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stevenratiner.bsky.social @stevenratiner.bsky.social · Feb 24
I am delighted to share the news that my new poetry collection, GRIEF'S APOSTROPHE, has been published by Beltway Editions. It can be purchased on most of the book sites like bookshop.com, Amazon, and Barnes&Noble. Take a look!
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Red Letter#277: a marvelous new poem from acclaimed poet Carol Muske-Dukes' next book,(BAD) SCHEHERAZADE.

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I’ve come to see the Letters as an anthology evolving in real-time, responsive to the emotional and imaginative weather that affects all of our lives.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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What sly delight in Pam Alexander's "Long Story Short" published in the new Red Letter - a history of Earth and its possible destruction.

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In ancient Rome, feast days were indicated on the calendar by red letters. To my mind, all poetry and art serves as a reminder that every day we wake together beneath the sun is a red-letter day.     ...
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October 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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RLP#243: a poem from Kevin McLellan's collection Sky. Pond. Mouth. -- heartbreak and revelation.

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The Red Letters Archives - Steven Ratiner
In ancient Rome, feast days were indicated on the calendar by red letters. To my mind, all poetry and art serves as a reminder that every day we wake together beneath the sun is a red-letter day.     ...
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October 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Celebrating Ted Kooser's new chapbook - published as a benefit for the Red Letters. Read about it in this week's RLP:

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The Red Letters Archives - Steven Ratiner
In ancient Rome, feast days were indicated on the calendar by red letters. To my mind, all poetry and art serves as a reminder that every day we wake together beneath the sun is a red-letter day.     ...
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October 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Red Letter #271 features a poem from one of China's foremost poets, Wang Jiaxin - utterly relevant to our current situation.

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October 5, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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Poet-turned-soldier, defending his Ukrainian homeland, Artur Dron' offers us an honest, harrowing glimpse from the frontlines. Published as RLP#266

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Intro - Steven Ratiner
Poet and educator Steven Ratiner has contributed poetry and prose to numerous magazines in America and abroad. Two of his chapbooks were published in 2002: a retrospective collection from Pudding Hous...
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August 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Jack Stewart's poem offers yet another fascinating take on the Wicked Witch of the (far) West in his new Red Letter poem.

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Intro - Steven Ratiner
Poet and educator Steven Ratiner has contributed poetry and prose to numerous magazines in America and abroad. Two of his chapbooks were published in 2002: a retrospective collection from Pudding Hous...
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August 13, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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Acclaimed novelist Askold Melnyczuk's first love was poetry. The Venus of Odesa collects his poems & translations. RLP#264 depicts conscience clashing with calamity.
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Intro - Steven Ratiner
Poet and educator Steven Ratiner has contributed poetry and prose to numerous magazines in America and abroad. Two of his chapbooks were published in 2002: a retrospective collection from Pudding Hous...
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August 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Heart-breakingly beautiful - reading Susan Roney-O’Brien's new suite of poems about coping with an awful diagnosis: MS. Red Letter #263 now available.

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Intro - Steven Ratiner
Poet and educator Steven Ratiner has contributed poetry and prose to numerous magazines in America and abroad. Two of his chapbooks were published in 2002: a retrospective collection from Pudding Hous...
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July 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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A posthumous poem from the dearly-missed Danielle Legros Georges, built upon slave documents from Colonial N. England. Crispus Attucks lives!

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Intro - Steven Ratiner
Poet and educator Steven Ratiner has contributed poetry and prose to numerous magazines in America and abroad. Two of his chapbooks were published in 2002: a retrospective collection from Pudding Hous...
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July 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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In RLP#260, science, history, and poetry collide inside Teresa Cader's lovely meditation on how we 'know.'

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Intro - Steven Ratiner
Poet and educator Steven Ratiner has contributed poetry and prose to numerous magazines in America and abroad. Two of his chapbooks were published in 2002: a retrospective collection from Pudding Hous...
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July 10, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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RLP#259 is a lovely triparte poem from Susan Donnelly exploring 'the nature of things' (as Lucretius might have phrased it) in our emotional lives.

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Intro - Steven Ratiner
Poet and educator Steven Ratiner has contributed poetry and prose to numerous magazines in America and abroad. Two of his chapbooks were published in 2002: a retrospective collection from Pudding Hous...
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July 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Our bitter childhood mistakes - is atonement ever possible? George Kalogeris' beautiful poem considers our shared fate.

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May 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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RLP#251 features the estimable Jennifer Clarvoe and a poem from her forthcoming collection, PIANO PIANO.

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April 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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For Poetry Month, a Flashback Friday from the first weeks of the Red Letters back in 2020: a lyric-tour-de-force from Thomas DeFreitas.

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April 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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. . .If you're in the Boston area:

Tuesday, April 15th, 7 p.m., free, everyone welcome!

700 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington. Small parking lot plus street parking available. Hope to see you there!
April 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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If you're in the Boston area. . .

I'll be doing a reading on Tuesday at the Robbins Library in Arlington from GRIEF'S APOSTROPHE, along with the always-marvelous Fred Marchant reading work from a new manuscript.
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April 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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As baseball's in full-swing, a tribute to Jimmy Piersall, youth & our desire to express our truth:RLP#250 with poet Susan Eisenberg.
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April 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Red Letter #249 from poet Jennifer Markell: an elegy for her aunt, a memory of Theater in the Park, a salute to the power of poetry.
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April 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the Red Letters! We've just completed our fifth year & are excited to leap into the sixth.

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March 31, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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RLP#248: Gary Whited celebrates his 80th(!) birthday with an evocative new poem from the Montana prairie.

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March 31, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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It's been a while since Jonathan Aaron had a new book out - but today's Red letter highlights a little gem from the collection.

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March 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Bonnie Bishop's poem, "Traveling Solo," reminds us of how important it is to eventually arrive at the self. RLP#245

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March 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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I am delighted to share the news that my new poetry collection, GRIEF'S APOSTROPHE, has been published by Beltway Editions. It can be purchased on most of the book sites like bookshop.com, Amazon, and Barnes&Noble. Take a look!
#StevenRatiner #RedLetters #Grief #poetry
February 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Red Letter #243 features a new poem from Michael T. Steffen. What happens when a bat - or inspiration - startles us awake?
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February 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM