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Poetry Beach Reads: John A. Nieves

July 23, 2026|Katie Kemple

We're continuing our summer beach read series with John A. Nieves, a Pushcart Prize winning poet, Professor at Salisbury College, and editor at the aptly named literary journal: The Shore...

New Summer Column: Poetry Book Beach Reads

July 16, 2026|Katie Kemple

We're launching a new summer series this week: Poetry Beach Reads! Why? Because The Poetry Shop is based in San Diego and we want to spot fellow poets at the...

Poetry Shop 5: Leila Farjami, author of Daughter of Salt

July 9, 2026|Katie Kemple

Leila Farjami's verse ebbs like a tide across the page, it haunts like a ghost, tugs like a mother's insistent hand. Her poems mine the ruins of a patriarchy, bring...

Poetry Shop 5: Timothy Green, author of Poems for Katie

July 2, 2026|Katie Kemple

Say the name Timothy Green and the literary journal Rattle comes to mind. If you write poetry (and submit it) you've likely received Green’s kind-hearted rejection, and maybe even the thrilling...

Poetry Shop 5: Katie Dozier, author Residency Review: A Memoir in Verse

June 25, 2026|Katie Kemple

Katie Dozier is one of poetry's up-and-coming innovators. You might know her name from any number of projects she's launched in recent years from her top-rated podcast The Poetry Space_;...