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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Congratulations to Anne Carson on the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature! Not that we could have known about it in advance, but @uofmpress.bsky.social had been planning to celebrate Carson's work with a second title in the Under Discussion Series. More details here: press.umich.edu/Books/A/Anne...

Book cover for "Anne Carson and the Unknown: Contemporary Perspectives on Poetic Experimentation," edited by Helena Van Praet and Christine Wiesenthal, published in the Under Discussion Series by the University of Michigan Press. The top and bottom sections are a muted teal-blue. The top displays the title in black sans-serif font and white serif subtitle font. The bottom lists "Edited by Helena Van Praet and Christine Wiesenthal" in white text. The central illustration features a linocut-style portrait in muted purple and light teal against a white and teal background, depicting a person looking slightly to the side.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Interested in getting 30% off most new releases, including titles in the Poets on Poetry Series? Sign up for the @uofmpress.bsky.social newsletter: umich.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=... It'll only take a minute or two, and you'll get priority access to news, updates, and special deals!

Book cover for WHAT THE MIRROR SAID by Ashley M. Jones, featuring large white typography with faint mirror reflections underneath each word on a solid crimson red background, with the subtitle "The Necessity of Black Women in Poetry." Published by the University of Michigan Press in the Poets on Poetry Series, edited by Derek Pollard.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Congratulations to Poets on Poetry Series author Marianne Boruch for being named this year's Jackson Poetry Prize winner by @pw.org! Tune in to Tuesday's prize reading here: secure.givelively.org/event/poets-... Boruch's PoP books: press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-... press.umich.edu/Books/P/Poet...

An article screenshot titled "Marianne Boruch Wins $100,000 Jackson Poetry Prize". Beneath the headline, an italicized quote reads: "In poems rhetorically sinuous and compelling, Marianne Boruch renders luminous the expanse and reach of human thought." Below the text is a photo of poet Marianne Boruch restlessly resting her face on her hand while wearing round glasses, credited to Joanna Eldredge Morrissey.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“The most nettlesome question, almost diabolical in its need and urgency: Who will think of me when I’m gone?” – Wendy Xu, from “Documentary Traces, Relatability, and the Limits of Witness” Available from @uofmpress.bsky.social press.umich.edu/Books/Y/Your... #Booksky #Poetry #Nonfiction

Book cover for ‘Your Historical Loveliness Knows No Bounds’ by Wendy Xu. The book is part of the Poets on Poetry Series, published by the University of Michigan Press and edited by Derek Pollard. The cover image is a striking, full-frame close-up photograph of a bronze sculpture of a man's head, angled to fill most of the page. The sculpture is highly dramatic: the man's face is contorted with intense emotion, and his mouth is wide open, as if shouting or screaming. The metal has a dark, mottled verdigris patina. All text is positioned across the lower third of the cover. The title, ‘YOUR HISTORICAL LOVELINESS KNOWS NO BOUNDS,’ and the author's name, WENDY XU, are printed in light gray/off-white text. The subtitle, "FORM, FUTURITY, AND DOCUMENTARY DESIRE," is centered beneath the title and printed in a distinctive pale yellow text.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Long before I became Series Editor, the Poets on Poetry Series taught me about inquiry and craft. What an honor, then, that two of our books were nominated for the Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism from the @poetry.foundation. Congratulations, @philipmetres.bsky.social and Jason Schneiderman.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

“The picture of the process of reading a poem is as indeterminate as an interpretation given to a poem by a reader.” – Amy Catanzano, from “The Positron Passport” Available from @uofmpress.bsky.social press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-... #Booksky #Poetry #Science

Book cover for ‘The Imaginary Present: Essays in Quantum Poetics’ by Amy Catanzano,
published in the Poets on Poetry Series by the University of Michigan Press. The cover features a pixelated, glitch-art style background in shades of pink, purple, rose, and teal. The title and author name appear in bright pink text on white rectangular blocks that seem to float over the abstract digital pattern. The subtitle appears in white text on a rose-colored banner.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

“A love-based poetics has no shame. It does not worry about appearing foolish. Rather, it lays itself bare in the name of transparency and progress.” – @khadijahqueen.com, from “A Radical Poetics of Love” Available from @uofmpress.bsky.social press.umich.edu/Books/R/Radi... #Booksky #Poetry

Front cover of the book ‘Radical Poetics’ by Khadijah Queen, published in the Poets on Poetry Series by the University of Michigan Press, edited by Derek Pollard. The cover features a Black woman sitting barefoot in a dimly lit, eclectic space surrounded by books and fabric drapes. The atmosphere is reminiscent of steampunk with a Southern gothic twist. The woman is wearing a pink dress and sitting on a floral-patterned surface. The subtitle reads ‘Essays on Literature & Culture.’

