Daniel Lassell
@dlassell.bsky.social
Author of Frame Inside a Frame (Texas Review Press, 2025) | Spit (Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize, 2021) | Ad Spot (Ethel Zine, 2021) | The Emptying Earth (Madhouse Press, 2023) | from Kentucky | he/him
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Daniel Lassell
@dlassell.bsky.social
· Apr 25
Cover reveal! ✨✨✨Created by the amazing Erin Kirk!! My second full-length collection, FRAME INSIDE A FRAME, is now available for pre-order! www.tamupress.com/.../97816......
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Enjoying a snowy #smallpoemsunday with this piece by @dlassell.bsky.social's Frame Inside a Frame.
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November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Enjoying a snowy #smallpoemsunday with this piece by @dlassell.bsky.social's Frame Inside a Frame.
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Super excited to have a review of Daniel Lassell’s FRAME INSIDE A FRAME (Texas Review Press) in the new issue of Diode! A beautiful book full of so much wisdom, friends!
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Infinite Perceptions, Inclusive Poetics
A Review of Daniel Lassell’s Frame Inside a Frame (Texas Review Press, September 2025) by Susan L. Leary The title of Daniel Lassell’s newest collection, Frame Inside a Frame, captures the primary the...
diodepoetry.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Super excited to have a review of Daniel Lassell’s FRAME INSIDE A FRAME (Texas Review Press) in the new issue of Diode! A beautiful book full of so much wisdom, friends!
@dlassell.bsky.social
@diodeeditions.bsky.social
diodepoetry.com/leary_susan-...
@dlassell.bsky.social
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Thrilled to have a new poem out in the newest issue of Sixth Finch! ✨
October 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Thrilled to have a new poem out in the newest issue of Sixth Finch! ✨
Thrilled to be featured on @wfiu.bsky.social's Poets Weave! Listen to me read some poems here: play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...
The Poets Weave
Daniel Lassell is the author of two poetry books:Spit, published by Wheelbarrow Books in 2021, after winning the 2020 Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize; and Frame Inside a Frame published by Texas Review...
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October 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Thrilled to be featured on @wfiu.bsky.social's Poets Weave! Listen to me read some poems here: play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...
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Please join us in congratulating GABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI (@gabbat.bsky.social), NATALIE SHAPERO, and RICHARD SIKEN (@richard-siken.bsky.social) on being longlisted for the 2025 National Book Award!
Congrats to all finalists! Read the full announcement here: https://bit.ly/4ghN3xj
Congrats to all finalists! Read the full announcement here: https://bit.ly/4ghN3xj
2025 National Book Awards Longlist for Poetry
The ten contenders for the National Book Award for Poetry
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September 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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So delighted by this deeply considered book review of Frame Inside a Frame! Grateful to @adroitjournal.bsky.social and Natalie Tombasco! theadroitjournal.org/2025/09/08/a...
A Review of Daniel Lassell’s Frame Inside a Frame
Following his award-winning debut collection, Spit, Daniel Lassell has put forth the revelatory Frame Inside a Frame, published by Texas Review Press this month. Cinematic in its visual composition…
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September 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
So delighted by this deeply considered book review of Frame Inside a Frame! Grateful to @adroitjournal.bsky.social and Natalie Tombasco! theadroitjournal.org/2025/09/08/a...
Find me places in September and beyond! www.daniel-lassell.com/events
September 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Find me places in September and beyond! www.daniel-lassell.com/events
[In the weeks and months leading up to my book’s publication, I want to elevate the people who graciously blurbed my book.]
Who can talk about the poetry of this century without mentioning @richard-siken.bsky.social? [...]
Who can talk about the poetry of this century without mentioning @richard-siken.bsky.social? [...]
August 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
[In the weeks and months leading up to my book’s publication, I want to elevate the people who graciously blurbed my book.]
Who can talk about the poetry of this century without mentioning @richard-siken.bsky.social? [...]
Who can talk about the poetry of this century without mentioning @richard-siken.bsky.social? [...]
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always a treat to get to pub Doug Paul Case, one of my fave poets.
today:
"It’s summertime. There’s no fighting depressed."
https://www.havehashad.com/f9raa
today:
"It’s summertime. There’s no fighting depressed."
https://www.havehashad.com/f9raa
No, Even I by Doug Paul Case
…at this time cannot quite curse the world. —Hart Crane Friends, those few worthies, know to keep close the strawberry macarons known to loosen the lips once known only to part with the driest…
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July 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
always a treat to get to pub Doug Paul Case, one of my fave poets.
today:
"It’s summertime. There’s no fighting depressed."
https://www.havehashad.com/f9raa
today:
"It’s summertime. There’s no fighting depressed."
https://www.havehashad.com/f9raa
[In the weeks and months leading up to my book’s publication, I want to elevate the people who graciously blurbed my book.]
