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Deirdre Lockwood
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Poet & fiction writer, oceanography PhD & occasional container-ship rider. Author of AN INTRODUCTION TO ERROR (2025, Cornerstone Press). she/her deirdrelockwood.com
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Thanks so much to @lynnelamberg.bsky.social and @sciencewriters.org for featuring my chronicle of trial and error in creating AN INTRODUCTION TO ERROR and finding a wonderful publisher in Cornerstone Press. Also a glimpse of the many books that inspired mine. 🙏🏻📚 www.nasw.org/member_artic...
A bookshelf of books with their spines visible, with text beneath reading: Deirdre Lockwood—An Introduction to Error: Poems “I used to follow parcels of water around the ocean,” Deirdre Lockwood reports in her poem, “My Chemistry.” She divides her first book of poetry An Introduction to Error into four sections: Materials, Methods, Results, & Discussion. A self-described “observationalist,” she offers meditations on research and life: “detecting what is or trying to write it down and not get too seasick along the way.” A photo of books with the spines visible. Titles include Frank: Sonnets by Diane Seuss, Faithful and Virtuous Night by Louise Gluck, Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith, Tributaries by Laura Da', Time is Always Now by Rebecca Starks, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson, Psalms by April Bernard, Glass, Irony and God by Anne Carson, Selected Poems by Gabriel Zaid, Praise by Robert Hass, Tape for the Turn of the Year by A.R. Ammons, Obit by Victoria Chang, Ghost in a Red Hat by Rosanna Warren, Information Desk by Robyn Schiff, Deepstep Come Shining by C.D. Wright, Blackbird Bye Bye by April Bernard, Collected Poems 1937-1971 by John Berryman, Being Wrong by Kathryn Schulz, Rooms are Never Finished by Agha Shahid Ali, The Nerve by Glyn Maxwell, The Periodic Table by Primo Levi.
September 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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AN INTRODUCTION TO ERROR is out today from Cornerstone Press! Join me in celebrating mistakes and uncertainty. 🙈Thanks a million to Eunice Kim for the beautiful cover art, Rosanna Warren, and everyone who has supported this book making its sidewinding way into the world. ❤️
Cover of the book An Introduction to Error lying at an angle on a wood table. It includes a print by Eunice Kim showing four black circles filled with white dots, three in an organized grid and one only part visible, seeming to float up off the page. Below the image is the text: An Introduction to Error Poems Deirdre Lockwood Text: "A brainy, passionate, wildly original book; a primer for surviving, with love and courage, on a threatened planet." -Rosanna Warren, author of Hindsight
September 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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I'm so excited to be launching my debut poetry collection, AN INTRODUCTION TO ERROR, in conversation with the brilliant Sarah DeWeerdt! Come out and join us at Elliott Bay Book Co. on Sept. 18 at 7 pm. Cosponsored by @nswa.bsky.social. www.elliottbaybook.com/events/47800
On a green background there are images of two women (Deirdre and Sarah) and a cover image of the book An Introduction to Error. Text on the graphic reads: Elliott Bay Book Company | Deirdre Lockwood w/ Sarah DeWeerdt | Thursday 9/18 7 pm
September 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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I spent one of the most creatively inspiring months of my life at Marble House Project in Vermont. They're open for residency apps through July 20, with a cool ecology-focused one next summer! marblehouseproject.submittable.com/submit
Deirdre Lockwood sits on a screened in porch on a wicker chair reading with some outdoor deck furniture and a chaise longue. In the background, there is a marble house in the distance and greenery.
July 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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I'm thrilled to share that my debut poetry collection, AN INTRODUCTION TO ERROR, is now available for preorder from Cornerstone Press (for 20% off through Sept. 15): tinyurl.com/yyyjdk9y
Deirdre Lockwood stands outside with trees in the background holding a copy of the book An Introduction to Error. Cover of the book An Introduction to Error. It includes a print by Eunice Kim showing four black circles filled with white dots, three in an organized grid and one only part visible, seeming to float up off the page. Below the image is the text: An Introduction to Error Poems Deirdre Lockwood
July 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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In the early days of the pandemic my dear friend Rebecca Starks and I started a renga via text message between our homes of Seattle & rural Vermont. So grateful to @aboutplacejournal.bsky.social eds for including it in the Careful/Care-full Collaboration issue.
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Text of a poem excerpt by Deirdre Lockwood and Rebecca Starks Since Sickness Came Here A cross-country renga I. since sickness came here the crows have stopped commuting what is it they know? in spring (DL) running on mud trails all I pick up of bird song is under cover warning (RS) Text of a poem excerpt by Deirdre Lockwood and Rebecca Starks why such sadness now? all the trees are leafing out on the road to town slow down (RS) III. the full moon is back and the motorcycles too graze Lake City Way quiet (DL) holding the branch still dusky two-toned bird—what kind other than our kind? cradle (RS)
May 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM