folks out here guzzling raw milk are the same people who are morally afraid of sushi

Hurricane Pastoral, a new poetry collection. Sundress Publications, January 2027.

Slaughterhouse for Old Wives’ Tales. Sundress Publications. January 2024.

my high school creating writing teacher wouldn’t let me use the word “ungodly” in a short story & I now like imagine my poetry would straight up startle her eyebrows off

check in! I’ve moved to Ohio where I’ve accepted a fellowship at Kenyon College for the next two years. I’ll work with the inimitable Kenyon Review & teach a class or two. still reading, still writing.

Delighted that the notion of a “best friend” survives in every apocalypse narrative

June's newsletter will include a few memories of Alice Notley, a writing prompt inspired by our devastating loss of Notley and Martha Silano, a few notes on upcoming events and my impending move(s), and a new poem. subscribe (free) here: hannahvwarren.eo.page/subscribe

hi friends! just a little reminder that I have a monthly newsletter with major life updates, writing prompts, and info on signings/readings/goings-on. this newsletter goes out once a month, max. check it out! hannahvwarren.eo.page/subscribe

writers at a coffee shop outside AWP: the robots, they’re gonna take over

Los Angeles Day 1: excellent food, sexually harassed by three men, art museums

the cool thing about hiking alone as a woman is that I try to keep an equal distance between hikers ahead of and behind me so I don’t get kidnapped while also trying to pace myself so I can make a lukewarm attempt at fighting off a mountain lion

absurdly woken up at a Galveston beach campsite by a loud snap that sounded like lightning. no storm? no thunder? birds scatter. grackles hiss. on the beach is a man cracking an Indiana Jones whip at 2am.

In rather large news, I’ve accepted an offer for the Kenyon Review Fellowship! Following in the footsteps of writers like Flannery O’Connor, W.S. Merwin, James Wright, Natalie Shapero, Keith S. Wilson, and Molly McCully Brown, I’ll live in Gambier, OH, where I’ll pursue my own writing projects […]

if my Fulbright were suspended in the middle of the year, I would have been stranded with a lease in Germany and no way to pay it. the Fulbright pays for rent and groceries while people are engaged in deep, life-changing research to make the world better.

absolutely devastating & embarrassing on the global stage. the Fulbright changed my life—told me how cooperation should function. I’d be a different person without it.

I am accepting submissions for my emerging writer series at gay.submittable.com. You should have three publications or fewer and no book contract. Yes, this is a paid opportunity. Guidelines at the link. Plz follow the guidelines.

American friends: please spend 5-10 minutes freezing your credit so no one can fuck up your life in the dumbest way by stealing your identity. it’s free, it’s easy. it’s also easy to unfreeze when you need to buy a car or open a new bank account or whatever. guidance ⬇️ www.usa.gov/credit-freeze

composing an article on the Female Southern Gothic in poetry as a critique of white Christian evangelicalism & watching the boundaries of genre crumble in my own writing as personal history culminates as critical evidence

hi new folks! this is me: - poet with some books - Southern Gothic femmonster - scholar of the grotesque in sf & poetry - German lit translator - from Mississippi, have lived scatterplot in USA & Europe, now in Alabama - naturalist & avid backpacker, hiker, nature-observer

As America burns, I’m experiencing a moment of gratitude and joy—I’ve received a PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant to support my translation of Alexandra Bernhardt’s German poetry. In the dark, we find human connection and make art.

I currently have room in my schedule for a few more freelance clients. Let me know if you or someone you love wants to navigate the perils and joys of a book project together! I work with folks on their novels, poetry collections, grant applications, academic writing, and a few other odds and ends.

For all my friends who have found themselves trying to push back on bullshit happening in their workplace: I wrote you a guide. buttondown.com/ninocipri/ar...

sickness memory! I was hospitalized with pneumonia when I was 6. I didn’t know what pneumonia was so my mom told me I had a bug—a common phrase. But I imagined bugs crawling inside me and started WAILING. I thought I had beetles under my skin. The gentle nurse had to explain viruses to a child.