David Shumate’s prose poetry is not a box that a lyric poem has been placed into, but a conveyer for boundless stretching, welcoming readers into it. [...]
David Shumate’s prose poetry is not a box that a lyric poem has been placed into, but a conveyer for boundless stretching, welcoming readers into it. [...]
July 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
[In the weeks and months leading up to my book’s publication, I want to elevate the people who graciously blurbed my book.]
David Shumate’s prose poetry is not a box that a lyric poem has been placed into, but a conveyer for boundless stretching, welcoming readers into it. [...]
David Shumate’s prose poetry is not a box that a lyric poem has been placed into, but a conveyer for boundless stretching, welcoming readers into it. [...]
[In the weeks and months leading up to my book’s publication, I want to elevate the people who graciously blurbed my book.]
I first read Frank Paino’s work when I received his book, Obscura, as a gift for Valentine’s Day. The visceral imagery, [...]
I first read Frank Paino’s work when I received his book, Obscura, as a gift for Valentine’s Day. The visceral imagery, [...]
July 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
[In the weeks and months leading up to my book’s publication, I want to elevate the people who graciously blurbed my book.]
I first read Frank Paino’s work when I received his book, Obscura, as a gift for Valentine’s Day. The visceral imagery, [...]
I first read Frank Paino’s work when I received his book, Obscura, as a gift for Valentine’s Day. The visceral imagery, [...]
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So thrilled the new podcast from the POETRY FOUNDATION - wonderfully titled "Wake, Butterfly," is @gabbat.bsky.social! We'll have THE NEW ECONOMY this fall - be on the lookout. In the meantime, enjoy this wonderful, vulnerable, and assuring invitation: buff.ly/1TCm4yA
Wake, Butterfly: Orb Weaver with Gabrielle Calvocoressi
In the first episode, Gabrielle Calvocoressi invites listeners to make a web.
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July 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
So thrilled the new podcast from the POETRY FOUNDATION - wonderfully titled "Wake, Butterfly," is @gabbat.bsky.social! We'll have THE NEW ECONOMY this fall - be on the lookout. In the meantime, enjoy this wonderful, vulnerable, and assuring invitation: buff.ly/1TCm4yA
[In the weeks and months leading up to my book’s publication, I want to elevate the people who graciously blurbed my book.]
When I first read Geffrey Davis's book, Revising the Storm, I was overcome with the poems’ power. [...]
When I first read Geffrey Davis's book, Revising the Storm, I was overcome with the poems’ power. [...]
July 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
[In the weeks and months leading up to my book’s publication, I want to elevate the people who graciously blurbed my book.]
When I first read Geffrey Davis's book, Revising the Storm, I was overcome with the poems’ power. [...]
When I first read Geffrey Davis's book, Revising the Storm, I was overcome with the poems’ power. [...]
[In the weeks and months leading up to my book’s publication, I want to elevate the people who graciously blurbed my book.]
I first encountered Bone Map by @saraelizaj.bsky.social a few years after its publication—its visceral, honest attention to the natural world struck me as revolutionary.
I first encountered Bone Map by @saraelizaj.bsky.social a few years after its publication—its visceral, honest attention to the natural world struck me as revolutionary.
June 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
[In the weeks and months leading up to my book’s publication, I want to elevate the people who graciously blurbed my book.]
I first encountered Bone Map by @saraelizaj.bsky.social a few years after its publication—its visceral, honest attention to the natural world struck me as revolutionary.
I first encountered Bone Map by @saraelizaj.bsky.social a few years after its publication—its visceral, honest attention to the natural world struck me as revolutionary.
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So happy to see @williamwoolfitt.bsky.social’s poem up today at @poetrydaily.bsky.social !!
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Dry Run Creek
malformed calves foaming at the mouth a creek that bubbles
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June 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
So happy to see @williamwoolfitt.bsky.social’s poem up today at @poetrydaily.bsky.social !!
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[In leading up to my book’s publication, I want to elevate the people who graciously blurbed my book.]
When I first read Ama Codjoe’s Bluest Nude, I was knocked flat. Here was a poet whose first book read like their tenth. […]
When I first read Ama Codjoe’s Bluest Nude, I was knocked flat. Here was a poet whose first book read like their tenth. […]
June 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
[In leading up to my book’s publication, I want to elevate the people who graciously blurbed my book.]
When I first read Ama Codjoe’s Bluest Nude, I was knocked flat. Here was a poet whose first book read like their tenth. […]
When I first read Ama Codjoe’s Bluest Nude, I was knocked flat. Here was a poet whose first book read like their tenth. […]
[Leading up to my book’s publication, I want to elevate the people who graciously blurbed my book]
Part of good poetry creation is an obsessive observance of everyday life. And then there is the observance of human emotions, [...]
