D.S. Waldman is the author of the poetry collection Atria (Liveright/WW Norton, 2026). His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Los Angeles Review of Books, ZYZZYVA, and many other…

D.S. Waldman is the author of the poetry collection Atria (Liveright/WW Norton, 2026). His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Los Angeles Review of Books, ZYZZYVA, and many other…

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Experience an evening of immersive performance and poetry unfolding throughout The Fisher Collection galleries, inspired by D.S. Waldman’s debut poetry collection.

Experience an evening of immersive performance and poetry unfolding throughout The Fisher Collection galleries, inspired by D.S. Waldman’s debut poetry collection.

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Join us for an eclectic evening of new poetry from four poets: Chase Berggrun, Lauren Camp, Megan Pinto, and D.S. Waldman.

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An interview with poet D.S. Waldman on his recent collection, “Atria.”

My students often have difficulty with the idea of a prose poem.  How do we define it?  How is it a poem and not just prose?  And in truth, I rarely have satisfying answers for them.  Part of what I l...

My students often have difficulty with the idea of a prose poem.  How do we define it?  How is it a poem and not just prose?  And in truth, I rarely have satisfying answers for them.  Part of what I l...

Hi everyone, I earned my PhD from the Department of Child Study and Human Development. My studies, research, and professional work focus on how positive media use among children and young people ca...

It feels appropriate that D.S. Waldman’s debut poetry collection, Atria, opens with the speaker looking at the work of the artist Alexander Calder. Calder’s mobiles and Waldman’s poetry could be di…