Author Archives: Shira Dentz

A new poem, “in Case of Fire,” is ZÓCALO PUBLIC SQUARE’s Friday Feature Poem. You can read it here

Check out Frances Cannon’s amazing visual review, “Profound Asymmetry,” of SISYPHUSINA in Poetry Northwest! Below are two excerpts from it, and you can read and look at her full graphic review here!

Five Fun & Effective Ways to Teach Writing Online 5 Fun & Effective Ways to Teach Writing Online: 1. Create collaborative writing: Invite your students to write two or three sentences in response to a writing prompt. Ask them to … Continue reading →

Blazing Creative Writing Workshop for Middle School kids, weekly during November!

Alisha Jeddeloh Reviews Sisyphusina by Shira Dentz “It’s what happens when a writer runs up against the limitations of language, and instead of conceding, she expands the form into something multidimensional, shoring it up with photographs and line drawings, scatter … Continue reading →

Anne Graue reviews SISYPHUSINA in GLASS: A JOURNAL OF POETRY In the introduction to Best American Experimental Writing 2016, Charles Bernstein and Tracie Morris assert that “The exploration of identities has always been at the center of radical and exploratory … Continue reading →

Honored and thrilled to have “the blue,” published in SISYPHUSINA (PANK Books) featured on Verse Daily! You can read it here

What motivates a writer to push outside the lines? In this workshop, we’ll view written language as a material with texture, sound, and visual aspect. Many contemporary poets are contributing to a lineage of poets who experimented with visual elements … Continue reading →

I’ll be reading from my new book, Sisyphusina, with Adam O. Davis via Zoom for the Utah Humanities Festival 2020, on Thursday, 10/1 at 7PM MST! It’s open to the public, and free, and you can find out more about … Continue reading →