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

“Poetry is what lets the ghost reply, Don’t fence me in.” – Christina Pugh, from “Ghosts and the Overplus” Available from @uofmpress.bsky.social press.umich.edu/Books/G/Ghos... #Poetry #Books #Ghosts

Book cover of ‘Ghosts and the Overplus: Reading Poetry in the Twenty-First Century’ by
Christina Pugh, published in the Poets on Poetry Series by the University of Michigan Press, edited by Derek Pollard. The cover features a minimalist design with the title and author name in elegant typography. The visual element shows a mixed-media collage with watercolor elements in blue and purple tones on the left side, juxtaposed with a black and white seascape showing rough waters and what appears to be partially submerged wooden posts. The overall aesthetic combines abstract and representational elements in a contemplative, artistic composition.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Congratulations to Poets on Poetry Series author Jason Schneiderman on being awarded the 2026 Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism by the @poetry.foundation! If you haven't read Jason's book yet, you can order your copy directly from @uofmpress.bsky.social here: press.umich.edu/Books/N/Noth...

Book cover for NOTHINGISM by Jason Schneiderman, published in the Poets on Poetry Series by the University of Michigan Press, edited by Derek Pollard. The background is deep purple. The title, NOTHINGISM, appears as large, light purple text running vertically down the left side of the cover. On the right side, in gold text that contrasts with the purple background, is the subtitle POETRY AT THE END OF PRINT CULTURE. The author's name, JASON SCHNEIDERMAN, appears in white text below the subtitle. In the bottom right corner is a simple illustration of a tan cardboard box. The overall design is minimal and contemporary, using typographic elements as the main visual focus.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

“…all poetry is engaged in a process of discovery; it is seeking to uncover something new, to reveal through the medium of language what we never knew, or…only intuited but could not yet put into words.” – @normanfinkelstein.bsky.social, from “Michael Palmer” press.umich.edu/Books/T/To-G...

Front book cover of "To Go Into the Words" by Norman Finkelstein, featuring an impressionistic painting of a veiled figure in a long dark cloak against a soft pastel background. Published in the Poets on Poetry Series by the University of Michigan Press, edited by Derek Pollard.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

“Good poems, like all children, share such complexity, a complexity made of the tension between the gestures we can control and the deep currents we can’t.” – @longrules.bsky.social, from “When Reading Is the Rule” Available from @uofmpress.bsky.social press.umich.edu/Books/J/Joy-...

Book cover for ‘Joy (Or Something Darker, but Like It)’ by Nathaniel Perry, published in the
Poets on Poetry Series by the University of Michigan Press, edited by Derek Pollard. Dark blue background with black organic shapes. "Joy" in colorful letters (yellow, coral, blue), subtitle in white. "POETRY & PARENTING" in yellow, and author's name in white at the bottom.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

“So, where has postmodernism’s critique of interiority left the love poem, with its emotions on its speaker’s sleeve? Never very far from death, tragedy, and time.” – Jane Miller, from “I Love You, a Sob Story (w/ music)” Available from @uofmpress.bsky.social press.umich.edu/Books/F/From...

Book cover featuring an abstract watercolor painting of overlapping earth-tone color blocks in ochre, rust, green, and blue. In the lower right-center, primitive silhouettes depict two camels led by a smaller figure. White text reads: "FROM THE VALLEY OF BRONZE CAMELS, A Primer, Some Lectures, & A Boondoggle on Poetry, Jane Miller." Published in the Poets on Poetry Series, edited by Derek Pollard.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

“Not only is the poem or collected works a container or composite of our personality but it also exists as a statement of our freedom.” – Major Jackson, from “The Necessity of Language as Freedom” Available from @uofmpress.bsky.social press.umich.edu/Books/A/A-Be...

