Author Archives: Shira Dentz

I have four readings coming up this month:

A new review of Sisyphusina (Pank Books, 2020), in Tupelo Quarterly! Here’s an excerpt from “Sanctioned Poetries: A Review of Shira Dentz’s Sisyphusina“: “The images in the book are relentless, both in the mental pictures they create, and in their … Continue reading →

Am honored to be part of Salmon Poetry, along with these Salmon poets, and to celebrate International Women’s Day 2021!

Sisyphusina won the generous Eugene Paul Nassar Poetry Prize 2021 for a poetry collection by an Upstate New York poet. A reading will be scheduled soon in connection to the award; please stay tuned!

Dexter L. Booth interviews me about Sisyphusina (PANK Books, 2020) in the new issue of Waxwing. His first question is “There’s a sense of woe and lamentation in Sisyphusina, an anxiety, if you will. I feel like poetry is incredibly … Continue reading →

I love the writing that Gulf Coast has been publishing, so am especially thrilled to have two new poems in the newest issue— “Hyrax Syntax” and “Umblical dot”—and you can find them here

Taylor Swift as Books liked my new book, Sisyphusina (Pank Books), on Instagram yesterday!

“Subterranean Fires”

Michael Peverett closely reads “Penmanship of Trees,” a poem in my book how do i net thee (Salmon Poetry), and places it within the context of my other books, including Sisyphusina (PANK Books), in his review at Intercapillary Space (based … Continue reading →

“An early sandwich” and “Indoors, we watch the wind press against things”