Joseph Kidney
@josephkidney.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Lecturer @Stanford / Early Modern Drama / Renaissance & Reformation / Poetry book DEVOTIONAL FORENSICS (icehouse) March 2025
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🏆 Poetry — @arcpoetry.bsky.social
@josephkidney.bsky.social ’s Gold-winning poem is a surreal, lyrical take on Alberta mythmaking. “All my sorrows cauterized into desire.”
🔗 zurl.co/5FIXF
#NMA25 #CanadianPoetry #ArcPoetry
🏆 Poetry — @arcpoetry.bsky.social
@josephkidney.bsky.social ’s Gold-winning poem is a surreal, lyrical take on Alberta mythmaking. “All my sorrows cauterized into desire.”
🔗 zurl.co/5FIXF
#NMA25 #CanadianPoetry #ArcPoetry
August 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
📚 #NMAReadingList
🏆 Poetry — @arcpoetry.bsky.social
@josephkidney.bsky.social ’s Gold-winning poem is a surreal, lyrical take on Alberta mythmaking. “All my sorrows cauterized into desire.”
🔗 zurl.co/5FIXF
#NMA25 #CanadianPoetry #ArcPoetry
🏆 Poetry — @arcpoetry.bsky.social
@josephkidney.bsky.social ’s Gold-winning poem is a surreal, lyrical take on Alberta mythmaking. “All my sorrows cauterized into desire.”
🔗 zurl.co/5FIXF
#NMA25 #CanadianPoetry #ArcPoetry
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Reading this Wednesday in Calgary at Pages Books with the wonderful @toluini.bsky.social and @josephkidney.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Reading this Wednesday in Calgary at Pages Books with the wonderful @toluini.bsky.social and @josephkidney.bsky.social
TORONTO, JULY 13th. Looking forward very much to reading at J. R. Carpenter's book launch with a fine group of poets.
July 3, 2025 at 4:42 AM
TORONTO, JULY 13th. Looking forward very much to reading at J. R. Carpenter's book launch with a fine group of poets.
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I wrote a review of @josephkidney.bsky.social's Devotional Forensics for @cv2magazine.bsky.social and had a darn good time doing it. read the review here: contemporaryverse2.ca/reviews/devo...
Devotional Forensics – Contemporary Verse 2
contemporaryverse2.ca
July 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I wrote a review of @josephkidney.bsky.social's Devotional Forensics for @cv2magazine.bsky.social and had a darn good time doing it. read the review here: contemporaryverse2.ca/reviews/devo...
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And the #NMA25 Gold award for Poetry goes to @josephkidney.bsky.social for " In Which Alberta Plays the Old West (Not So Much in the Way That Angela Hewitt Plays Bach as in the Way That a Dog Plays Dead)," published in @arcpoetry.bsky.social!
June 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
And the #NMA25 Gold award for Poetry goes to @josephkidney.bsky.social for " In Which Alberta Plays the Old West (Not So Much in the Way That Angela Hewitt Plays Bach as in the Way That a Dog Plays Dead)," published in @arcpoetry.bsky.social!
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woo-hoo! so pleased to see @josephkidney.bsky.social take home the Gold award for Poetry with his poem from @arcpoetry.bsky.social!
And the #NMA25 Gold award for Poetry goes to @josephkidney.bsky.social for " In Which Alberta Plays the Old West (Not So Much in the Way That Angela Hewitt Plays Bach as in the Way That a Dog Plays Dead)," published in @arcpoetry.bsky.social!
June 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
woo-hoo! so pleased to see @josephkidney.bsky.social take home the Gold award for Poetry with his poem from @arcpoetry.bsky.social!
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Congratulations, @josephkidney.bsky.social! We're so thrilled to see our 2024 Poem of the Year Contest winner get recognition in the 48th National Magazine Awards!
And the #NMA25 Gold award for Poetry goes to @josephkidney.bsky.social for " In Which Alberta Plays the Old West (Not So Much in the Way That Angela Hewitt Plays Bach as in the Way That a Dog Plays Dead)," published in @arcpoetry.bsky.social!