Part of good poetry creation is an obsessive observance of everyday life. And then there is the observance of human emotions, [...]
June 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
[Leading up to my book’s publication, I want to elevate the people who graciously blurbed my book]
Part of good poetry creation is an obsessive observance of everyday life. And then there is the observance of human emotions, [...]
Part of good poetry creation is an obsessive observance of everyday life. And then there is the observance of human emotions, [...]
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Cover Reveal!! Thank you to @omnidawn.bsky.social for allowing me to honor my grandparents on the cover of this book! It means so much to me!
May 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Cover Reveal!! Thank you to @omnidawn.bsky.social for allowing me to honor my grandparents on the cover of this book! It means so much to me!
I have a book review of Natalie Tombasco’s Milk for Gall published in the @coloradoreview.bsky.social ’s website! coloradoreview.colostate.edu/reviews/milk...
Milk for Gall - Center for Literary Publishing
$18.95 Buy Book About the Book Author: Natalie Louise TombascoReviewed By: Daniel LassellGenre: PoetryPublisher: Southern Indiana Review PressPublished: 2024Pages: 84 Book ReviewUpon reading Milk for ...
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May 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I have a book review of Natalie Tombasco’s Milk for Gall published in the @coloradoreview.bsky.social ’s website! coloradoreview.colostate.edu/reviews/milk...
The latest issue of the Birmingham Poetry Review is a stunning one! Thrilled to have a new poem in the issue, one that will appear in my forthcoming book, Frame Inside a Frame! ✨
Get a copy from @bham-poetry-review.bsky.social!!
Get a copy from @bham-poetry-review.bsky.social!!
April 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The latest issue of the Birmingham Poetry Review is a stunning one! Thrilled to have a new poem in the issue, one that will appear in my forthcoming book, Frame Inside a Frame! ✨
Get a copy from @bham-poetry-review.bsky.social!!
Get a copy from @bham-poetry-review.bsky.social!!
Cover reveal! ✨✨✨Created by the amazing Erin Kirk!! My second full-length collection, FRAME INSIDE A FRAME, is now available for pre-order! www.tamupress.com/.../97816......
April 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Cover reveal! ✨✨✨Created by the amazing Erin Kirk!! My second full-length collection, FRAME INSIDE A FRAME, is now available for pre-order! www.tamupress.com/.../97816......
The latest issue of Little Free Lit Mag is out! Delighted to have a poem among these other poets! littlefreelitmag.com/issue-3-spri...
Issue 3 Spring 2025 - Little Free Lit Mag
Barbara CrookerListenI want to tell you something. This morningis bright after all the steady rain, and every iris,peony, rose, opens its mouth, rejoicing. I want to say,wake up, open your eyes, there...
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April 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The latest issue of Little Free Lit Mag is out! Delighted to have a poem among these other poets! littlefreelitmag.com/issue-3-spri...
Thrilled to have a poem out in the newest Cortland Review issue! So many incredible writers in this issue — huge thank you to @christiangullette.bsky.social for including me! www.cortlandreview.com/issue-94/dan...
Daniel Lassell The Cortland Review - Issue 93
The Cortland Review - Issue 93
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April 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Thrilled to have a poem out in the newest Cortland Review issue! So many incredible writers in this issue — huge thank you to @christiangullette.bsky.social for including me! www.cortlandreview.com/issue-94/dan...
I’m delighted to have a new interview up at Speaking of Marvels today! Huge thank you to @williamwoolfitt.bsky.social for everything!
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Daniel Lassell
“I’m fascinated with what memory entails and implies — it’s the memories of events we’ve experienced in our lives that comprise our character, and how we interact with the world.” The E…
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March 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I’m delighted to have a new interview up at Speaking of Marvels today! Huge thank you to @williamwoolfitt.bsky.social for everything!
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spkofmarvels.wordpress.com/2025/03/26/d...
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So honored by this beautiful review of Dressing the Bear (@triohousepress.bsky.social) by @dlassell.bsky.social in the new issue of Diode! Thank you, Daniel, for your generous reading of these poems & for noticing all those birds & wings! 💙🙏
Read the review: diodepoetry.com/lassell_dani...
Read the review: diodepoetry.com/lassell_dani...
November 15, 2024 at 4:07 PM
So honored by this beautiful review of Dressing the Bear (@triohousepress.bsky.social) by @dlassell.bsky.social in the new issue of Diode! Thank you, Daniel, for your generous reading of these poems & for noticing all those birds & wings! 💙🙏
Read the review: diodepoetry.com/lassell_dani...
Read the review: diodepoetry.com/lassell_dani...