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The Ghost in the Orchard: On Nine Persimmons by @kerryjamesevans.bsky.social NINE PERSIMMONS charts the jagged edges of family, longing, and place, capturing fleeting moments with an honesty that resonates across a lifetime.

Grateful to editors, Christie Hodgen and Ashley Wann newletters_lit for publishing these two poems from Nine Persimmons in the Winter/Spring 2026 issue.

Grateful to John Hennessey and @Commonmag for featuring this new poem, “Smoky” in such great company. April 2026 Poetry Feature #2: Sharon Dolin, Kerry James Evans, Andrew Hudgins, and Maria Terrone

Excerpt: NINE PERSIMMONS by @kerryjamesevans.bsky.social The poems in NINE PERSIMMONS move with the gravity of pilgrimage, their compass set between wandering and witness, as they cross from ballfields and shipyards into the charged realms of myth and ritual.

Incredibly grateful to Nathaniel Perry and the editors at Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review for including three new sonnets in their “Sonnets” issue alongside the work of so many poets I deeply admire.

Nine Persimmons is here. Grateful and honored by the care and commitment of the team at Backwaters/U of Nebraska Press. I could not be happier with how the book has turned out. For those interested in ordering a copy, the press is offering a limited-time 40% discount. Use code 6AS26 at checkout.

News and Reviews featuring Richard Moves Camp, @abdourahmanwaberi.bsky.social, @kerryjamesevans.bsky.social, and more!

Congrats to @kerryjamesevans.bsky.social on his new book Nine Persimmons, available for preorder from the University of Nebraska Press. So happy a couple of these poems lived in our pages first. www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/.../nine-per...

Grateful to see Nine Persimmons included in the Publishers Weekly Spring 2026 poetry preview.

Grateful for the opportunity to speak with Elena Kang of THE PINCH about the forthcoming collection, NINE PERSIMMONS. Interview available here: www.pinchjournal.com/blog-posts/k...

Grateful to have a new poem in New Ohio Review, Issue 36 (Fall 2025): “Questions for the Lord in the Court of Divine Indifference.”

NINE PERSIMMONS (The Backwaters/University of Nebraska Press, March 1, 2026) is now available for preorder: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/the-backwate... If you’re interested in reviewing, teaching, or arranging a reading, please reach out here or through the contact page at www.kerryjamesevans.com.

Grateful to Allison Joseph and the editors at Crab Orchard Review for giving these poems a lovely home.

A couple of new poems forthcoming in the new collection, NINE PERSIMMONS, next spring. Thanks to the editors at APR for giving them a home. And shoutout to Barbara Hamby, who has five stunners in this issue!

Today at 12:10pm! So pumped to talk about freedom and joy in writing sobriety! #awp25 #sobriety @natalielima09.bsky.social @paulhaney.bsky.social @kerryjamesevans.bsky.social

Please join us Friday AWP!! :) Can't wait to hear from the audience <3 "Perspective & Perseverance in Writing Sobriety: Hemingway Is Not the Only Way" 12:10pm-1:25pm, Room 518, Level Two #awp25 @paulhaney.bsky.social @natalielima09.bsky.social @kerryjamesevans.bsky.social @awpwriter.bsky.social