June 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Congratulations, @josephkidney.bsky.social! We're so thrilled to see our 2024 Poem of the Year Contest winner get recognition in the 48th National Magazine Awards!
2 weeks from today. Reading at Feldman's in Menlo Park. With @adedayoagarau.bsky.social and Benjamin Libman. Celebrating 2025 books. It will be a nice, good, and edifying time.
June 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
2 weeks from today. Reading at Feldman's in Menlo Park. With @adedayoagarau.bsky.social and Benjamin Libman. Celebrating 2025 books. It will be a nice, good, and edifying time.
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Vancouver book launch @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social with @josephkidney.bsky.social and Dominique Bernier-Cormier. What a memorable night!
May 7, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Vancouver book launch @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social with @josephkidney.bsky.social and Dominique Bernier-Cormier. What a memorable night!
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Huge congrats to our 2024 #PoemOfTheYear Contest winner—@josephkidney.bsky.social's "In Which Alberta Plays the Old West (Not So Much in the Way That Angela Hewitt Plays Bach as in the Way That a Dog Plays Dead)"—for being named a finalist for a National Magazine Award! Go, Joseph!
📜Finalist – Poetry / Poésie
By @josephkidney.bsky.social | @arcpoetry.bsky.social
In Which Alberta Plays the Old West (Not So Much in the Way That Angela Hewitt Plays Bach as in the Way That a Dog Plays Dead)
🔗 zurl.co/2PcUC #NMA25
By @josephkidney.bsky.social | @arcpoetry.bsky.social
In Which Alberta Plays the Old West (Not So Much in the Way That Angela Hewitt Plays Bach as in the Way That a Dog Plays Dead)
🔗 zurl.co/2PcUC #NMA25
May 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Huge congrats to our 2024 #PoemOfTheYear Contest winner—@josephkidney.bsky.social's "In Which Alberta Plays the Old West (Not So Much in the Way That Angela Hewitt Plays Bach as in the Way That a Dog Plays Dead)"—for being named a finalist for a National Magazine Award! Go, Joseph!
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📜Finalist – Poetry / Poésie
By @josephkidney.bsky.social | @arcpoetry.bsky.social
In Which Alberta Plays the Old West (Not So Much in the Way That Angela Hewitt Plays Bach as in the Way That a Dog Plays Dead)
🔗 zurl.co/2PcUC #NMA25
By @josephkidney.bsky.social | @arcpoetry.bsky.social
In Which Alberta Plays the Old West (Not So Much in the Way That Angela Hewitt Plays Bach as in the Way That a Dog Plays Dead)
🔗 zurl.co/2PcUC #NMA25
May 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
📜Finalist – Poetry / Poésie
By @josephkidney.bsky.social | @arcpoetry.bsky.social
In Which Alberta Plays the Old West (Not So Much in the Way That Angela Hewitt Plays Bach as in the Way That a Dog Plays Dead)
🔗 zurl.co/2PcUC #NMA25
By @josephkidney.bsky.social | @arcpoetry.bsky.social
In Which Alberta Plays the Old West (Not So Much in the Way That Angela Hewitt Plays Bach as in the Way That a Dog Plays Dead)
🔗 zurl.co/2PcUC #NMA25
GIBSONS/SUNSHINE COAST. Very excited to read with Dominique Bernier-Cormier and @danielcowper.bsky.social at Reasons to Live Books this Saturday, May 3rd, at 3pm. Come hang out, listen to some poems, buy some books, buy some shirts, and chat. @gooselane.bsky.social @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
GIBSONS/SUNSHINE COAST. Very excited to read with Dominique Bernier-Cormier and @danielcowper.bsky.social at Reasons to Live Books this Saturday, May 3rd, at 3pm. Come hang out, listen to some poems, buy some books, buy some shirts, and chat. @gooselane.bsky.social @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social
VANCOUVER. May 5th: reading with @annaveprinska.bsky.social for a dual launch of our poetry books Devotional Forensics (@gooselane.bsky.social) and Bonememory (u calgary press) at @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social. Feat. as well the great Dominique Bernier-Cormier. Happy to be coming HOME.