Book cover featuring an abstract, vertical stack of painted black and white piano keys against a light grey background. Text reads: "A Beat Beyond, SELECTED PROSE OF MAJOR JACKSON, Edited by Amor Kohli." Published in the Poets on Poetry Series by the University of Michigan Press, edited by Derek Pollard.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

“Is this embarrassing to admit? That I think a poem must find in itself a way to be involved with the reality of love, love’s thinking, and thinking’s love.” – Dan Beachy-Quick, from “As in the Green Trees” Available from @uofmpress.bsky.social: press.umich.edu/Books/H/How-...

Book cover for How to Draw a Circle: On Reading and Writing by Dan Beachy-Quick, published by the University of Michigan Press in the Poets on Poetry Series, edited by Derek Pollard. The top features a round glass vase, a red bowl filled with gray sand, and an empty red bowl placed in front of a square photograph of a crater. The main title is in thin, red capital letters, with the subtitle set inside a large beige circle in the bottom right corner.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

“I’m constantly bowled over by the detail and intentionality poets employ to deepen the impact of the content and to support the meaning of the poem.” – Ashley M. Jones, from “A Haiku for Sister Sonia Sanchez” Available from @uofmpress.bsky.social: press.umich.edu/Books/W/What...

Book cover for What the Mirror Said by Ashley M. Jones, published by the University of Michigan Press in the Poets on Poetry Series edited by Derek Pollard. The subtitle reads, The Necessity of Black Women in Poetry. The white title text features a faded, upside-down reflection beneath each word against a solid red background.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

“This collection of insight, gratitude, and proclamation reminds us that to read Black women’s poetry is to experience the divine and unwavering pulse of freedom.” – Sidney Clifton, Founder and President of The Clifton House Out now from @uofmpress.bsky.social: press.umich.edu/Books/W/What...

Book cover for the Poets on Poetry title What the Mirror Said: The Necessity of Black Women in Poetry by Ashley M. Jones. The title appears in thin, elongated cream-colored letters stacked vertically on a deep red background, with each word mirrored upside down beneath itself, evoking a reflection. The subtitle and author name appear in smaller cream type to the left.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

If this isn't on the turntable yet, it's high time to switch things up. 🎷🎶 melissaaldana.lnk.to/Filin @bluenoterecords.bsky.social

Album cover for "Filin" by Melissa Aldana on Blue Note Records. A high contrast, grainy black-and-white photo shows saxophonist Melissa Aldana standing on a staircase, looking upward toward a sharp architectural shadow. The top of the cover features the album title "FILIN" in large light-blue block letters alongside the names of the quartet: Melissa Aldana, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Peter Washington, and Kush Abadey.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

@people.com just published its 2026 list of “10 Inspiring and Educational Nonfiction Books to Read This Black History Month.” Congratulations to @uofmpress.bsky.social author @khadijahqueen.com on having RADICAL POETICS named to the list! people.com/best-nonfict...

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Congratulations to Poets on Poetry Series author @khadijahqueen.com on her memoir, BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA (Legacy Lit), being named a 2026 Notable Book of the Year by the Library of Michigan! www.michigan.gov/libraryofmic... @uofmpress.bsky.social #Books #Memoir #BookSky

A 3D book cover for "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: A Veteran's Memoir" by Khadijah Queen. The cover features a deep navy blue background with a subtle, rippling water texture. The title is displayed in large, bold, sans-serif block letters that appear partially submerged in water, with a color gradient of light blue and lavender. The author's name is at the bottom in a solid, bright blue font.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

In a reading mood heading into 2026? We’re totally with you! That’s why the @uofmpress.bsky.social holiday sale is still underway. The promo code HOLIDAY25 is good for 50% off all books through January 4, 2026. You can browse the catalogue here: www.press.umich.edu

Promotional graphic for the University of Michigan Press Holiday Sale. The text "Holiday Sale" is in dark blue script over a faded background of snow-covered evergreen trees. Below, it reads "ALL BOOKS 50% OFF" in blue block letters. The design is accented with a blue snowflake and star icons.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

