Orchid Tierney
@orchidtierney.bsky.social
Ph.D. | poet | NZ in Ohio | no person is illegal | Essay Press and Calamari Archive author | William P. Rice Associate Professor of English at Kenyon College | Senior Editor Kenyon Review | She/her | BEI Fellow | www.orchidtierney.com
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Word For/Word: A Journal of New Writing (Issue 45, Fall 2025)
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I love this experimental review on "this abattoir is a college" by Joel Chace in Word for/Word. Thanks Joel for your lovely words for my words. wordforword.info/vol45/Chace....
I love this experimental review on "this abattoir is a college" by Joel Chace in Word for/Word. Thanks Joel for your lovely words for my words. wordforword.info/vol45/Chace....
Word For/Word: A Journal of New Writing (Issue 45, Fall 2025)
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November 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I love this experimental review on "this abattoir is a college" by Joel Chace in Word for/Word. Thanks Joel for your lovely words for my words. wordforword.info/vol45/Chace....
Thank you Eric Shoemaker for this beautiful review on my book. You really capture my despair of higher education! rhinopoetry.org/reviews/orch...
REVIEWS — RHINO — This Abattoir is a College by Orchid Tierney - Reviewed by Robert Eric Shoemaker
There are facts we know about systems of higher education, whether we admit them or justify them. Is the modern university “a collage or a college,” a palimpsest of paperwork, nesting dolls of committ...
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November 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Thank you Eric Shoemaker for this beautiful review on my book. You really capture my despair of higher education! rhinopoetry.org/reviews/orch...
Amazing.
It's the end of The Best American Poetry.
I wrote about the forty-year anthology project, poetry’s place in Big Five publishing, and editor David Lehman's culture wars vision of American verse.
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I wrote about the forty-year anthology project, poetry’s place in Big Five publishing, and editor David Lehman's culture wars vision of American verse.
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Good Riddance To ‘The Best American Poetry’ | Defector
When David Lehman, a poet then working as a book critic for Newsweek, proposed the project for The Best American Poetry anthology, he was searching for a national platform. His first anthology project...
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September 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Amazing.
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some above/ground press author activity: Renée Sarojini Saklikar, Melissa Eleftherion, Orchid Tierney, Juliet Cook, Isabel Sobral Campos, Benjamin Niespodziany + Stan Rogal, / @orchidtierney.bsky.social ;
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September 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
some above/ground press author activity: Renée Sarojini Saklikar, Melissa Eleftherion, Orchid Tierney, Juliet Cook, Isabel Sobral Campos, Benjamin Niespodziany + Stan Rogal, / @orchidtierney.bsky.social ;
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Thank you for your kind reading of my book @erikkennedy.com Welcome to the slaughterhouse.
I wrote about new books by @orchidtierney.bsky.social, Stephen Oliver, and Carin Smeaton.
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Workshop for Knitting Slogans of Wellbeing
Erik Kennedy on this abattoir is a college by Orchid Tierney; Poems in Retrospect by Stephen Oliver; Death Goddess Guide to Self Love by Carin Smeaton
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September 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Thank you for your kind reading of my book @erikkennedy.com Welcome to the slaughterhouse.
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📖 by #BlackEarthInstitute Fellow @orchidtierney.bsky.social is: "Part poem and part poet’s novel, this abattoir is a college explores the hostile demands that higher education places upon capitalised bodies, upon students and faculty..."
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August 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
📖 by #BlackEarthInstitute Fellow @orchidtierney.bsky.social is: "Part poem and part poet’s novel, this abattoir is a college explores the hostile demands that higher education places upon capitalised bodies, upon students and faculty..."
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I am hosting a poetry zine workshop that explores all things vegetal on Friday, Aug. 8, at 12pm EST. If you or someone you know is interested in plant poetics, feel encourage them to sign up (or sign up yourself). It's free! Sign up here: tinyurl.com/mrf544ju
Zine Lunch! — SARABANDE BOOKS
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August 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I am hosting a poetry zine workshop that explores all things vegetal on Friday, Aug. 8, at 12pm EST. If you or someone you know is interested in plant poetics, feel encourage them to sign up (or sign up yourself). It's free! Sign up here: tinyurl.com/mrf544ju
Please join us for this wonderful reading: www.facebook.com/events/11078...
Lit Balm: Mary Newell, Orchid Tierney, Rebecca Durham, Jennifer Spector, and Jami Macarty
Event by Lit Balm: An Interactive Livestream Reading Series and 4 others on Saturday, June 28 2025
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June 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Please join us for this wonderful reading: www.facebook.com/events/11078...
