Author Archives: Shira Dentz

I’ll be teaching a one-day, 4-hour online Chance Operations workshop (all genres & levels welcome!) at the Hudson Writers Valley Center on the last Saturday of September! Hope you’ll check it out here, and if you’re interested, register! It’s going … Continue reading →

This past Thursday eve (9/12/20), Kathryn Cowles, Dexter Booth, and I read from our new books in the new and virtual Into the Aethernet reading series, hosted by Adrienne Dodt and Marie Larsen! So many people came out, & from … Continue reading →

The annual Boston Poetry Marathon is online this year, and I’m happy to be reading with so many great writers spread over two days, August 6–7–8! I’m reading on Thursday, August 6th at 9:10PM EST, and the full line-up and … Continue reading →

honored to have “spattered measure” in the new issue of Plume.

Join Iowa City Poetry for its July date of its new monthly virtual reading series, “Today You Are Perfect.” ICP brings poets and artists and listeners together to share their words. Afterward, everyone has the option to participate in a … Continue reading →

Say hello to the new issue of Apartment Poetry! I’m thrilled to have five poems in this issue along with my incredible zine neighbors Valerie Hsiung, Kristen Ihns, Paul Cunningham, Kelly Clarke, and Daniel D’Angelo. I love this issue, and … Continue reading →

My poem “Casual wind,” previously published in Sugarhouse Review‘s 10th anniversary issue, is featured on Verse Daily! You can read it here

Sisyphusina and the Myth of Separationby Adrienne Dodt “Fonts are often meant to be unobtrusive, invisible, so as not to distract from a text’s meaning. Dentz challenges this in much of her work by enhancing the text. Different sizes and … Continue reading →

“SLIDE” by Shira Dentz

A new interview with Shira Dentz, author of SISYPHUSINA, as she elaborates on what poetry is and the intense collaborative process at work in her new book, available from [PANK] Books. PANK: Your book opens with a letter to your … Continue reading →