“Ranging between richly textured narratives and artful experiments in form, Derek Pollard’s poems are enviable for the breadth of their imagination.” @jaswinderbolina.bsky.social , author of the essay collection OF COLOR and the poetry collections THE 44th OF JULY, PHANTOM CAMERA, and CARRIER WAVE

The front cover of ‘On the Verge of Something Bright and Good’ by Derek Pollard features the title in light purple text with "Bright" and "Good" highlighted in magenta. The cover art, by Stacey Pritchard, displays a pale sculptural human figure with an upraised arm, encircled by a turquoise beaded hoop. The figure stands on a circular base against a light blue/purple gradient background, with the author's name in light purple text at the bottom.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Documentary poetry can either amplify marginalized voices or exploit their suffering. @philipmetres.bsky.social’s DISPATCHES brings together poets wrestling with this distinction, providing crucial guidance for navigating the ethics of writing as witness. press.umich.edu/Books/D/Disp... #Poetry

Book cover for ‘Dispatches from the Land of Erasure: Essays and Conversations’ by Philip
Metres, published in the Poets on Poetry Series edited by Derek Pollard. The cover features an abstract geometric composition of overlapping rectangular blocks in various colors including blues, reds, greens, yellows, purples, and browns against a light gray background. The blocks appear layered and fragmented, creating a mosaic-like pattern that suggests themes of fragmentation and reconstruction. The title and author name are displayed in clean, dark typography at the top of the cover.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

What if emotion IS knowledge? @khadijahqueen.com’s RADICAL POETICS makes the case that “poetry exists as a valuable tool for understanding,” not despite its emotional resonance, but precisely because of it. press.umich.edu/Books/R/Radi... @uofmpress.bsky.social #Poetry #Books #RadicalPoetics

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Christina Pugh shows how Ed Roberson's "inward lyricism" reshapes contemporary poetry without manifestos or self-promotion, proving quiet innovation works. That leads to a critical question: are we confusing literary visibility with literary value? press.umich.edu/Books/G/Ghos... #Poetry #Books

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

What if preserving a memory destroys it? In YOUR HISTORICAL LOVELINESS KNOWS NO BOUNDS, Wendy Xu argues for poetry that risks rupture, holds simultaneous pasts, refuses the settled comfort of a single story. @uofmpress.bsky.social press.umich.edu/Books/Y/Your... #Poetry #Books #BookSky

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

How do you teach Palestinian and Israeli literature without pretending the power is equal? @philipmetres.bsky.social proposes “contrapuntal reading,” and DISPATCHES shows it in practice: what it reveals about both texts, as well as what the stakes are. press.umich.edu/Books/D/Disp... #Books

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Sparked by seeing a walnut-sized heart frozen to the ground the day before watching a Bruce Haack biopic at Sundance, “Different by Grace” asks the question none of us dares ask whenever we’re confronted by catastrophe: “Is it possible to love something as much as this?”

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

"If everything is politics, then nothing is politics." Jason Schneiderman's NOTHINGISM makes a bold, unexpected case: what if contemplation and privacy are poetry's most subversive acts? press.umich.edu/Books/N/Noth... @uofmpress.bsky.social #Poetry #Books #BookSky

Book cover for NOTHINGISM by Jason Schneiderman, published in the Poets on Poetry Series edited by Derek Pollard. The background is deep purple. The title, NOTHINGISM, appears as large, light purple text running vertically down the left side of the cover. On the right side, in gold text that contrasts with the purple background, is the subtitle POETRY AT THE END OF PRINT CULTURE. The author's name, JASON SCHNEIDERMAN, appears in white text below the subtitle. In the bottom right corner is a simple illustration of a tan cardboard box. The overall design is minimal and contemporary, using typographic elements as the main visual focus.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

When does a poem become more than art? Frontline workers writing pandemic haiku. Layli Long Soldier rewriting congressional resolutions. YOUR HISTORICAL LOVELINESS asks what happens when poetry stops being about witness and becomes action itself. press.umich.edu/Books/Y/Your...

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

In GHOSTS AND THE OVERPLUS, Christina Pugh traces how Jean Valentine shifts the meaning of a simple word, "eyeshadow," from cosmetics to one of Job's daughters. In doing so, she reminds us that poetry isn’t just the art of expression, it’s the art of transformation. press.umich.edu/Books/G/Ghos...

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

@careysalerno.bsky.social's reading at the book launch for THE HUNGRIEST STARS made it clear: This is a must-read collection. Copies are available direct from the publisher at: www.perseabooks.com/hungriest-st... You can also order online at @bookshop.org: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

The cover art for 'The Hungriest Stars' by Carey Salerno. A woman's manicured hand is centered, adorned with numerous oversized, ornate rings, including a turquoise stone, a gold flower, and a ring shaped like an eye. The hand is set against a large, detailed full moon, with a dark, starry sky surrounding the central image.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Physicists at CERN told Amy Catanzano they can use quantum theory but find it "counterintuitive.” She recognized immediately: quantum logic IS poetic logic. THE IMAGINARY PRESENT explores how poetry can reshape scientific understanding. @uofmpress.bsky.social press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-...

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Can you inherit someone else's loneliness? Wendy Xu's parents gave her a poem about feeling foreign, words she'd need before she knew why. YOUR HISTORICAL LOVELINESS asks what poetry carries across generations, and why certain words find us exactly when we need them. press.umich.edu/Books/Y/Your...

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Can you document trauma without exploiting it? @utopiaminus.bsky.social warns that the “representation of violence can produce its own kind of violence.” In @philipmetres.bsky.social’s DISPATCHES, poets debate what documentary poetry can and can’t do for justice – and whether writing is enough.

Book cover for ‘Dispatches from the Land of Erasure: Essays and Conversations’ by Philip Metres. The cover features an abstract geometric composition of overlapping rectangular blocks in various colors including blues, reds, greens, yellows, purples, and browns against a light gray background. The blocks appear layered and fragmented, creating a mosaic-like pattern that suggests themes of fragmentation and reconstruction. The title and author name are displayed in clean, dark typography at the top of the cover.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

In NOTHINGISM (@uofmpress.bsky.social), Jason Schneiderman explores the poetic friendship between James Merrill and Agha Shahid Ali. Though "the loved one may always leave," their correspondence reveals how poetry sustains intimacy across cultures and loss. press.umich.edu/Books/N/Noth...

Book cover for NOTHINGISM by Jason Schneiderman. The background is deep purple. The title, NOTHINGISM, appears as large, light purple text running vertically down the left side of the cover. On the right side, in gold text that contrasts with the purple background, is the subtitle POETRY AT THE END OF PRINT CULTURE. The author's name, JASON SCHNEIDERMAN, appears in white text below the subtitle. In the bottom right corner is a simple illustration of a tan cardboard box. The overall design is minimal and contemporary, using typographic elements as the main visual focus.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

“Let’s make room for many modes of survival.” @khadijahqueen.com’s RADICAL POETICS asks: what would our literary spaces look like if we actually meant this? Her book challenges us to expand what we consider possible – in our teaching, our writing, our communities. press.umich.edu/Books/R/Radi...

Front cover of the book ‘Radical Poetics’ by Khadijah Queen. The cover features a Black woman sitting barefoot in a dimly lit, eclectic space surrounded by books and fabric drapes. The atmosphere is reminiscent of steampunk with a Southern gothic twist. The woman is wearing a pink dress and sitting on a floral patterned surface. The subtitle reads ‘Essays on Literature & Culture.’

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

When Israeli forces captured Jaffa in 1948, the municipal archives vanished, erasing Palestinians' legal proof of land ownership. @philipmetres.bsky.social's DISPATCHES FROM THE LAND OF ERASURE shows how Arab poets have sought to preserve this disappeared history. press.umich.edu/Books/D/Disp...

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

@longrules.bsky.social reads Scarbrough's line about loneliness arriving "like a bouquet out of the evening," then watches his kids reach toward fleeing guinea fowl, finding poetry and parenting in the same impossible gesture. Joy (Or Something Darker, but Like It) press.umich.edu/Books/J/Joy-...

