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D.S. Waldman
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Writer | Educator

ATRIA (Liveright/WW Norton, 2026)

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My lyric essay “Low Poetics: On Cubism, Disability, and Verse” in @lithub.com.web.brid.gy

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Low Poetics: On Cubism, Disability, and the Distance Between the Reader and the Poem
Twenty years ago I was in an accident that resulted in the loss of function and feeling in my right hand. I was a child playing ice hockey. A friend’s skate found, somehow, the underside of my wris…
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November 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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My lyric essay “Low Poetics: On Cubism, Disability, and Verse” in @lithub.com.web.brid.gy

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Low Poetics: On Cubism, Disability, and the Distance Between the Reader and the Poem
Twenty years ago I was in an accident that resulted in the loss of function and feeling in my right hand. I was a child playing ice hockey. A friend’s skate found, somehow, the underside of my wris…
lithub.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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5 Poems in @vqr.bsky.social

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November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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5 Poems in @vqr.bsky.social

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November 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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“Calder” winner of @poetrysociety.org Lucille Medwick Memorial Award

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Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
The Poetry Society of America presents a number of prestigious awards each year.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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“Calder” winner of @poetrysociety.org Lucille Medwick Memorial Award

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Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
The Poetry Society of America presents a number of prestigious awards each year.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Thank you @richardsiken.bsky.social @victoriachang.bsky.social @aracelisxgirmay.bsky.social and Richie for these beautiful endorsements
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“Leaving the Party” in @bostonreview.bsky.social

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Leaving the Party - Boston Review
Death was all around him. Maybe you know what this is like, hearing music overlaid with rain. They stop competing after a while.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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“Thirty-three” in @newyorker.com

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“Thirty-Three,” by D. S. Waldman
Could be half my life, I said, could be all of it. Could be a third, Gabby said.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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“Likeness” in @theatlantic.com

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Likeness
A poem for Sunday
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November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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“Leaving the Party” in @bostonreview.bsky.social

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Leaving the Party - Boston Review
Death was all around him. Maybe you know what this is like, hearing music overlaid with rain. They stop competing after a while.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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“Likeness” in @theatlantic.com

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Likeness
A poem for Sunday
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November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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“Thirty-three” in @newyorker.com

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“Thirty-Three,” by D. S. Waldman
Could be half my life, I said, could be all of it. Could be a third, Gabby said.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM