Elaine Equi
@elaineequi.bsky.social
Poet, teacher, lover of pictures. Books include Ripple Effect: New & Selected Poems and The Intangibles (from Coffee House Press).
Big thanks to John Madera @johnmadera.bsky.social for publishing these 5 new ones in Big Other @bigothermag.bsky.social !!
Delighted to publish a marvelous quintet of new poems by Elaine Equi in BIG OTHER today!
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Five Poems, by Elaine Equi
Writing Is Remembering But not remembering the past. It is remembering the future. How do you know a word is right when you know it is? It feels right—but why? Is it because you’ve already w…
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August 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Big thanks to John Madera @johnmadera.bsky.social for publishing these 5 new ones in Big Other @bigothermag.bsky.social !!
We’re reading together to celebrate our new books!
August 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We’re reading together to celebrate our new books!
Huge thanks to David Lehman for featuring my poem "The Manchurian Candidate" on The Best American Poetry blog!!
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"The Manchurian Candidate" [by Elaine Equi]
The Manchurian Candidate Laurence Harvey: he of the glazed eye, who could stay under hypnosis for the length of an entire film. Who turns playing solitaire into a dangerous game. A below the surface k...
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June 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Huge thanks to David Lehman for featuring my poem "The Manchurian Candidate" on The Best American Poetry blog!!
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Terrific review by @jeromesala.bsky.social of Michael Lally’s Say It Again!
Thanks to @robmclennan.bsky.social for publishing my review of Michael Lally's awesome autobio in sonnets in @periodicities.bsky.social.
newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Jerome Sala : Getting It Right: Michael Lally’s Say It Again: An Autobiography in Sonnets, Volume One: The Road Goes Away (the first thirty years) 1942-1972 / @jeromesala.bsky.social ;
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June 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Terrific review by @jeromesala.bsky.social of Michael Lally’s Say It Again!
Thank you Flood Editions for your kind words. Your press is awesome — and ARK is one of my favorite books!
Elaine Equi @elaineequi.bsky.social quotes Ronald Johnson's ARK in this characteristically alert poem responding to Peter Halley's artwork. We recommend Equi's new book, OUT OF THE BLANK, just published by @coffeehousepress.bsky.social
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Spotlight: Peter Halley — The FLAG Art Foundation
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May 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Thank you Flood Editions for your kind words. Your press is awesome — and ARK is one of my favorite books!
Just out -- my interview in Rain Taxi Review! Big thanks to Jim Feast and editor, Eric Lorberer.
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Ecstatic Mundane: An Interview with Elaine Equi
Poet Elaine Equi discusses her new collection Out of the Blank, a vivid examination of how the consumer products we live among are tied to our fantasies, memories, and dreams. Interviewed by Jim Feas...
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May 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Just out -- my interview in Rain Taxi Review! Big thanks to Jim Feast and editor, Eric Lorberer.
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Double Book Party!! Thrilled to read with Vincent Katz and celebrate our two new poetry collections, Out of the Blank, and Daffodil, at The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation on Thursday, April 3rd, at 6 pm.
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Poetry Reading: Elaine Equi and Vincent Katz — MILTON RESNICK AND PAT PASSLOF FOUNDATION
We are proud to present a poetry reading by Elaine Equi and Vincent Katz, in celebration of their latest publications. Thursday, April 3, 2025 Doors: 5:30 pm Reading: 6:00 pm Out of the Blan...
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March 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Double Book Party!! Thrilled to read with Vincent Katz and celebrate our two new poetry collections, Out of the Blank, and Daffodil, at The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation on Thursday, April 3rd, at 6 pm.
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Big thanks to Ben Shields @benshields.bsky.social and @artforum.com for this sparkling review of my new book, Out of the Blank, from @coffeehousepress.bsky.social !
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Blank Verse
Ben Shields reviews Elaine Equi’s latest poetry collection, Out of the Blank (Coffee House Press, 2025).
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March 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Big thanks to Ben Shields @benshields.bsky.social and @artforum.com for this sparkling review of my new book, Out of the Blank, from @coffeehousepress.bsky.social !
