New Jan/Feb 2026 issue of POETRY Mag comes out digitally on Monday. I curated a folio of Frank X Walker’s poetry for the issue at his request. It has 14 of his poems, a gorgeous essay about X and the Affrilachian Poets, and an introductory essay by me. I hope you’ll read when it’s available.

A poem it feels made for me: West Marin, Oakland, persimmons, and the cliff edge! Beautiful, glad I got to read it this morning.

Thanks to @thebaffler.com for publishing “Pt. Reyes,” a poem about love and microdosing with friends it’s drawn from ATRIA, out next month w/ @liveright.bsky.social @wwnorton.com

“I’m honored to be your ancestor and believe that disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”

Was invited to contribute to the Quarter Mark on significant moments of the first 25 years of this century. With thanks to DB and Rinaldo Walcott for reading and thinking with me. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

One of my visual poems from "Classic Crimes," done with embroidery. I didn't promote my book, which came out late May, because of some awful personal stuff that hopefully someday will end. ANYWAY, if you're so inclined & buy my book I will happily send you a collage postcard to thank you. You pick.

There's nothing we love more than to see independent bookstores thriving. Indie bookstores are essential community hubs and foster a love of reading that is unmatched, and we're proud to be part of the movement that keeps them in business. www.fastcompany.com/91461983/ind...

New website/logo for The Rumpus! therumpus.net I hope you check it out!

Loved serving on this committee, and love this list

“Readers should expect to be delighted by a poet who touches subtly yet incisively on the friction between the different selves we become, moving between languages and nations.” Luis Torres reviews @brentameneyro.bsky.social’s A Face Out of Clay (@upcolorado.bsky.social). ➡️ buff.ly/nN3yWd5

Black Beans by Essex Hemphill

The talented writer Luis Torres wrote a beautiful review of my book for @therumpus.net - thank you to Luis and to the editors at The Rumpus

I absolutely loved Anney Bolgiano's "Flat-Pack," a chapbook that @eldiagram.bsky.social published a couple years back. Anney combines IKEA visual instructions with rearrangements of Marcus Aurelius. It's marvellous.

Won this year’s CP Cavafy Prize poetryinternationalonline.com/cavafy-prize/

ARCs for ONE MOMENT are in, & they’re beautiful. If you write about poetry for a print or online outlet, I’d love to get one to you. Just write to [email protected] with your address & possible venue for the review / interview / etc. I love these poems so much.

may I recommend writing a book review? it's fast, it's useful, it's a good thing to do. if it's an academic review, just look up the book review editor for a journal where you'd like to publish and pitch a review of a book that came out in the last few years or is forthcoming

Join us for a performance lecture by poet, artist, and CUNY Graduate Center alum Ronaldo V. Wilson embodying form and place through language, dance, song, and video. Introduced by poet and artist @waynekoestenbaum.bsky.social centerforthehumanities.org/event/still-... @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

Art and book criticism is a dying genre. Without it, great art will suffer since it will be buried by flavorless frictionless products favored by algorithms. There needs to be more support and outlets for criticism obviously but PhD and MFA programs too could do more to teach and support criticism.

still true 📚

snow wished to write his thoughts

Study of Sorrow: Translations of Song dynasty poets by Shangyang Fang, published by Copper Canyon Press

The sands of time had no counselor. Two collaged versions of a found aphorism. The one on the left is in my book "Classic Crimes," from @sarabandebooks.bsky.social. (The one on the right is in a pile of collages somewhere.)

Two of our giants of poetry--Charles Wright & Mark Strand,conferring in,& toasting,the late light. Masters of the line,masters of the image--(& if Merwin & Simic had been there that Oct 9,2014,you'd basically have the corner on the"deep image"in the mid 20th C).We miss Mark, gone 11 years. Read him.

Literally buying one copy of a book at your local indie bookstore can mean the difference in whether they buy future books from that author.

I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.

New York City helped my mother become the artist she is today. The next generation deserves a City Hall that lifts up tomorrow's artists as well.

Pleased to share I’ve received an Individual Artist Grant from New York State Council for the Arts

Pleased to share I’ve received an Individual Artist Grant from New York State Council for the Arts

sleigh-bells bent down bristling with a forlorn note Many thanks for @amsterdamreview.bsky.social for nominating "when the ponds were new" for Best of the Net. The poem is a visual erasure using a page of Walden.

bringing this statement over from Alice’s Twitter. it appears the below was Alice’s last post before passing. I am heartbroken

Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated

I am gutted to learn of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social (Alice Wong’s) passing. She was always a warm friend, a wonderful spirit, and someone who fostered my own growth. She helped me see that, as a #disabled person with chronic illness, I matter—I am whole. I’ll be posting some of Alice’s work. ❤️ forever

We're thrilled to announce the Pegasus Poetry Book Prize, recognizing a US poet aged 40 or older for their first or second poetry collection. In addition to publication by Graywolf, the awardee will receive $10,000 from the Poetry Foundation. www.poetryfoundation.org/awards/poetr...

My lyric essay “Low Poetics: On Cubism, Disability, and Verse” in @lithub.com.web.brid.gy lithub.com/low-poetics-...

5 Poems in @vqr.bsky.social www.vqronline.org/people/d-s-w...

Thank you @richardsiken.bsky.social @victoriachang.bsky.social @aracelisxgirmay.bsky.social and Richie for these beautiful endorsements

“Calder” winner of @poetrysociety.org Lucille Medwick Memorial Award poetrysociety.org/award-winner...

“Leaving the Party” in @bostonreview.bsky.social www.bostonreview.net/articles/lea...

“Thirty-three” in @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/books/flash-...

“Likeness” in @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...

ATRIA ( @liveright.bsky.social 2/16/26) is available for preorder bookshop.org/p/books/atri... Interested in writing a review or conducting an interview? Please go to the contact page of my website: www.dswaldman.com A thread of poems from the book, published in @newyorker.com @theatlantic.com ++

ATRIA ( @liveright.bsky.social 2/16/26) is available for preorder bookshop.org/p/books/atri... Interested in writing a review or conducting an interview? Please go to the contact page of my website: www.dswaldman.com A thread of poems from the book, published in @newyorker.com @theatlantic.com ++

Ellen Bryant Voigt—poet and founder of the first low-residency MFA program—transformed American poetry and the way it’s taught. Catherine Barnett, @victoriachang.bsky.social, @cphillipspoet.bsky.social, and @meghanor.bsky.social pay tribute to a singular mentor. yalereview.org/article/trib...

We’re hiring for multiple part-time roles with start dates in January 2026. Learn more about each role and apply at brooklynpoets.org/about/getinv...

📣 NEW RELEASE ALERT! 📣 Boa Editions is thrilled to announce that Aracelis Girmay's new collection of poetry GREEN OF ALL HEADS is out now! We have signed paperbacks and hardcovers for sale on our store in limited supply! Purchase yourself a copy today at boaeditions.org. Spread the word🍃

At a time when other publications are eliminating critics, The New Yorker created this stunning portfolio of portraits of our critics, photographed by Richard Renaldi. Critics can be stars if you believe in what they do. Looking good, my friends and colleagues! www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...