I will have a conversation with Mary Mulholland of Red Door Poets in London on Sunday, September 28th at 1 p.m. EST. We'll do a deep dive into Modern Poetry and to the writing life. The link to sign up is below. Hope to see you there. ❤️

I'll be reading and speaking with Mark Doty via the Poets Corner in a free Zoom event facillitated by Melissa McKinstry, on Sunday, September 14 at 4 pm You can sign up at the link below.

I have four new poems in the just-launched Summer Issue of Blackbird, link below:

"Are you content with all this content," from my forthcoming collection Althea: Poems, coming out in 2027 from Graywolf Press. poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/are-yo...

"Everyone, including the father," in the UK's Poetry Review and forthcoming in my next book, Althea: Poems, from Graywolf Press in 2027. poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/everyo...

"The Black Widow is with Child," from my forthcoming collection, Althea: Poems, from Graywolf Press in 2027.

I feel so lucky today to have a graphic piece in The Rumpus about getting struck by a pellet gun on a busy street in St. Louis, drag, and fierce friendship. therumpus.net/2025/05/08/l...

On 4/17, uncover the incandescent poems of Sylvia Plath with Pulitzer-winning poet Diane Seuss, Plath scholars Heather Clark and Amanda Golden, and Sarah Ruden, author of I Am the Arrow: The Life & Art of Sylvia Plath in Six Poems. RSVP for the free online event: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-greatn...

Great graphic drag memoir from Gabe Montesanti.

What an honor to be included on the longlist for the Griffin Poetry Prize. Excited to see my former student and good friend, Aaron Coleman, on the list as well, and Oksana Maksymchuk, among all the other briliiant writers.

Attention, Swifties! NAR presents: Invisible Strings poetry reading and discussion, a free Zoom event. Register here: uni.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Brilliant and kind Aaron Coleman, poet, translator, former student, and friend. pressblog.uchicago.edu/2024/12/21/r...

Well, cool.

Parade mag fixed my poem from the Taylor Swift anthology. Yippee, it now has an intact final stanza! parade.com/books/best-r...

My lil poem in the Taylor Swift anthology is in Parade magazine today with editor Kristie Daugherty's introduction to the anthology. Never thought I'd see the day...

Congratulations to Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, winner of the National Book Award for Poetry, for Something About Living!

A break from the gloom! Launch reading for Invisible Strings: 113 Poets respond to the songs of Taylor Swift, December 3 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST. Here’s the link to register: writerscenter.org/calendar/tay... Also, pre-order your copy now at www.penguinrandomhouse.com/.../invisibl...

Modern Poetry is out today in paperback. 💋

Friends, if you missed the 11 NOV virtual reading hosted by the New England Poetry Club featuring Aileen Cassinetto, Martha Silano, Diane Seuss, & myself - there is now a recording. I read some poems from CAULBEARER (Black Lawrence Press, 2024) + some new work. www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1-d....

Turned (just a few) favorite reads of 2024 into a holiday gift guide. Books by @cphillipspoet.bsky.social @dseuss.bsky.social @rexchapman.bsky.social @andrewbertaina.bsky.social @annkpowers.bsky.social @paulluikart.bsky.social @taffyakner.bsky.social + more! www.columbiatribune.com/story/entert...

The secret ambition of all lyric poetry is to stop time. —Charles Simic

Another day, another million new people have joined Bluesky! 18M users? 🙂‍↔️ 18M friends 🙂‍↕️

Look for lots of Robert Lowell content from me, like this passage from the initial draft of his National Book Awards acceptance speech for Life Studies.

I'll be in conversation with James Allen Hall on poetry and mental health/healing/enduring on Monday, Nov. 18, at 6 pm EST. Registration link in the comments. 💙

Made me think of you, @dseuss.bsky.social. 🙂

This is still the book I think of when I see your new book. I stole this from my parents shelf when I went to college

From Diane Seuss (@dseuss.bsky.social)'s book Frank: Sonnets: bookshop.org/a/862/978164... #poem #poetry #writers #books #dianeseuss

Rabbit hiding from the rain.

The Non-Catholic cemetery in Rome, resting place of Keats, Shelley, Corso and other poets, is seeking help. Overnight a pine tree fell over some tombs. The Cemetery is currently closed to assess the entity of the damage. Help if you can. All help matters. Thanks and please share! shorturl.at/jXHVF

@dseuss.bsky.social's "Modern Poetry" is a NewYorker "Best Book We Read This Week." newyorker.com/best-books-2024 #DianeSeuss #ModernPoetry

you ever seen a more relatable headline

Bracing and brilliant, yet companionable. I'm so grateful for this work, both the poem and the essay

Alice Notley "The wind in my / hair & the church in my head"

"It was in that hour that I became negatively capable. My life spiraled onward, and duende became my claim to an errant power."

It’s official! The winner of this year’s Adrift contest, selected by @dseuss.bsky.social is Winshen Liu! I can’t wait to work on bringing this book to life. Shout out to my poetry editors and readers @christenkauffman.bsky.social @benkline.bsky.social for helping me through 1200 submissions! 🎉🎉🎉

This is an essay on my poem "Ballad," Keats's notion of Negative Capability, and Lorca's Duende, with a prompt and a link to the original poem. I'm happy to share it with you.

The Kalamazoo Book Arts Center designed a broadside of the first poem in frank: sonnets, and a handmade book with selections from frank, both with linocut art by Shannon Hardy. Link to the full book in the comments. kalbookarts.org/shop/broadsi...

It feels weird to promote anything right now, but if you would like 15 minutes of thinking about something else I'm really proud of this story that came out: therumpus.net/2024/11/04/r... Tw: discusses dementia

One last push: I’m teaching this virtual class via The Carnegie Center on Tuesday, Nov. 12 from 6-8 p.m. We meet via Zoom, the class is very reasonably priced, and you’ll get a start on a couple of new poems. Check out SOUND & SENSE: SONIC PROPERTIES IN POETRY: carnegiecenterlex.org/classes/soni...

If you are struggling, you might find this helpful, as I did. I think I'll read it daily, with my coffee. Two paragraphs from Vaclav Havel. havelcenter.org/2015/05/04/d...

I have found the mss of Ode to the Nightingale and I love #Keats's handwriting. My y's are just like his.

So I'm booking on X (twitter) and migrating here. I haven't explored it yet, but it has to be better than the alternative.