In which fellow poets are doing amazing work.
some above/ground press author activity: Orchid Tierney, Ryan Skrabalak, Julie Carr, Elizabeth Robinson, Michael Martin Shea + Melissa Eleftherion, / @apoetlibrarian.bsky.social @orchidtierney.bsky.social ;
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some author activity: Tierney, Skrabalak, Carr, Robinson, Shea + Eleftherion,
Orchid Tierney is the third in the above/ground press author spotlights via the above/ground press substack ; Ryan Skrabalak is interviewed ...
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June 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
In which fellow poets are doing amazing work.
In which we walk through the vegetal soundscape.
I gave some time to "pedagogies for the plathroposcene" by @orchidtierney.bsky.social this morning. All I could do was walk through the soundscape of the poems, but it is beautiful wild music to get a little lost in.
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June 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
In which we walk through the vegetal soundscape.
In which Rebecca Hawkes, John Garaets, and I talk about Big Poetry, this abattoir is a college, and MFA programmes. And a minor amendment: "this abattoir is a college" is published by Calamari Press and distributed by Asterism. johngeraets.com/marketplace/
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June 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
In which Rebecca Hawkes, John Garaets, and I talk about Big Poetry, this abattoir is a college, and MFA programmes. And a minor amendment: "this abattoir is a college" is published by Calamari Press and distributed by Asterism. johngeraets.com/marketplace/
In which my face is a thumbnail.
video from an above/ground press zoom launch : May 28, 2025 : Tierney, Quartermain, Houglum, Doller, Jenks + mclennan / @orchidtierney.bsky.social @tomjenksuk.bsky.social ;
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video from an above/ground press zoom launch : May 28, 2025 : Tierney, Quartermain, Houglum, Doller, Jenks + mclennan
the recording of a recent above/ground press zoom launch is now online : May 28, 2025 : with readings by above/ground press authors Orchid ...
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June 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
In which my face is a thumbnail.
A set of amazing titles here.
new from above/ground press:
Terri Witek, R. Kolewe, Jason Christie, Micah Ballard, Monty Reid, Tom Jenks, Orchid Tierney, Brook Houglum + Meredith Quartermain, / @mreid.bsky.social @tomjenksuk.bsky.social @orchidtierney.bsky.social ;
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Terri Witek, R. Kolewe, Jason Christie, Micah Ballard, Monty Reid, Tom Jenks, Orchid Tierney, Brook Houglum + Meredith Quartermain, / @mreid.bsky.social @tomjenksuk.bsky.social @orchidtierney.bsky.social ;
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June 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
A set of amazing titles here.
In which rob asks me questions and I answer them. Thanks rob!
above/ground press author spotlight #3 : Orchid Tierney / @orchidtierney.bsky.social ;
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May 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
In which rob asks me questions and I answer them. Thanks rob!
Tomorrow night!
tomorrow night! an above/ground press zoom reading w Sandra Doller, Meredith Quartermain, Orchid Tierney, Tom Jenks, Brook Houglum + me too! / @orchidtierney.bsky.social @tomjenksuk.bsky.social ;
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above/ground press zoom launch! Tierney, Quartermain, Houglum, Doller + Jenks, May 28 2025
Check out the above/ground press ZOOM launch we’re doing on Wednesday, May 28, 7pm EDT, with myself reading alongside: Orchid Tierney (OH) M...
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May 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Tomorrow night!
A reminder that this event unfolds on Wednesday. It's virtual! It's free!
above/ground press zoom launch! Tierney, Quartermain, Houglum, Doller + Jenks, May 28 2025 / @tomjenksuk.bsky.social @orchidtierney.bsky.social ;
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above/ground press zoom launch! Tierney, Quartermain, Houglum, Doller + Jenks, May 28 2025
Check out the above/ground press ZOOM launch we’re doing on Wednesday, May 28, 7pm EDT, with myself reading alongside: Orchid Tierney (OH) M...
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May 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A reminder that this event unfolds on Wednesday. It's virtual! It's free!
It's coming up! Please join us for a stellar reading!
above/ground press zoom launch! Tierney, Quartermain, Houglum, Doller + Jenks, May 28 2025 / @tomjenksuk.bsky.social @orchidtierney.bsky.social ;
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above/ground press zoom launch! Tierney, Quartermain, Houglum, Doller + Jenks, May 28 2025
Check out the above/ground press ZOOM launch we’re doing on Wednesday, May 28, 7pm EDT, with myself reading alongside: Orchid Tierney (OH) M...
