Diane Seuss
@dseuss.bsky.social
Author of Modern Poetry, frank: sonnets, Still Life w Two Dead Peacocks and a Girl, Four-Legged Girl, all from Graywolf Press, and Wolf Lake, White Gown Blown Open (Univ. of Massachusetts Press), Chancellor for Academy of American Poets.
Thank you to Beth Ann Fennelly for this, in Poetry magazine.
A Punk-Rural Aesthetic
Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.
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October 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Thank you to Beth Ann Fennelly for this, in Poetry magazine.
I will have a conversation with Mary Mulholland of Red Door Poets in London on Sunday, September 28th at 1 p.m. EST. We'll do a deep dive into Modern Poetry and to the writing life. The link to sign up is below. Hope to see you there. ❤️
Opening the Door to...Diane Seuss
In the next in our series of online interviews, Mary Mulholland talks to Diane Seuss about her writing life and inspirations.
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September 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I will have a conversation with Mary Mulholland of Red Door Poets in London on Sunday, September 28th at 1 p.m. EST. We'll do a deep dive into Modern Poetry and to the writing life. The link to sign up is below. Hope to see you there. ❤️
I'll be reading and speaking with Mark Doty via the Poets Corner in a free Zoom event facillitated by Melissa McKinstry, on Sunday, September 14 at 4 pm You can sign up at the link below.
Past & Present: In Conversation with Poets I Love with Mark Doty, Diane Seuss, and Melissa McKinstry — The Poets Corner
Mark Doty , Diane Seuss , and Melissa McKinstry will read some of their current poems, as well as poems written in response to poets or poems that they love. In a conversation with our host, Meg W...
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August 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I'll be reading and speaking with Mark Doty via the Poets Corner in a free Zoom event facillitated by Melissa McKinstry, on Sunday, September 14 at 4 pm You can sign up at the link below.
I have four new poems in the just-launched Summer Issue of Blackbird, link below:
Blackbird – An online journal of literature and the arts
An online journal of literature and the arts
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August 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I have four new poems in the just-launched Summer Issue of Blackbird, link below:
"Are you content with all this content," from my forthcoming collection Althea: Poems, coming out in 2027 from Graywolf Press.
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July 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Are you content with all this content," from my forthcoming collection Althea: Poems, coming out in 2027 from Graywolf Press.
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"Everyone, including the father," in the UK's Poetry Review and forthcoming in my next book, Althea: Poems, from Graywolf Press in 2027.
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The Poetry Society
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July 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"Everyone, including the father," in the UK's Poetry Review and forthcoming in my next book, Althea: Poems, from Graywolf Press in 2027.
poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/everyo...
poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/everyo...
"The Black Widow is with Child," from my forthcoming collection, Althea: Poems, from Graywolf Press in 2027.
The Poetry Society
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July 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"The Black Widow is with Child," from my forthcoming collection, Althea: Poems, from Graywolf Press in 2027.
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I feel so lucky today to have a graphic piece in The Rumpus about getting struck by a pellet gun on a busy street in St. Louis, drag, and fierce friendship.
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Long-term Art Project - The Rumpus
She hid out in a bathroom, calling out for her father. She called him "daddy," a term she hadn't used since she was a child.
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May 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I feel so lucky today to have a graphic piece in The Rumpus about getting struck by a pellet gun on a busy street in St. Louis, drag, and fierce friendship.
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Reposted by Diane Seuss
On 4/17, uncover the incandescent poems of Sylvia Plath with Pulitzer-winning poet Diane Seuss, Plath scholars Heather Clark and Amanda Golden, and Sarah Ruden, author of I Am the Arrow: The Life & Art of Sylvia Plath in Six Poems. RSVP for the free online event: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-greatn...
April 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
On 4/17, uncover the incandescent poems of Sylvia Plath with Pulitzer-winning poet Diane Seuss, Plath scholars Heather Clark and Amanda Golden, and Sarah Ruden, author of I Am the Arrow: The Life & Art of Sylvia Plath in Six Poems. RSVP for the free online event: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-greatn...
