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Rosebud Ben-Oni
@rosebudbenoni.bsky.social
THE LAST GREAT ADVENTURE IS YOU (AJB, 2027) | Alice James Award for IF THIS IS THE AGE WE END DISCOVERY | commissions @ Paramount, 9/11 Memorial, Holocaust Memorial
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November 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Partnering with ASU's Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing and CantoMundo, I'm teaching a two-day workshop (Wednesdays, Nov 5 & 12) on Self-Portrait as Lyrical Exploration on Zoom. Open to all.
na.eventscloud.com/ereg/newreg....!
October 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Two new Atomic Sonnets in Cream City Review :: Whenever I think of the element Europium, I think of Ultravox’s “Vienna” and is dedicated to my dear friend Jared Harel. As the element Indium, ALLEGEDLY it gives a high-pitched “scream” when bent, o the soft girl era she is.
October 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
So, so grateful to the Neighborhood for welcoming me & my fellow poets for Sukkot & @jaredharel.bsky.social for moderating 🌸🪴🍂
October 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Had such a great time at KGB Monday Night :: the series is truly run by the most wonderful poets & people! Enjoyed reading with Hua Xi & Noah Warren despite the jet lag.
October 7, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Playing catch up! Reading new work with Noah Warren on October 6th at KGB
September 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Join us at TheNeighborhood: An Urban Center for Jewish Life for a poetry reading for Sukkot: www.theneighborhoodbk.org/extra-events...
September 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Thrilled to be back at @brooklynpoets.bsky.social for the fall & teaching my workshop on Poetry & Melodrama in Film. Online, Tuesdays 6:30 - 9:30 PM, October 14- November 18. Link in bio!
August 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Returning to Writing Workshops with my multi-genre online workshop for "Threads: Writing Dreamscape, Writing Disaster" How do we balance discovery with a larger responsibility to the future? Begins 9/10: writingworkshops.com/collections/...
August 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
New Atomic Sonnet (Scandium) in The Malahat Review ⚛️
July 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Honored to be the judge for the 2025 Gulf Coast Journal Barthelme Prize in Short Prose. A prize of $1,000 and publication in Gulf Coast for a piece of short prose or prose poetry. See link for more details:

gulfcoastajournalofliteratureandfinearts.submittable.com/submit?utm_c...
June 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Still have two spots open 🤗 :: & DM me if you are interested in getting critiqued and we can discuss rates!
June 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Thrilled to announce my forthcoming collection, THE LAST GREAT ADVENTURE IS YOU (Alice James Books, 2027)

A sequel to If This Is the Age We End Discovery, this new work reveals the possibilities of tomorrow already here, as a mysterious, extraterrestrial presence slowly emerges…
June 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
3 new Atomic Sonnets over at Sunday Salon NYC ~ highly recommended their reading series too. Thanks to Nita Noveno & peeps there; two of the sonnets are dedicated to Holly Burd & Holly Zhou ✴️

sundaysalon.com/2025/06/18ar...
June 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Thank you so much to Shenandoah Literary Magazine for including my Atomic Sonnet for lead in their 75th Anniversary Issue ✴️

www.shenandoahliterary.org/74-1-2/82-pb...
June 16, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Back at @BrooklynPoets this summer & teaching my Humor & Poetry workshop: utilizing satire, absurdism, surrealism and wordplay; we’ll dedicate a week to the idea of “poetry improv” to free your spontaneous, comedic lyrical self:

brooklynpoets.org/workshop/p/h...
May 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Has such a great night reading with these fantastic poets, novelists, filmmakers, memoirists- we’ve covered all the genres & probably invented new ones 🔥
May 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Had a wonderful time reading with brilliant peeps at Wine & Pine, hosted by the very funny & charming Rachel Gilman (who also shared from her novel-in-progress) 🔥
May 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Have a few spots open for June🚀 ~ send me a DM if you are interested in getting critiqued~
May 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Had the pleasure of speaking at & leading a workshop at the 12th Student Conference in LLAC Studies at HCC & was honored by the lovely students! Had no idea that was coming 🥲

Also read in my beloved Queens last week & got to hang with Menelle Sebastien 🙏🏼
May 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Photos from SMASHING THE TABLETS Launch 💜 (I’m on the left in the white shawl) 📸 : @eviesaphire
May 6, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Had a wonderful time with fellow contributors as we discussed our work in SMASHING THE TABLETS. Seth Rogoff & Sara Lippmann are amazing editors; I met Sarah back in 2011 and she has this incredible spirit. Truly a magical night. Met so many great people!
May 6, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Read today in celebration of this groundbreaking anthology & no surprise, its a poem for my niece 💜 then dropped into the FTH Grantee Party in which I had the honor to serve as a panelist for supporting the arts in Queens. What a beautiful night, my heart is full
April 24, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Here are some of the places I'll be reading *new* work💥
April 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This is the boat I'll be writing poems on this spring omg
April 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM