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Pioneer Works @pioneerwork.bsky.social · Oct 9

How are poems made? This Sunday, at our monthly open house, @parisreview.bsky.social poetry editor Srikanth Reddy will talk process with Matt Broaddus (@mattbroaddus.bsky.social), Jana Prikryl, and Broadcast contributor Mónica de la Torre. pioneerworks.org/programs/sec...

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Afternoon Visitor @afternoonvisitor.bsky.social · Aug 8

Afternoon Visitor 12 is live!!

❤️‍🔥 www.afternoonvisitor.com 🔥

cover: from ‘The Periphery Is Ill with Boundary’ by Eliza Guerra

Afternoon Visitor

Afternoon Visitor was founded in the spring of 2020 in Iowa City. We are an online quarterly publication of poetry, hybrid text, visual poetry, and visual art. We’re particularly interested in giving ...

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Poetry Daily @poetrydaily.bsky.social · Jul 14

Today's Feature:

In this week's installment of What Sparks Poetry: The sun is a disembodied thought: An Interview with
@mattbroaddus.bsky.social

Read here:
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The sun is a disembodied thought: An Interview with Matt Broaddus

For me, the role of the poet is being bound to the particular. It involves an intake of sadder details and emotional states, histories, what I’m reading at the moment, what I’m listening to, what I’m ...

poems.com

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Matt Broaddus @mattbroaddus.bsky.social · Jun 3

Lloyd wrote such a generous review of my book! Deeply honored by it. Thanks to CRB for publishing it.

Lloyd :( @jockeycornsilk.bsky.social · Jun 3

I have a review of ‘Deeper the Tropics’ by @mattbroaddus.bsky.social up on @clereviewbooks.bsky.social of books today 🌴

clereviewofbooks.com/these-lit-pa...

These Lit Particulars: On Matt Broaddus’ “Deeper the Tropics”

all the little objects and actions that dress the set of time in an often repetitive world.

clereviewofbooks.com

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Lloyd :( @jockeycornsilk.bsky.social · Jun 3

I have a review of ‘Deeper the Tropics’ by @mattbroaddus.bsky.social up on @clereviewbooks.bsky.social of books today 🌴

clereviewofbooks.com/these-lit-pa...

These Lit Particulars: On Matt Broaddus’ “Deeper the Tropics”

all the little objects and actions that dress the set of time in an often repetitive world.

clereviewofbooks.com

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Matt Broaddus @mattbroaddus.bsky.social · May 31

Psyched to be a resident at The Mastheads this summer!

www.themastheads.org/residency

July Residency — THE MASTHEADS

Our fully-funded writers' residency runs for the month of July in the Berkshires.

www.themastheads.org

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School Library Journal @slj.com · May 9

Five Trailblazers in Black Librarianship

From Virginia Florence, the first Black woman in the U.S. to receive a library science degree, to Clara Stanton Jones, the first Black president of the American Library Association, pioneers of the pr...

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Matt Broaddus @mattbroaddus.bsky.social · Apr 7

A truly illuminating essay by my friend Kelly on what's to be gained by noise in a poetic practice:

nereview.com/beyond-craft...

Beyond Craft: Six Recent Experiences with Noise – New England Review

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Matt Broaddus @mattbroaddus.bsky.social · Mar 22

Cool lil article about poetic gangster, Geoffrey Nutter

www.kmagazine.org/post/poet-da...

"Poet Dad of TikTok" - How Geoffrey Nutter Redefines Modern Creativity

Known to many as the “Poet Dad of TikTok,” Geoffrey Nutter has become a symbol of the enduring power of poetry and creativity.

www.kmagazine.org

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Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · Mar 20

Issue 3 arrived! Preorders go out early next week! Other orders soon after. Didn’t order a copy? No worries, you can still do that here: www.postcardlit.com/store

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Matt Broaddus @mattbroaddus.bsky.social · Mar 20

There’s an experimental reading involving many poets/friends I love coming up in a couple weeks in New Orleans. Lots of new work! Ryan’s providing a soundscape!

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Matt Broaddus @mattbroaddus.bsky.social · Mar 18

Parra rules

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Matt Broaddus @mattbroaddus.bsky.social · Mar 17

Fonograf just released a new bilingual edition of the selected poems of Spanish poet Jaime Gil de Biedma. It's really, really good. Also extremely relevant given . Here's an excerpt.

poetrysociety.org/poems-essays...

Visiting Poet: James Nolan on Jaime Gil de Biedma

In this series, we introduce readers to poets from around the world through a selection of poems and a brief essay on their life and work.

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Matt Broaddus @mattbroaddus.bsky.social · Mar 17

Reading at an offsite event in LA. Hope you can join us. I'm interested in the tinned fish and will probably try some.

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Rob Davis @robwdavis.bsky.social · Mar 6

Great job alert: ProPublica is hiring a computational journalist, "someone who will use technology and data to identify and unlock stories that would otherwise be out of reach."

Salary: $120K-$140K
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Computational Journalist

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Matt Broaddus @mattbroaddus.bsky.social · Mar 5

Looks like they’re playing on the moon

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Matt Broaddus @mattbroaddus.bsky.social · Mar 5

Reading in Iowa City coming up Saturday, March 8th. Hope to see you there!

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Fonograf Editions @fonografeditions.bsky.social · Mar 5

Esther Kondo Heller's Ar:range:ments, out one week from today, was shouted out in Poetry Northwest's Spring 2025 Favorites: www.poetrynw.org/ponws-favori...

Available for pre-order at: fonografeditions.com/catalog/fono...

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upfromsumdirt @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social · Feb 24

rest in peace, queenmother

roberta flack
COMPARED TO WHAT

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Compared to What

YouTube video by Roberta Flack - Topic

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Fonograf Editions @fonografeditions.bsky.social · Feb 13

👀 Spotted in the NYU Press Publisher Focus Window at Harvard Book Store

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Matt Broaddus @mattbroaddus.bsky.social · Feb 10

Eagles won the Super Bowl as Mia foretold so now you have to buy her new book.

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Matt Broaddus @mattbroaddus.bsky.social · Jan 30

OMG Jack's book! Edited by JOHN YAU and blurbed by KIM HYESOON! Also, THAT COVER.

Jack Saebyok Jung 정새벽 @daybreakjung.bsky.social · Jan 30

Full image of the cover for Hocus Pocus Bogus Locus, my debut poetry collection from Black Square Editions. Edited by John Yau and managed by Margaret Galey. Cover art by Eunha Kim with design by @shannacompton.bsky.social. Grateful for blurbs from Kim Hyesoon and Mark Levine.

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Matt Broaddus @mattbroaddus.bsky.social · Jan 24

Saturday (as in tomorrow)!

Matt Broaddus @mattbroaddus.bsky.social · Jan 13

Reading coming up in Denver w/ some friends who happen to be great writers too!

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Jack Saebyok Jung 정새벽 @daybreakjung.bsky.social · Jan 21

My first book of poetry coming soon from Black Square Editions.

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Matt Broaddus @mattbroaddus.bsky.social · Jan 18

This is happening in one week.
Laura Paul's Film Elegy and Kelly Krumrie's No Measure were two of the coolest books I read last year. If you're in Denver, come hear them read! With me! I will also be a guy who is there.

Matt Broaddus @mattbroaddus.bsky.social · Jan 13

Reading coming up in Denver w/ some friends who happen to be great writers too!

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