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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.
Sandra Beasley
@SandraBeasley
Vagabond writer. Sushi lover. Sestina nerd. Author of four poetry collections & the memoir Don't Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life. She / Her
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Cup o’bacon breakfast. Maria Zoccola rocking the mic with new poems written especially for Gravy & SFA. This is my kind of spiritually uplifting Sunday morning.
n January 2025, I went to Georgetown University to hear Anne Carson. She had students help one of the pieces "happen" and I thought "How cool, that they can say they shared a stage with Anne Carson." Now they can say, "I shared a stage with a Nobel Prize winner."
This is a daunting time but when folks pack the Chicago Cultural Center to hear Dr. Carla Hayden celebrate the power of libraries & free expression, it lightens my heart. So happy to be in the room for (this 1 week ago) as part of Phi Beta Kappa's 250th anniversary celebrations.
