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The Slowdown @slowdownshow.org · 01/08/2025

“Today’s poem carries that same energy of self-discovery, inevitable change, and an extravagance of living,” shares Major in today’s encore episode. Read “Nocturne” by Oliver Baez Bendorf @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social‬: bit.ly/3IUaqAj

An excerpt from “Nocturne” by Oliver Baez Bendorf

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Simeon Berry @simeonberry.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

“right now, / someone is having sex and someone / is dying and someone is trying to find / a lid so they can, before bed, put away / the soup” — @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social, “Everything All at Once” @yalereview.bsky.social yalereview.org/article/oliv...

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Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Everything All at Once"

A poem by Oliver Baez Bendorf: "right now, / someone is having sex and someone / is dying"

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Someone Somewhere @nerudap.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Consider the Rooster, poems by Oliver Baez Bendorf (also from Nighboat) "serves as an ode to a rooster's crow, a catalyst for awakening, both literally and figuratively." Here's a conversation with the poet: www.latinxproject.nyu.edu/intervenxion...

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Erika Meitner @rika99.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Giant congrats to all the fab NBCC poetry finalists! 🎉 @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social + @cphillipspoet.bsky.social + my mfa cohort-mate Jen Chang!

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Urayoán Noel @urayoan.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Felicidades @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social! & in such amazing company! I had the honor and of blurbing this mighty book & have not stopped thinking about it since! Orgullo!

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El Norte Recuerda @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Oliver! So happy for you friend! @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social

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Paul Hlava Ceballos @paulhlava.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Congrats @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social on being a finalist for the National Book Critics Award! 🏆

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National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

We're excited to announce the shortlist for the 2024 NBCC Award for Poetry! Congratulations to all of the finalists.

The finalists for the 2024 NBCC Award for Poetry are An Authentic Life by Jennifer Chang (Copper Canyon), Consider the Rooster by Oliver Baez Bendorf (Nightboat), Instructions for the Lovers by Dawn Lundy Martin (Nightboat), Scattered Snows, to the North by Carl Phillips (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), and Wrong Norma by Anne Carson (New Directions).

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David Woo @davidwoo.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Poem of the Day, from the books longlisted for the 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry: “Everywhere All At Once,” from Consider the Rooster by Oliver Baez Bendorf (Nightboat Books) @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social Look for our finalist announcement on January 23rd (3/10)

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kc kc kc (ichabod era) @katecrane.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Impervious by @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social from Consider the Rooster

Impervious is the poem title.

Poem:

Someone stops over unannounced like the old days,
so I pop open that bottle of Sancerre I’ve been saving.
Talk turns to carp that reached the roadway
After Thursday’s 3 inches of rain, how some said
invasive, let them die, others said naturalized,
let them live, someone asked for a net and
others said
they’d catch them with their hands. I could
never do what the raccoon does, tossing
pink petals, or could I? We go to the club that
turns gay only on Saturday nights. In the morning,
I’m still gay, thank god. But the rain, it’s returning.

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Oliver Baez Bendorf @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Revisiting June Jordan today: "we are the ones we have been waiting for."

Image shows the final two stanzas of June Jordan's "Poem for South African Women," in which the text reads: "And who will join this standing up / and the ones who stood without sweet company / will sing and sing / back into the mountains and / if necessary / even under the sea // we are the ones we have been waiting for."

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Oliver Baez Bendorf @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Dang, Consider the Rooster made Electric Lit’s Best Poetry Collections of 2024! “Oliver Baez Bendorf troubles the boundaries: of countries, genders, time periods… cement[ing] Bendorf’s status as one of the most interesting poets working today.” Grateful 💖 electricliterature.com/electric-lit...

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Electric Lit's Best Poetry Collections of 2024 - Electric Literature

Books by Danez Smith, Anne Carson, and Hala Alyan are among the year’s most celebrated poetry collections

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Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

need to make a weird zine

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Oliver Baez Bendorf @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Knowing where you come from is its own kind of strength. Here's my Grandpa Baez and my mom in his kitchen, filled with chickens, roosters, and family. My new book Consider the Rooster honors these roots—resilience and courage. 💜 PS: Link in bio to support my fight for justice and accountability.

Photo of a smiling older Latino man wearing glasses, a white T-shirt, and a green beret-style cap, standing next to a smiling woman in a bright straw sunhat and glasses. They’re in a warm, cheerful kitchen filled with chicken and rooster-themed decorations on the walls and shelves.

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Oliver Baez Bendorf @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Honored to have my poem “Michigan” from Consider the Rooster featured today at Poetry Daily. This book means so much to me, and I’m so grateful to everyone who’s supported it and made space for its words. 💖 If you haven’t yet, grab a copy of Consider the Rooster—available now from Nightboat Books.

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Poetry Daily @poetrydaily.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Today’s Featured Poem: “Michigan” by @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social, from Consider the Rooster, published by Nightboat Books. Read here: poems.com/poem/michigan/

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"Michigan" by Oliver Baez Bendorf

from "Consider the Rooster" published by Nightboat Books

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Oliver Baez Bendorf @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Toni Morrison: "How bleak, unlivable, insufferable existence becomes when we are deprived of artwork. That the life and work of writers facing peril must be protected is urgent [...] and their absence is of equal peril to us. The rescue we extend to them is a generosity to ourselves." 💜

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The Latinx Project @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

New on Intervenxions—From Rooster to Rooster: A Conversation With Oliver Baez Bendorf “It takes care to write a book like Consider the Rooster and a great deal of vulnerability.” By Roque Raquel Salas Rivera (@roqueraquel.bsky.social) www.latinxproject.nyu.edu/intervenxion...

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Please welcome—and support—the trans poet librarian @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social who is raising funds for his legal fight for accountability with his employer.

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Urayoán Noel @urayoan.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Brilliant conversation and brilliant book! Gracias @roqueraquel.bsky.social & @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social! An honor to feature you!

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