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Excited to read with the very cool Geoffrey Nutter at NYU's Lillian Vernon House on Friday, 3/14, at 5 pm! I'll be celebrating my new book, Out of the Blank. Reception and book signing to follow. See page to RSVP
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March 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Excited to read with the very cool Geoffrey Nutter at NYU's Lillian Vernon House on Friday, 3/14, at 5 pm! I'll be celebrating my new book, Out of the Blank. Reception and book signing to follow. See page to RSVP
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Thank you @literaryhub.bsky.social !
@elaineequi.bsky.social on blankness: “As a naturally spacey person, I’m fascinated by how many different kinds of blankness there are.”
Elaine Equi on Blankness, Condensing Verse, and the Joy of Writing Short Poems
Lit Hub is excited to feature another entry in a new series from Poets.org: “enjambments,” a monthly interview series with new and established poets. This month, they spoke to Elaine Eq…
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February 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Thank you @literaryhub.bsky.social !
Thank you to The Academy of American Poets for sharing "The Craft" from my new book of poems, Out of the Blank, from @coffeehousepress.bsky.social !
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February 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Thank you to The Academy of American Poets for sharing "The Craft" from my new book of poems, Out of the Blank, from @coffeehousepress.bsky.social !
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Thanks to The Academy of American Poets for featuring this interview with me about my new book, Out of the Blank, in their enjambments series! Sample poems in author link.
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enjambments interview: Elaine Equi
I’ve been writing poetry for over fifty years and have been inspired by many different styles and movements along the way.
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February 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Thanks to The Academy of American Poets for featuring this interview with me about my new book, Out of the Blank, in their enjambments series! Sample poems in author link.
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Glad my new book is now available! Thank you @coffeehousepress.bsky.social
Elaine Equi's marvelous OUT OF THE BLANK is out in the world. @elaineequi.bsky.social
February 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Glad my new book is now available! Thank you @coffeehousepress.bsky.social
Many thanks to Philly Poetry Chapbook Review for featuring the poem “Slow Chalk” from my new book, Out of the Blank, due out on 2/11 from Coffee House Press !!
“There are several poems about spirituality in my new collection, some more obvious than others.” Read this #poem from @elaineequi.bsky.social’s Out of the Blank from @coffeehousepress.bsky.social. #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity phillychapbookreview.org/book-excerpt...
Book Excerpt: Slow Chalk by Elaine Equi
Read the featured Excerpt Poem of the Month for February 2025, “Slow Chalk” from Out of the Blank by Elaine Equi, along with a few words from the poet.
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February 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Many thanks to Philly Poetry Chapbook Review for featuring the poem “Slow Chalk” from my new book, Out of the Blank, due out on 2/11 from Coffee House Press !!
Thanks to @poetrysociety.org for featuring my poem "Maple" and a short essay on what inspired it!
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Elaine Equi on “Maple”
Poets and translators on their work.
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January 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Thanks to @poetrysociety.org for featuring my poem "Maple" and a short essay on what inspired it!
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Great selection of new work by Jerome!
Thanks to Bill Lessard and Jason Teal for including seven of my latest poems in The Heavy Feather Review @hfr.bsky.social : heavyfeatherreview.org/2025/01/21/s...
Seven Poems from the Future: Jerome Sala
The Last Words of the Replicant, or, Blade Runner Revised “I have tasted flavors of which my fellow replicants have never even dreamed … I have consumed Sweet Mango Pringles in South Koreaand Hawai…
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January 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Great selection of new work by Jerome!
How exciting -- a starred review of my new book from Coffee House Press in Publishers Weekly!! This is the best Friday the 13th ever!
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Out of the Blank by Elaine Equi
The exemplary 12th collection from Equi (The Intangibles) is full of virtuosic wit as the poet takes aim at America’s capitalist...
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December 13, 2024 at 7:17 PM
How exciting -- a starred review of my new book from Coffee House Press in Publishers Weekly!! This is the best Friday the 13th ever!
www.publishersweekly.com/9781566897174
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December 7, 2024 at 7:46 PM
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