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I had the delight of interviewing Varun Ravindran at @adroitjournal.bsky.social. We talked about Zen, music, and his experience publishing his debut, BETWEENNESS.

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A Conversation with Varun Ravindran
This interview took place in a courtyard outside of Varun’s Pittsburgh apartment on a summer evening in July. The sound of cicadas, crows, and blue jays called out during our conversation. Varun an…
theadroitjournal.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This coming Thursday (online)!

Come celebrate the release of Varun Ravindran's debut poetry collection, Betweenness. A reading with Varun Ravindran, Mike Good, Jane Huffmann & friends.

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August 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I'll be reading some poems this afternoon at @cityofasylum.bsky.social to celebrate the release of KEYSTONE POETRY from PSU Press.

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PGHwrites: "Keystone Poetry" (Book Launch) - City of Asylum
Nine local contributors from the Keystone Poetry anthology come to City of Asylum to read their newly published poems.
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July 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
www.pittsburghbookfestival.org/2025schedule The full schedule of the Greater Pittsburgh Festival of the Books is live!

Join me for a publishing panel at 10 AM and I'll be reading at 330 PM!
2025 Schedule — Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books
www.pittsburghbookfestival.org
May 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I have a new, starred book review up at Foreword Reviews. Eternal Summer, translated from German by Imogen Taylor and written by Franziska Gänsler, was a powerful and subtle read.

www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/eter...
Review of Eternal Summer
Eternal Summer: In Franziska Gänsler’s moving novel "Eternal Summer", a woman in distress and her daughter arrive at a quiet German hotel, finding unexpected companionship with the hotel owner. Horrif...
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April 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Submit to our lit mag, we're open for the first time in forever, we pay $150 for Art that references Taco Bell. We're more prestigious than the Paris Review which no one has even heard of.
April 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I'm elated to share that my debut poetry collection, RUNG BY RUNG, has been accepted by @cavankerrypress.bsky.social! It will be released in Spring 2027, and I couldn't be happier.
April 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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TBQ is open! Y'all are bringing it so far. We've received around 200 pieces overnight and I've read about 20 of them so far and already marked five as intrigued! Live más. Send us something. We now pay $150. I'm certain it will slow down but try to get your piece in by the next two weeks lol
April 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I had a wonderful time celebrating one my writing mentors, the great Cathy Hankla at the Appalachian Studies Conference in Cookeville last weekend.
March 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Apparently I've helped train AI and all I have to show for it is one contributor copy of Pleiades.
March 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I’m honored to be a featured poet at the 2025 Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books! ✨📝 Join me at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Main in Oakland on May 31 for a celebration of Pittsburgh’s vibrant literary scene.

Learn more at pittsburghbookfestival.org. #GPFB2025
March 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Colorado Review is hoping to replenish our nonfiction queue with a few more of your submissions this week 📝
February 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I'm sharing a new poetry publication from RADAR poetry to start out this new profile/platform 🍄

www.radarpoetry.com/morels
Eight Morels Growing from a Heap of Gravel — Radar
www.radarpoetry.com
February 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM