Sandra Beasley

So grateful to @adalimon for her kind words about Made to Explode, my fourth poetry collection, which will be out with @wwnorton on Tuesday, February 9. Less than a week away! Deep breath.

I know the internet gods are fickle and Google could decide at any moment to derail the train but, for now, Blogger just chugs along. That's my roundabout way of mentioning that I made a 2025 post over on Chicks Dig Poetry~ sbeasley.blogspot.com

Super excited to see the great @FountainBkstore in Richmond, VA, pick Silas House's ALL THESE GHOSTS as their book of the year. Big-hearted poems for the win! Working with Silas was a delight for the whole team at @BlairPublisher, where I'm honored to serve as the poetry editor.

ICYMI: If you have a complicated relationship with your family or homeplace, you might consider reading "House of Smoke" by John T Edge, reviewed here: orangeblossomordinary.com/reviews/a-smok…

Alice Wong’s legacy is the political horizon she helped articulate: where disabled knowledge is central & care is a shared commitment—She taught us to name grief/rage without collapsing under them, to celebrate disabled brilliance without ignoring material conditions shaping life

Just sent out an advance reading packet with a knockout array of poems about food. Want a look? My seminar, "An Appetite for the Page," is this Sunday (11/16), 1-4 PM ET online, with the wonderful @blueaisling. Sliding scale fee & a couple of seats left! poetcamp.com/an-appetite-fo…

Last chance to submit for the Wren Poetry Prize, which recognizes a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd poetry collection. Winner receives $1K advance against royalties and gets to work with Blair. No reading fee. Send by Sat, Nov 15—but the portal closes early if we reach 300 submissions first!

Pssst. Got a 1st/2nd/3rd book of poems that needs a good home? Send it my way! I'm the final judge of this year's Wren Poetry Prize for @BlairPublisher. NO reading fee. Get your entry in soon—when we reach 300 submissions, we close the Submittable portal. blair.submittable.com/submit

Looking for book-ish community & convo in August? Join our Politics & Prose Bookstore seminar on contemporary memoir—we're reading at Kiese Laymon's HEAVY, Chloé Cooper Jones's EASY BEAUTY, and Hua Hsu's STAY TRUE. Three Mondays, 6:30-8 PM ET, over Zoom. politics-prose.com/list/online-cl…

Baltimore friends—tonight at 6 PM ET (Monday, 5/19) I'll get to be in conversation with the stellar poet @sdleyva at @TheIvyBookshop to celebrate Leyva's collection, The Opposite of Cruelty (H/T @BlairPublisher). Please join us on the Ivy's patio!

My thanks to ⁦@washingtonian⁩ for this piece! Launch coming tomorrow, 5/17 at 3! washingtonian.com/2025/05/16/a-v…

Dang, forgot to shout out the powerhouse—thank you @Ladiwoods1, for making this happen! You had a flash of inspiration & made it reality. (In the same year that you're putting out a short story collection? Wildly productive.) Let this be the first of many LitBoxes across the DMV!

Only thing better than having my book in a vending machine of DC authors would be if our books were piled in a big heap and you had 15 seconds to manipulate a claw to pick one at random. (LitBox 2.0?) Looking forward to reading this Saturday (5/17)! w/@marthaannetoll & Kyoko Mori

Reader lineup for May 17 in DC! Hope to see you there! ⁦@SandraBeasley⁩ ⁦@marthaannetoll⁩ and Kyoko Mori!

@BarredinDC @TheWharfDC As someone who lives in the neighborhood, I think of that entrance as “quickest way to get to the post office before it closes at 5 PM.” So, yep! A little faster.

Been in DC 18 years, have definitely never used this entrance (because food court locked) to get to L’Enfant Plaza from @TheWharfDC. Is this still faster than taking the official way (7th Street?)

@pswordwoman Chercher is beloved on 9th St NW (Shaw neighborhood)! And Ethiopic at H St & 4th St NE (near Union Market).

What's the best Ethiopian restaurant in DC? I got two days...

@JeffShotts1 @GraywolfPress YEP. So excited for this book!

Harryette Mullen is a legend.

Happy pub day to @sdleyva! The Opposite of Cruelty is a gorgeous collection (and the unboxing video is pretty great as well). Order it here~ blairpub.com/shop/p/the-opp…

Join us this Wednesday at 7pm est for a virtual reading from IN THE TEMPERED DARK: CONTEMPORARY POETS TRANSCENDING ELEGY, published by Black Lawrence Press and edited by Lisa Fay Coutley. #poetry #poetrycommunity #litmag #grief 🔗 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Super Bowl Sunday is all about heroes on the field, but what about off the field? Jason McCourty stars in FARE’s PSA to show how you can be the hero when it matters most. Food allergies don’t wait for the right time—they can happen anywhere. Being prepared can save a life. Watch, share, and help us raise awareness. 💙 #foodallergyawareness #gameday

@_patriciacoral_ @bookcritics I love this news!