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Kodak invented "the Kodak moment" to teach people they needed cameras to remember their lives. Jason Schneiderman sees poems heading down the same commercial track – and he's having none of it! Read more in NOTHINGISM, out now from @uofmpress.bsky.social: press.umich.edu/Books/N/Noth...

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

In one of her essays, Christina Pugh observes that students copying out Frost's "Birches" and Brooks's sonnets learned meter faster than when they wrote original poems It's a provocative question: What if imitation teaches craft better than invention? press.umich.edu/Books/G/Ghos...

Book cover of ‘Ghosts and the Overplus: Reading Poetry in the Twenty-First Century’ by Christina Pugh. The cover features a minimalist design with the title and author name in elegant typography. The visual element shows a mixed-media collage with watercolor elements in blue and purple tones on the left side, juxtaposed with a black and white seascape showing rough waters and what appears to be partially submerged wooden posts. The overall aesthetic combines abstract and representational elements in a contemplative, artistic composition.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

When CERN physicists admitted ordinary language can't describe quantum reality, they were right. What they missed, though, is exactly what Amy Catanzano observes in THE IMAGINARY PRESENT: that poets have been mapping the indescribable from the very start. press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-...

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

When poets debate whether metaphor itself perpetuates harm, every image becomes an ethical choice. @philipmetres.bsky.social's DISPATCHES FROM THE LAND OF ERASURE captures these heated conversations, changing how we approach poems that engage cultural difference. press.umich.edu/Books/D/Disp...

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

In Midtown today? We’d love to be your rush hour stop-over. We’ll be getting underway at 6pm at the Bryant Park Reading Room. Hope to see you there! 🌞

Promotional tile for the Bryant Park Reading Room event on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, hosted by Jason Schneiderman and featuring poets Ryan Black, Nicole Callihan, Derek Pollard, and Amy Small-McKinney.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

In Manhattan on July 1st? Come join us at Bryant Park. The reading’s scheduled to start at 6pm. It’d be great to see you there.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

What lessons does quantum mechanics hold for poets? Amy Catanzano traveled to CERN to find out, exploring the relationship between cutting edge science and creativity. THE IMAGINARY PRESENT is the result. And it’s filled with one unexpected connection after another. @uofmpress.bsky.social

Book cover for "The Imaginary Present: Essays in Quantum Poetics" by Amy Catanzano. The cover features a pixelated, glitch-art style background in shades of pink, purple, and teal. The title and author name appear in bright pink text on white rectangular blocks that seem to float over the abstract digital pattern. The subtitle appears in white text on a purple banner.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

“Manhattan Still" reminded me that sometimes you can't write about the unimaginable thing itself. You can only write around it, through the small things that happened before. cutt.ly/GryJTiMn #Poetry #Books #WritingCommunity

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

There's something to be said for the solitariness of writing. But there's something equally liberating about writing with others. Join us virtually this summer to explore what writing collaboratively means for your own work. Click here to see the full lineup of DWC workshops: cutt.ly/8rntUwjY

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

The thread between a sonnet & a helix spiral? The difference between reading & scrolling? In NOTHINGISM, Jason Schneiderman tackles poetry's place in our digital era with wit and wisdom. It’s a must-read for the chronically online. @umichpress.bsky.social press.umich.edu/Books/N/Noth...

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

April showers bring...our May book sale! Get 50% off every order between now and the end of the month. Talk about a great way to stock up on your summer reads! Browse the @uofmpress.bsky.social catalogue, including the latest Poets on Poetry Series titles, here: press.umich.edu

A colorful promotional image for the University of Michigan Press Spring Sale. The image features decorative floral elements in soft blues, corals, and mint greens framing the top and bottom. In the center, "SPRING SALE" appears in large blue lettering, followed by text that reads "Save 50% on all orders with promo code SPRING25." The bottom corners showcase illustrated books with flowers emerging from them, suggesting a flourishing of knowledge and ideas with the arrival of spring.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Is poetry a form of scrying? Christina Pugh's GHOSTS & THE OVERPLUS explores that question through concepts like "transpersonal utterance," revealing how poems become vessels for multiple voices across the centuries. Which poets from the past whisper in your reading? @uofmpress.bsky.social

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