Great graphic drag memoir from Gabe Montesanti.
Drag Things - Solstice Literary Magazine
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April 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Great graphic drag memoir from Gabe Montesanti.
What an honor to be included on the longlist for the Griffin Poetry Prize. Excited to see my former student and good friend, Aaron Coleman, on the list as well, and Oksana Maksymchuk, among all the other briliiant writers.
2025 Longlist Announcement - Griffin Poetry Prize
The Griffin Poetry Prize is pleased to announce the 2025 Longlist. Judges Nick Laird (Northern Ireland), Anne Michaels (Canada), and Tomasz Różycki (Poland) each read 578 books of poetry, including 47...
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March 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
What an honor to be included on the longlist for the Griffin Poetry Prize. Excited to see my former student and good friend, Aaron Coleman, on the list as well, and Oksana Maksymchuk, among all the other briliiant writers.
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Attention, Swifties! NAR presents: Invisible Strings poetry reading and discussion, a free Zoom event. Register here:
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January 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Attention, Swifties! NAR presents: Invisible Strings poetry reading and discussion, a free Zoom event. Register here:
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Brilliant and kind Aaron Coleman, poet, translator, former student, and friend.
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Read an Interview with Poet and Translator Aaron Coleman – The Chicago Blog
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December 21, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Brilliant and kind Aaron Coleman, poet, translator, former student, and friend.
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Well, cool.
Will You Fall in Love With This Poem? I Did. (Gift Article)
“Romantic Poet,” by Diane Seuss, is one of the best things that our critic A.O. Scott read (and reread) this year.
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December 18, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Well, cool.
Parade mag fixed my poem from the Taylor Swift anthology. Yippee, it now has an intact final stanza!
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Taylor Swift (For)Evermore: 113 Poets Pay Tribute #4
Acclaimed, best-selling poets offer works inspired by Swift.
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December 6, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Parade mag fixed my poem from the Taylor Swift anthology. Yippee, it now has an intact final stanza!
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My lil poem in the Taylor Swift anthology is in Parade magazine today with editor Kristie Daugherty's introduction to the anthology. Never thought I'd see the day...
Taylor Swift (For)Evermore: 113 Poets Pay Tribute #4
Acclaimed, best-selling poets offer works inspired by Swift.
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December 4, 2024 at 1:46 AM
My lil poem in the Taylor Swift anthology is in Parade magazine today with editor Kristie Daugherty's introduction to the anthology. Never thought I'd see the day...
Congratulations to Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, winner of the National Book Award for Poetry, for Something About Living!
November 21, 2024 at 3:04 AM
Congratulations to Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, winner of the National Book Award for Poetry, for Something About Living!
A break from the gloom! Launch reading for Invisible Strings: 113 Poets respond to the songs of Taylor Swift, December 3 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST.
Here’s the link to register: writerscenter.org/calendar/tay...
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Here’s the link to register: writerscenter.org/calendar/tay...
Also, pre-order your copy now at
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Launch Reading: Invisible Strings: 113 Poets respond to the songs of Taylor Swift (Via Zoom) | Hudson Valley Writers Center
Join Jennifer Franklin, Sophia Bannister, and Kristie Frederick Daugherty for the launch reading of Invisible Strings: 113 poets respond to the songs of Taylor Swift, on its publication date! Already ...
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November 19, 2024 at 7:03 PM
A break from the gloom! Launch reading for Invisible Strings: 113 Poets respond to the songs of Taylor Swift, December 3 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST.
Here’s the link to register: writerscenter.org/calendar/tay...
Also, pre-order your copy now at
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/.../invisibl...
Here’s the link to register: writerscenter.org/calendar/tay...
Also, pre-order your copy now at
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/.../invisibl...
Modern Poetry is out today in paperback. 💋
November 19, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Modern Poetry is out today in paperback. 💋