Wendy Wisner
@wendywisner.bsky.social
Poet • Writer • IBCLC • She/Her • Author of three books of poems, including The New Life (2024)• www.wendywisner.com
Hi NY friends. I’ll be reading poems for the Adverse Abstraction series at Otto’s Shrunken Head on E. 14th Street next Friday, September 19th, between 6pm and 8pm. There’s an open mic, too. Would love to see you.
Info here: www.ottosshrunkenhead.com/pages/events...
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Info here: www.ottosshrunkenhead.com/pages/events...
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September 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Hi NY friends. I’ll be reading poems for the Adverse Abstraction series at Otto’s Shrunken Head on E. 14th Street next Friday, September 19th, between 6pm and 8pm. There’s an open mic, too. Would love to see you.
Info here: www.ottosshrunkenhead.com/pages/events...
www.instagram.com/adverseabstr...
Info here: www.ottosshrunkenhead.com/pages/events...
www.instagram.com/adverseabstr...
What joy to have a new poem in the latest, gorgeous Alaska Quarterly Review, a journal I’ve long admired. Grateful to Ronald Spatz and the editorial staff. 🤍
September 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
What joy to have a new poem in the latest, gorgeous Alaska Quarterly Review, a journal I’ve long admired. Grateful to Ronald Spatz and the editorial staff. 🤍
Grateful to @rustandmoth.bsky.social for publishing this new poem. It's a difficult one—part of my new manuscript. This is one of a series of Alzheimer's sonnets that appear throughout the manuscript. XOXO.
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August 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Grateful to @rustandmoth.bsky.social for publishing this new poem. It's a difficult one—part of my new manuscript. This is one of a series of Alzheimer's sonnets that appear throughout the manuscript. XOXO.
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It's been a wild few weeks, including getting my oldest ready for college (gulp!). But coming up for air to share these sweet words about my book.
So grateful for Robin Turner for including The New Life in her #sealeychallenge. What an honor. It made my day.
So grateful for Robin Turner for including The New Life in her #sealeychallenge. What an honor. It made my day.
August 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It's been a wild few weeks, including getting my oldest ready for college (gulp!). But coming up for air to share these sweet words about my book.
So grateful for Robin Turner for including The New Life in her #sealeychallenge. What an honor. It made my day.
So grateful for Robin Turner for including The New Life in her #sealeychallenge. What an honor. It made my day.
Just read this stunning book in one sitting. It’s a beautiful, searing journey through grief. Thank you for sharing it with the world, @susanlleary.bsky.social
June 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Just read this stunning book in one sitting. It’s a beautiful, searing journey through grief. Thank you for sharing it with the world, @susanlleary.bsky.social
Forgot to share this new poem of mine up at B O D Y. It's a difficult poem and I'm very grateful to the editors for publishing it.
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June 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Forgot to share this new poem of mine up at B O D Y. It's a difficult poem and I'm very grateful to the editors for publishing it.
www.bodyliterature.com/2025/06/25/w...
www.bodyliterature.com/2025/06/25/w...
And a few weeks ago, she won the Creative Writing Award from the English Department at her school. She loves to write more than anything and I’m over the moon that her teachers recognized her talent and passion. It means so much to be seen. My heart ❤️
June 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
And a few weeks ago, she won the Creative Writing Award from the English Department at her school. She loves to write more than anything and I’m over the moon that her teachers recognized her talent and passion. It means so much to be seen. My heart ❤️
I’m grateful to Eileen Cleary and the Lily Poetry Review for publishing my poem, “After We Found Her” from my new manuscript-in-progress. Look at how gorgeous that cover is. The issue is filled with poets I admire. Check it out if you get a chance. XO.
June 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I’m grateful to Eileen Cleary and the Lily Poetry Review for publishing my poem, “After We Found Her” from my new manuscript-in-progress. Look at how gorgeous that cover is. The issue is filled with poets I admire. Check it out if you get a chance. XO.
I’m so incredibly happy to have a new poem (“Little Children”) in the latest issue of Moon City Review. It’s a swoon-worthy issue and I’m thrilled to share these pages with such wonderful poets.
May 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I’m so incredibly happy to have a new poem (“Little Children”) in the latest issue of Moon City Review. It’s a swoon-worthy issue and I’m thrilled to share these pages with such wonderful poets.
Just read an ARC of HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER. It was honest, refreshing, and FUNNY. So many dementia caregiving books focus on how sad it is--and it really is--but not how enraging and triggering and all-consuming and dreadful it can be. I needed this. Thank you, @mollyjongfast.bsky.social <3
May 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Just read an ARC of HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER. It was honest, refreshing, and FUNNY. So many dementia caregiving books focus on how sad it is--and it really is--but not how enraging and triggering and all-consuming and dreadful it can be. I needed this. Thank you, @mollyjongfast.bsky.social <3
I loved Maggie Smith’s generous, intimate new book on writing, Dear Writer. This quote really spoke to me. @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I loved Maggie Smith’s generous, intimate new book on writing, Dear Writer. This quote really spoke to me. @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social
Thanks to @calyxpress.bsky.social for sharing and featuring me today! Super proud to be in this issue, along with other rich, meaningful, evocative work.
