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Chauttaqua Literary Festival 2019, “Reclaiming Voice: The Recuperative Promise of Poetry,”  Panel: Jericho Brown, Lisa Fay Coutley, Shira Dentz, Richard Hamilton, Adam Tedesco; Ballroom, Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall, June 21, 1PM Also, I’ll be reading for Poets in … Continue reading →

This Sunday, June 9, I’m teaching a prose poem workshop at Hudson Valley Writers Center in Sleepy Hollow, NY, 12:30–4:30. More info and registration here

Word Thursdays—Shira Dentz Thursday, May 9 at 7PM, Bright Hill Press Literary Center, 94 Church Street, Treadwell, NY

Readings, Panels, and Vis-Po Exhibit, April 18–21, 2019

Reading “Black Flowers” from my new book, the sun a blazing zero

At AWP2019 I’ll be reading from my new book, the sun a blazing zero, at an offsite at @teachaite on e burnside. Come out to this amazing reading we’re co-hosting with @EssayPress @Reality Beach @acrebooks and Lavender Ink/Diáologos! ALSO: I’ll be reading from newest book, the … Continue reading →

Tupelo Quarterly‘s 17th Issue released today! There are a whole host of fabulous writers and artists including, but certainly not limited to, Erica Wright, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Jennifer K. Sweeney & L.I. Henley, Caroline Crew, Sara Henning, Veronica Golos, Angie … Continue reading →

Shira Dentz / Adam Tedesco / S. Tourjee Join me, Adam Tedesco, author of MARY OLIVER (Lithic Press, 2019), and S. Tourjee, author of SAM SAYS SAM (Spuyten Devil, 2018) as we read and discuss our poetry and newly published collections at … Continue reading →

my new book, the sun a blazing zero, is pre-launching now and the publisher at Lavender Ink/Diálogos is offering it at a pre-launch discount sale through the end of March for $14! You can order it here! the sun a … Continue reading →

Check out the March 2019 issue of Poetry Magazine here, and my poems “Mango hats stood out from the rest” and “At the End of the Day“