VerseCurious

The podcast of new poetry reviews prioritizing debut, LGBTQIA+, BIPOC and women authors. Hosted by Benjamin Landry. Available on all major podcast distributors.

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Bookish People (and Presses):

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Arriving next week: torrin a. greathouse's DEED (@weslpress). Have a listen.

https://t.co/58jEOYWviZ

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@tagreathouse An absolute pleasure to spend time with your work. Congratulations, and enjoy the rollout!

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NEW RELEASE: Ep. 29, a review of greathouse’s DEED (@weslpress), which “makes us want to take in the world, but also to feel & understand it in ways that refuse social restriction. They are the antifascist poems we need in a time of threatening darkness.” https://t.co/58jEOYWviZ

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ICYMI, last week saw the release of this wonderful conversation with poet Jessica Cuello (@jacklegpress) about a shared touchstone book, Deborah Tall's A FAMILY OF STRANGERS (@sarabandebooks), a hybrid of #poetry and #nonfiction. Have a listen! https://t.co/ZmatIKxPXx

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***NEW SERIES: VerseCurious in Conversation***

Kicking off this series, in which poets discuss their shared touchstone books, I talk with @jessacuello about Deborah Tall’s fascinating lyric memoir, A FAMILY OF STRANGERS (@sarabandebooks, 2006).

https://t.co/ZmatIKxi7Z

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@elizabethclarkwessel ‘s excellent NONE OF IT BELONGS TO ME arrived from @gameoverbooks on Saturday. Have a listen to the VerseCurious review over at Apple Podcasts and then consider ordering your copy. Congrats to all involved! https://t.co/f9uBvNTfSN

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Calling all women poets of color! Submissions are now open for the Blessing the Boats Selections 2024!

Learn more and submit your work: https://t.co/oib5mVsNIW

#PoetryCommunity #WomenPoetsOfColor #BlessingTheBoatsSelections #LucilleClifton #PoetrySubmission #BOAEditions

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Now is the perfect time to reflect on the excellent #poetry we have seen so far in 2024 from @copper_canyon_press, @boaeditions, wordworksbooks uiowapress & @gameoverbooks. No doubt, many of these will garner additional awards this year. Have a listen. https://t.co/zVeiXrOcMP

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ICYMI, yesterday saw a new release from VC, Episode 27: Elizabeth Clark Wessel’s NONE OF IT BELONGS TO ME, arriving from @gameoverbooks on 6/15. It’s a great debut collection, and you’ll want to hear all about it. Have a listen! https://t.co/f9uBvNTfSN

[Liz Clark Wessel @lizclarkwessel]

It is an absolutely uncanny pleasure to be read so closely and so well. Thank you so much @VerseCurious

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@lizclarkwessel It was great spending time with your work. Congratulations on publication, and enjoy the rollout.

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Thank you to @VerseCurious and @1BenjaminLandry for the review of @lizclarkwessel 's debut collection, NONE OF IT BELONGS TO ME.

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����📘NEW REVIEW📙📚Episode 27: Elizabeth Clark Wessel’s forthcoming NONE OF IT BELONGS TO ME (@gameoverbooks) “excels at the sort of density that characterizes memorable work.” Listen/subscribe/rate/share https://t.co/f9uBvNTfSN

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OUT YESTERDAY:

Episode 26: Stephanie Choi’s THE LENGEST NEOI (@UIowaPress ). “A #poetry of determination and care.” Listen at Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods.

https://t.co/IHyn3Jwwwp

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New VerseCurious Review!

Episode 26: Stephanie Choi’s THE LENGEST NEOI (@UIowaPress). “A #poetry of determination and care.” Listen at Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods.

https://t.co/IHyn3Jwwwp

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#THETORTUEDPOETSDEPARTMENT

Here are some actual poets, who may or may not be tortured:
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See this Instagram video by @versecuriouspodcast https://t.co/u0JYlLJnWm

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New review over at VerseCurious. Check it out. #NationalPoetryMonth #poetry #poetrycommunity #poems #poetrylovers #PoetryMonth https://t.co/jDu5RyiQ9m @WordWorksEditor

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Were you shaken in Friday’s East Coast #earthquake #earthquakeNY #earthquakenyc? Hear all about Jennifer Richter’s forthcoming DEAR FUTURE (@WordWorksEditor), informed by the Richter Scale of seismic activity. https://t.co/jDu5RyiQ9m