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Poet. Debut chapbook Big Man (Chestnut Review, 2025) More at katiekemplepoetry.com
Looking forward to this!
Come hang out as we launch Wolf Devouring A Wolf: 7/29 7-8 EST Featuring @tara-a-eliot.bsky.social, John Nieves, @katiekemple.bsky.social reading from her Chestnutt Review Chapbook, tinyurl.com/2vtnunku !

I hope to see you there!
Virtual Book Launch: Wolf Devouring A Wolf Devouring A Wolf, Jackleg Press
Join us for the online launch of "Wolf Devouring A Wolf Devouring A Wolf" by Jackleg Press - it's gonna be wild!
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July 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Grateful to New Verse News for curating this pocket sized poem
June 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Great time reading & signing Big Man at Barnes & Noble, Carmel Mountain.
June 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Check out Katie Kemple’s @katiekemple.bsky.social chapbook, “Big Man”.

Big Man speaks about Kemple’s father’s experience as a public school teacher and a veteran. It is also available as an audiobook on Amazon.

www.amazon.com/Big-Man-Ches...
May 31, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Those who can, shld donate like crazy. It’s a very visible form of resistance.

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Trump orders end to federal funding for NPR and PBS
In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation's primary public broadcasters.
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May 2, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Thrilled to have one of my BIG MAN poems on All of It (WNYC) today, “Heart failure as River Styx” alongside many other wonderful poems in the segment. Big thank you to the producers ❤️❤️❤️
Today: The Infatuation's picks for best cinnamon buns; @amandarozon.bsky.social & @verodlv.bsky.social; How #SinnersMovie could impact the film industry; @harrybliss.bsky.social on cartoons, pets, and grief

Live at noon on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org
April 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Free on Sunday? Stop by my launch event for Big Man w/ @chestnutreview
at 1pm PT

This is a reading + generative workshop. I'll read work from the collection, and we'll take breaks to write (...or if you don't want to write, snack break!)

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Big Man: Chestnut Review Press Chapbook Launch Event with Katie Kemple
This event takes place Sunday, 4/27/25 at 1pm PST/4pm ET. The zoom link will be emailed as a reminder on Thursday, 4/24/25.
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April 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Latest podcast is out: Get in everyone, we are going to Resistance Summer School!

Thank you to everyone who indicated they would like to take my course on Race, Media and International Affairs 101.

Please fill out this quick interest form to begin to sign up!
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Columbia Canceled My Course on Race and Media. I'm Going to Teach It Anyway.
This is not a time for media literacy or historical knowledge to be held hostage by institutions bending the knee to authoritarianism.
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April 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Submissions for The Commuter and Personal Narrative open in one week! Get ready to send us your best. buff.ly/5jrE0YZ
April 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A truly great read & looking forward to the launch!
Big Chapbook weekend. Sign up to attend!
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April 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Big Chapbook weekend. Sign up to attend!

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April 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Excited to have an interview & two poems from Big Man in this issue 💗🥰
🌺 Our Spring issue is ready for you! 🌺

Big thanks to our talented contributors!

chestnutreview.com/cr_v6_n4/
April 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
April 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
“The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” by Randall Jarrell #nationalpoetrymonth #poetrymonth2025 #poetry #randalljarrell
April 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
“One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop. Never get tired of this one 💙 #poetrymonth2025 #nationalpoetrymonth #elizabethbishop
April 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
“The Bean Eaters” by Gwendolyn Brooks #poetrymonth2025 #gwendolynbrooks #nationalpoetrymonth
April 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
A little Walt Whitman seems right for today. #waltwhi
April 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
“A Coney Island of the Mind” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (poem 14) #poetrymonth2025 #poetry #lawrenceferlinghetti
April 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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To celebrate National Poetry Month at @georgiatech Poetry@Tech put up our Pause for Poetry yard signs all over campus @gt_lmc thanks to @expeditionpress for helping to curate our lines @ivanallencollege.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
“I’m Nobody” by Emily Dickinson #poetrymonth2025 #emilydickinson
April 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
“Hair Poem” by Bill Knott from the newly re-released classic The Naomi Poems: Corpse and Beans (Black Ocean, 2024) #nationalpoetrymonth2025 #poetrymonth2025 #BillKnottPoetry
April 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Happy Poetry Month! “First Fig” by Edna St. Vincent Millay 🔥🔥 #ednastvincentmillay #firstfig #nationalpoetrymonth
April 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Loved seeing @slowdownshow.org at the @laist.com last week. Poems, games, trivia. The best possible intersection of my two passions: poetry + public radio 📚📻💕
March 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Met the amazing Denise Duhamel last week - I’ve been reading her books for 25+ yrs and thrilled to read her latest releases. 💜🤩
March 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM