Hugely grateful to Jesse Nathan for these very kind words on the new Ak'abal book, (which a little bird told me will be in hand soon!) 💜 I can't wait to share his work & sensibility with you. The world is incomplete in English. (Link in comments...)

So grateful to Jesse Nathan's for speaking with me about his debut collection, EGGTOOTH (Unbound Edition Press), and especially to Ron Slate for hosting our conversation in this new, wonderful issue of On The Seawall. ronslate.com/a-conversation…

“The texture is thick, and the method is botany.” Jesse Nathan recommends THE PRINCIPLE OF RAPID PEERING by Sylvia Legris 💙🦋poetrysociety.org/poems-essays/t…

'Water a green blue would dream': a little paradiso longing up at The New Republic today ... The New Republic newrepublic.com/article/181281…

thank you The New Republic

Congratulations to our 2024 Poetry Prize winner, Sa Whitley, Ph.D.! Thank you to our judge, Oliver Baez Bendorf!

"The anthology—reminds me that purgatory is a kind of antechamber" Jesse Nathan shares what poetry collections are on his nightstand, including THE SILK DRAGON II by ARTHUR SZE (via Poetry Society of America): poetrysociety.org/poems-essays/t…

Pause once for “wood” and continue past “should,” pause once for “this” and continue past “hiss.” Christian Wessels, “Speak So I Can See You: On Jesse Nathan’s ‘Eggtooth’” communitymausoleum.org/coma-journal/s…

"In my poems, I’m interested in the relief of verbalization, of giving in to an impulse, and also in the tension created by obfuscating this urge." - madeleine cravens #ShortConvosWithPoets Jesse Nathan mcsweeneys.net/articles/madel…

'My job was to get out of the way': my one-question interview with madeleine cravens McSweeney's Scribner mcsweeneys.net/articles/madel…

Nothing makes us happier than to see our authors soar! Jesse Nathan (aka Jesse Nathan) has been awarded the GLCA New Writers Award for Eggtooth -- and a 2024 poetry fellowship from Bread Loaf Writers' Conferences. Congratulations to one of the finest poets out there!

We are thrilled to learn -- and share -- that Jesse Nathan's (aka Jesse Nathan) Eggtooth has been shortlisted for the Northern California Book Award! Attend if you can, please. It's a stunning collection of poetry, available at the link here: unboundedition.com/product/pre-or… #poetry

I'm teaching a poetry workshop at the 92Y this September! It would be a privilege to work with you: 92ny.org/class/poetry-w…

'What is the mode that will help me grieve?': my one-question interview with Alan Felsenthal McSweeney's the song cave mcsweeneys.net/articles/alan-…

"I came to the pastoral elegy by wondering: What is the mode that will help me grieve? I’m not looking for closure, just a way to get through, to continue living among the dying." - Alan Felsenthal #ShortConvosWithPoets Jesse Nathan mcsweeneys.net/articles/alan-…

New review of Eggtooth! by AM Ringwalt The Shanghai Literary Review Unbound Edition Press shanghailiterary.com/tslr-online-co…

'Which complexities and messes ought we not optimize away?': my one-question interview! with Zoë Hitzig Changes McSweeney's mcsweeneys.net/articles/zoe-h…

"Poetry begins with the sculpting of silence through breath. The poem is not conveying information or narrative or even meaning necessarily; it’s mediating an embodied experience." -- Zoë Hitzig (Zoë Hitzig) #ShortConvosWithPoets Jesse Nathan mcsweeneys.net/articles/zoe-h…

"Poetry begins with the sculpting of silence through breath." More beauty from Zoë Hitzig in McSweeney's Short Conversations with Poets Thank you Jesse Nathan mcsweeneys.net/articles/zoe-h…

I FINALLY have published a book of prose after 50 years of publishing poetry! Three Talks (Metaphor/Metonymy, Meaning/Mystery, Magic/Morality) from University of Virginia Press. Please attend my events if you can- listed at brendahillman.net or please order from indie