed in service of a narrative of national triumph?" -- @SirJoshBennett
https://t.co/xib5wc5WR4

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

An MIT literature professor discovered that his students were quietly meeting outside class to write verse. @SirJoshBennett on what this means for the future of AI and why poetry matters in a world ruled by tech: https://t.co/DuRqvABBPE

[Dr. Joshua Bennett @SirJoshBennett]

@megmcdermott92 Thanks for reading, Megan! And for this thoughtful note as well.

[The Yale Review @yalereview]

"Your journey was a map
of the modern mind’s uncountable transformations"

From "Florida" by @sirjoshbennett, TYR's Poem of the Week.
https://t.co/Ogodo93VJX

[Dr. Joshua Bennett @SirJoshBennett]

@MarvinPoet Thanks for reading, Marvin! And for this generous affirmation of the work as well.

[Marvin Poet 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇯🇲 @MarvinPoet]

Audiobook Love: on a recent 3 hr bike ride through the woods of south Wales, I revisited this beauty. @SirJoshBennett’s poems feel like mini memoirs on fire. This is a book of fearlessness. Big up!

[Dr. Joshua Bennett @SirJoshBennett]

@juliusflemingjr Congratulations, Julius!

[MIT Jameel World Education Lab @mit_jwel]

Check out this excellent profile of @MIT_SHASS @LITatMIT Prof. @SirJoshBennett, a 2023 @mit_jwel Education Innovation grant recipient.

For Bennett's project, he worked with a cohort of high school students to combine archival #research w/ #art making. https://t.co/O7AQoSBxAG

[MIT Open Learning @mitopenlearning]

How does poetry capture the magic of being alive? On this episode of Chalk Radio, @LITatMIT Prof. @SirJoshBennett finds poetic inspiration everywhere: family, musicians, biologists — even Star Trek characters.

🎙️ Listen now: https://t.co/b6GOGsdl2z

[Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture | City of Boston @ArtsinBoston]

7/31: Join us and @HutchinsCenter at The Embrace for a public conversation about art & the politics of public memory w/ @SirJoshBennett & @imaniperry hosted by @brandonmterry. In collab w/ @EmbraceBOS and @FOPG.

FREE and open to all!

RSVP: https://t.co/12qtYNpZLD

[Rain Taxi @RainTaxiReview]

Dig it, @PlacesJournal has published a series of "poems that can be read as maps," curated by G.E. Patterson and featuring poetry by @SirJoshBennett, @aditimachado, Chris Martin, Naomi Shihab Nye, and other terrific writers, see here:
https://t.co/PVc21VgTxX

[Whiting Foundation @WhitingFdn]

Whiting grantees @_catherinelacey, @colsonwhitehead, @victorlavalle, @ben_a_goldfarb, @safiyasinclair, Ilyon Woo, @patevangelista, and @SirJoshBennett are on the @nytimesbooks list of 100 notable books of 2023! https://t.co/g36tvo1bn3

[Millie Guille @MillieGuille]

Amazing to see two ⁦@BloomsburyBooks⁩ titles on the ⁦@Telegraph⁩’s Best Poetry Books of 2023 list! Huge congrats to ⁦@amyacrepoet⁩ for her debut MOTHERSONG, and ⁦@SirJoshBennett⁩ for OWED, published only 3 weeks ago 💫✨💫 https://t.co/K6PS5z7QGy

[Millie Guille @MillieGuille]

It’s publication day for the 9th title in @BloomsburyBooks’ poetry list, the UK edition of OWED by @SirJoshBennett ✨

“A rhapsodic, rigorous poetry collection, which pays homage to everyday Black experience in the U.S.” ~ The New Yorker

[Penguin Random House Audio 🎧 📚 @PRHAudio]

MINOR NOTES, VOLUME 1 edited & introduction by @SirJoshBennett & @jessedmccart, foreword by Tracy K. Smith, and read by Joshua Bennett, Jesse McCarthy, Tracy K. Smith & Full Cast: https://t.co/VpmYhu2SoJ

[Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) @hgse]

Introducing the Black Teacher Archive, an open-access digital portal that opens a new lens on the history of education, on Black history, and on American history.