May 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Thanks to @calyxpress.bsky.social for sharing and featuring me today! Super proud to be in this issue, along with other rich, meaningful, evocative work.
Re-reading the new poems from the Marie Howe book that won the Pulitzer and OMG they are all so good. Here’s one.
Marie Howe is one of my favorite living poets and I’m thrilled she won.
Marie Howe is one of my favorite living poets and I’m thrilled she won.
May 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Re-reading the new poems from the Marie Howe book that won the Pulitzer and OMG they are all so good. Here’s one.
Marie Howe is one of my favorite living poets and I’m thrilled she won.
Marie Howe is one of my favorite living poets and I’m thrilled she won.
So grateful for Sally Ashton and the DMQ Review for featuring me reading a few poems from THE NEW LIFE. It's just a few minutes, so have a listen if you get a moment ❤
Link here: www.dmqreview.com/salon
Link here: www.dmqreview.com/salon
May 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
So grateful for Sally Ashton and the DMQ Review for featuring me reading a few poems from THE NEW LIFE. It's just a few minutes, so have a listen if you get a moment ❤
Link here: www.dmqreview.com/salon
Link here: www.dmqreview.com/salon
Thank you to @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social for interviewing me for the @literarymama.bsky.social profile series. I loved talking about my journey as both a freelance writer covering parenting and poet writing about motherhood.
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March 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Thank you to @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social for interviewing me for the @literarymama.bsky.social profile series. I loved talking about my journey as both a freelance writer covering parenting and poet writing about motherhood.
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Really looking forward to this reading next Sunday at the Von Bar in NYC. If you’re around, would love to see you <3
March 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Really looking forward to this reading next Sunday at the Von Bar in NYC. If you’re around, would love to see you <3
Excited to have my poem, "Devoured," on @versedaily.bsky.social today. The poem first appeared in the latest issue of Jet Fuel Review.
Bonus: My kid is reading Ocean Vuong this afternoon and texting me favorite lines.
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Bonus: My kid is reading Ocean Vuong this afternoon and texting me favorite lines.
www.versedaily.org/2025/devoure...
March 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Excited to have my poem, "Devoured," on @versedaily.bsky.social today. The poem first appeared in the latest issue of Jet Fuel Review.
Bonus: My kid is reading Ocean Vuong this afternoon and texting me favorite lines.
www.versedaily.org/2025/devoure...
Bonus: My kid is reading Ocean Vuong this afternoon and texting me favorite lines.
www.versedaily.org/2025/devoure...
Excuse me, what? Turns out THE NEW LIFE is a finalist for the Forward INDIES Book of the Year Award. I had to read the email three times because I didn't think it was true. Huge congrats to Cornerstone Press and to all the finalists!
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March 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Excuse me, what? Turns out THE NEW LIFE is a finalist for the Forward INDIES Book of the Year Award. I had to read the email three times because I didn't think it was true. Huge congrats to Cornerstone Press and to all the finalists!
www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books...
www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books...
This luminous, haunting book by @hanvanderhart.bsky.social will stay with me for long time. ❤️
March 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This luminous, haunting book by @hanvanderhart.bsky.social will stay with me for long time. ❤️
Finished my February article assignments a day early, so it’s a poetry day. ❤️
February 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Finished my February article assignments a day early, so it’s a poetry day. ❤️
I've been submitting the Alaska Quarterly Review for over 20 years, and they just took a poem. I often feel like I'm out of my mind submitting to the same journals over and over for years. But I guess persistence pays off, at least sometimes. I really love AQR and feel honored to appear in it. ❤
February 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I've been submitting the Alaska Quarterly Review for over 20 years, and they just took a poem. I often feel like I'm out of my mind submitting to the same journals over and over for years. But I guess persistence pays off, at least sometimes. I really love AQR and feel honored to appear in it. ❤
Morning beauty. The steam from that chimney! Looking for beauty where I can find it.
February 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Morning beauty. The steam from that chimney! Looking for beauty where I can find it.
Tomorrow is my birthday. My gift to myself is that I cleared my schedule to write poems for the next two days. This is no small feat given my work and kid responsibilities and it’s something I rarely do.
January 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Tomorrow is my birthday. My gift to myself is that I cleared my schedule to write poems for the next two days. This is no small feat given my work and kid responsibilities and it’s something I rarely do.