Slaughterhouse turns one year old today! happy birthday to this grotesque little compilation of trauma & joy

the gym playing Smash Mouth’s All Star is a very specific brand of motivation

hi new folks! this is me: - poet with some books - Southern Gothic femmonster - scholar of the grotesque in sf & poetry - German lit translator - from Mississippi, have lived scatterplot in USA & Europe, now in Alabama - naturalist & avid backpacker, hiker, nature-observer

birds in my snowy yard today: - American goldfinch - ⁠eastern towhee - ⁠song sparrow - ⁠Carolina wren - ⁠chipping sparrow - ⁠brown thrasher - ⁠tufted titmouse - ⁠house finch - ⁠mourning dove - red winged blackbird - ⁠brown headed cowbird - ⁠eastern bluebird - dark eyed junco

Thinking a lot about Jimmy Carter, born a white, rural man in 1924 in a strictly apartheid Georgia and how he became a champion for racial justice and human rights, demonstrating once again that racism, xenophobia, crass and selfish individualism, are always a choice.

friends! I'm writing a critical article on contemporary Southern Gothic women poets, particularly those who embody the female grotesque. I have a big ol stack of poetry collections I love, but I want to make sure I'm not missing any obvious gaps. recommendations? thank you 💚

Shirley Jackson Awards for 2024 works are open for submission. Only publishers can submit! Indie writers: don't be afraid to ask your publisher to submit your eligible works! Details here (scroll down after admiring my name as a 2023 winner): shirleyjacksonawards.org

over the moon to share that Etchings Press chose Slaughterhouse for their 2024 Whirling Prize in Poetry! so grateful to the students & faculty who spent time with this collection ✨

Let’s see you at 21. It’s 2016. I just started at MFA. I’m writing poetry about crows, and I’m very afraid of dying.

Monster theory starter pack! Please recommend other monster theorists—or yourself! Including authors whose work centers monstrosity in some way. go.bsky.app/M6QLJ9t

brb explaining to my german friend the difference in a butt dial and a booty call

this website (no login) is an absolute dream—it helped me find writers & scholars I didn’t know were here! bsky-follow-finder.theo.io

Monster theory starter pack! Please recommend other monster theorists—or yourself! Including authors whose work centers monstrosity in some way. go.bsky.app/M6QLJ9t

Since I didn't yet see one, I made a starter pack for scholars with interests in POETICS & POETRY, LYRIC THEORY, VERSE GENRES, etc. Please share, suggest friends, and/or reply to be added. The more the merrier! go.bsky.app/4fxbKvR

know someone super weird? or generally traumatized by feminine expectations? or who likes dinosaurs? get them this book for christmas.

Dead Girls is in NYT Books!!! And in such incredible company!!!! These books sound so good. Hugely grateful to @gabino.bsky.social for this column, and everything he does to highlight new horror books.

know someone super weird? or generally traumatized by feminine expectations? or who likes dinosaurs? get them this book for christmas.

slaughterhouse in a book club! what a dream!

because the speaker in Slaughterhouse is a paleontologist, I give people dinosaur facts at bookstore signings. I love watching men struggle with their masculinity as they desperately want a dino fact but CANNOT ADMIT IT. anyway. just let yourself have joy.

@therumpus.net starterpack, courtesy of @tlpavlich.gay go.bsky.app/EKs9ZtJ

hey gulf coast babes! I’ll be hanging out for a few hours signing books at Fairhope’s delightful independent bookstore Page & Palette—would love to see you if you’re in the neighborhood!

putting it into the universe that I’m actively seeking a writing residency in Germany or Austria for translation and my own poetry! if anything is on your radar please send my way ✨

Hey all! Pleiades Magazine is now on Bluesky—give us a follow? 🙏🏼✨🦭@pleiadesmag.bsky.social

the only cool kids club I’ve ever cared about go.bsky.app/T6Ad2EH

if it’s your vibe, you can also find me on goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/20... would love if you responded with your book and/or handle!

you ain’t gotta go home for Thanksgiving 🙂

I'm looking for a comprehensive list of writing residencies, perhaps one that's on Google Drive that's updated on the regular? Let me know if you know of one--if not, maybe boost this post to find someone who does? Thanks, friends!