April 22, 2025 at 2:48 AM
VANCOUVER. May 5th: reading with @annaveprinska.bsky.social for a dual launch of our poetry books Devotional Forensics (@gooselane.bsky.social) and Bonememory (u calgary press) at @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social. Feat. as well the great Dominique Bernier-Cormier. Happy to be coming HOME.
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These lovelies. Monday March 24 6:30-8 at Flying Books #TO
@jessicajoyhiemstra.bsky.social @gooselane.bsky.social @josephkidney.bsky.social #AmandaMerpaw @palimpsestpress.bsky.social Hosted by Jim Johnstone.
@jessicajoyhiemstra.bsky.social @gooselane.bsky.social @josephkidney.bsky.social #AmandaMerpaw @palimpsestpress.bsky.social Hosted by Jim Johnstone.
March 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
These lovelies. Monday March 24 6:30-8 at Flying Books #TO
@jessicajoyhiemstra.bsky.social @gooselane.bsky.social @josephkidney.bsky.social #AmandaMerpaw @palimpsestpress.bsky.social Hosted by Jim Johnstone.
@jessicajoyhiemstra.bsky.social @gooselane.bsky.social @josephkidney.bsky.social #AmandaMerpaw @palimpsestpress.bsky.social Hosted by Jim Johnstone.
My thanks to The Miramichi Reader and James Dunnigan for an exceedingly generous review of D4 that is smart and beautiful in a way I aspire to be in my personal and creative lives.
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Devotional Forensics by Joseph Kidney
A hallmark of Kidney’s already distinguished early career, Devotional Forensics shows exceptional range.
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March 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
My thanks to The Miramichi Reader and James Dunnigan for an exceedingly generous review of D4 that is smart and beautiful in a way I aspire to be in my personal and creative lives.
miramichireader.ca/2025/03/devo...
miramichireader.ca/2025/03/devo...
Honoured, or should I say Honored, that one of the very best young American poets, Armen Davoudian, had these kind and incisive things to say about my book.
March 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Honoured, or should I say Honored, that one of the very best young American poets, Armen Davoudian, had these kind and incisive things to say about my book.
The legend himself, Ken Babstock, was kind enough to say some nice things about my book. The poems are Astonishing, Painful, Elegant, or A.P.E. for short.
February 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The legend himself, Ken Babstock, was kind enough to say some nice things about my book. The poems are Astonishing, Painful, Elegant, or A.P.E. for short.
Many thanks to the incredible Kayla Czaga for this generous blarb.
February 22, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Many thanks to the incredible Kayla Czaga for this generous blarb.
I am considering cancelling the release of my book because what does one write for if not validation, what is validation if not approval from those you admire, and who do I admire more than Carl Phillips @cphillipspoet.bsky.social who wrote this incredibly generous appreciation of the book...
December 5, 2024 at 10:29 PM
I am considering cancelling the release of my book because what does one write for if not validation, what is validation if not approval from those you admire, and who do I admire more than Carl Phillips @cphillipspoet.bsky.social who wrote this incredibly generous appreciation of the book...
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[Non-election coverage] I’m glad to be joining Joseph Kidney in this reveal of the cover of his debut collection, Devotional Forensics. Editing this striking book has certainly been a highlight of my year. Cover was designed by Julie Scriver for the Goose Lane's icehouse poetry imprint.
November 5, 2024 at 7:53 PM
[Non-election coverage] I’m glad to be joining Joseph Kidney in this reveal of the cover of his debut collection, Devotional Forensics. Editing this striking book has certainly been a highlight of my year. Cover was designed by Julie Scriver for the Goose Lane's icehouse poetry imprint.