Advance Review Copies of TRYING X TRYING are here! Carnegie Mellon University Press did a beautiful job, with front cover art by Melissa Newman and a generous back cover blurb by Erika Meitner.

Book out October 7; pre-orders matter; 🙏

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Really happy to see @publisherswkly.bsky.social
shine a light on Trying x Trying, forthcoming in October:

www.publishersweekly.com/9780887487118

If you'd like a review copy, or are up for course adoption, a class visit, or a reading, get in touch!

@jaleneutsey.bsky.social’s @buttonpoetry.bsky.social
launch yesterday at the Pratt Library was wonderful! thanks to all who came out in person, or tuned in online.

pick up a copy of BUBBLE GUM STADIUM:

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Come launch @jaleneutsey.bsky.social’s
debut poetry chapbook Bubblegum Stadium with me TODAY at 3 pm at the Pratt Library!! It’s a homecoming for him here in Baltimore, and you don’t want to miss hearing him read these poems!

@buttonpoetry.bsky.social
@hopkinsreview.bsky.social

Monday, May 5 at Manor Mill!

Iowa City friends, I hope you can make it to @stevenleyva.bsky.social’s reading at @prairielights.com on Tuesday!

He’s a must-read, must-hear poet, coming to you from Baltimore.

Cover reveal! So thrilled to feature Melissa Newman’s art on the cover of my next book of poetry, TRYING TIMES TRYING, forthcoming from Carnegie Mellon University Press this fall. (Melissa’s piece is called “Hysterical.”)

Jan. 1, 2025: first day as full professor.

Huge thanks to colleagues, friends, and family for their support, camaraderie, advice, and levity.

Photo credit: Will Kirk / Johns Hopkins University