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May 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
It's coming up! Please join us for a stellar reading!
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an upcoming zoom launch, the ottawa small press book fair, the above/ground press anniversary party + other author (etc) updates,
, in which we discuss many things across these next few weeks,
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, in which we discuss many things across these next few weeks,
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May 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
an upcoming zoom launch, the ottawa small press book fair, the above/ground press anniversary party + other author (etc) updates,
, in which we discuss many things across these next few weeks,
abovegroundpress.substack.com/p/an-upcomin...
, in which we discuss many things across these next few weeks,
abovegroundpress.substack.com/p/an-upcomin...
My new chapbook, "Pedagogies for the Planthroposcene" is available from above/ground press.
To order, send cheques (add $2 for postage; in US, add $3; outside North America, add $7) to: rob mclennan, 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9. E-transfer or PayPal at rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com.
To order, send cheques (add $2 for postage; in US, add $3; outside North America, add $7) to: rob mclennan, 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9. E-transfer or PayPal at rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com.
May 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
My new chapbook, "Pedagogies for the Planthroposcene" is available from above/ground press.
To order, send cheques (add $2 for postage; in US, add $3; outside North America, add $7) to: rob mclennan, 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9. E-transfer or PayPal at rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com.
To order, send cheques (add $2 for postage; in US, add $3; outside North America, add $7) to: rob mclennan, 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9. E-transfer or PayPal at rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com.
Reposted by Orchid Tierney
new from above/ground press: pedagogies for the planthroposcene, by Orchid Tierney / @orchidtierney.bsky.social ;
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new from above/ground press: pedagogies for the planthroposcene, by Orchid Tierney
pedagogies for the planthroposcene Orchid Tierney $5 it’s amazing how fires unfurl strange weathers brown husks carve ...
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May 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
new from above/ground press: pedagogies for the planthroposcene, by Orchid Tierney / @orchidtierney.bsky.social ;
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I am perpetually behind with things, but I want to thank Julia Fiedorczuk and Paweł Piszczatowski for this invitation to talk about my two of my favourite subjects: air and Keri Hulme (and water--so I guess that makes three.) I'm also excited to visit Poland and to test my Polish.
April 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I am perpetually behind with things, but I want to thank Julia Fiedorczuk and Paweł Piszczatowski for this invitation to talk about my two of my favourite subjects: air and Keri Hulme (and water--so I guess that makes three.) I'm also excited to visit Poland and to test my Polish.
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IN OUR LATEST ISSUE
Orchid Tierney (@orchidtierney.bsky.social) reviews *The Plastic Turn* by Ranjan Ghosh
Read it on Project MUSE (@projectmuse.bsky.social) at muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl...
Orchid Tierney (@orchidtierney.bsky.social) reviews *The Plastic Turn* by Ranjan Ghosh
Read it on Project MUSE (@projectmuse.bsky.social) at muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl...
April 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
IN OUR LATEST ISSUE
Orchid Tierney (@orchidtierney.bsky.social) reviews *The Plastic Turn* by Ranjan Ghosh
Read it on Project MUSE (@projectmuse.bsky.social) at muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl...
Orchid Tierney (@orchidtierney.bsky.social) reviews *The Plastic Turn* by Ranjan Ghosh
Read it on Project MUSE (@projectmuse.bsky.social) at muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl...
"Nuclear Deal" by Nilufar Karimi is honestly an incredible book of poems. I don't think I've read anything for a while that stays with me long after I have put it down.
April 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"Nuclear Deal" by Nilufar Karimi is honestly an incredible book of poems. I don't think I've read anything for a while that stays with me long after I have put it down.
I will read with Claire Baechetel and Steph Chang, April 3, 4:30 at Birds of a Feather. In Gambier, of course! Please come and hear two fabulous students reading their work. There may be zines!
April 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I will read with Claire Baechetel and Steph Chang, April 3, 4:30 at Birds of a Feather. In Gambier, of course! Please come and hear two fabulous students reading their work. There may be zines!
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"The modern university is a factory that transforms knowledge workers into carcasses. We are cattle primed for the slaughter." @orchidtierney.bsky.social
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this abattoir is a college | Asterism Books
The modern university is a factory that transforms knowledge workers into carcasses. We are cattle primed for the slaughter. Part poem and part poet’s novel, *this abattoir is a college* explores the ...
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April 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"The modern university is a factory that transforms knowledge workers into carcasses. We are cattle primed for the slaughter." @orchidtierney.bsky.social
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