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An Ode to Ellen Bass
A roundup of her poems + an invitation to join us for her craft class on The Poetic Line
Dec 9
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Poets, We Need to Talk About Self-Promotion
Why asking for support feels harder than writing the book
Dec 4
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Books Need Early Believers
How preorders quietly determine a book’s life
Dec 2
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November 2025
Poems of Gratitude, Home, and Enduring
Dear Friends,
Nov 26
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Poetry, Care, and the Work of Witness: A Generative Craft Class on Laura Gilpin
Join me on December 21, 2-4 PM EST
Nov 25
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Poems for Your Weekend
"Eloquent silence of everyone I ever loved"
Nov 21
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Drawing Down the Moon
My poem in this week's issue of The New Yorker
Nov 8
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The (Substack) Writer’s Growth Mindset with Maya C. Popa
Maya C. Popa and Sarah Fay, PhD go LIVE to discuss mindset
Nov 6
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Maya C. Popa
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Sarah Fay, PhD
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I Can Finally Tell You About My Next Book
If You Love That Lady forthcoming from W.W. Norton · July 2026
Nov 4
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October 2025
Wild Imagination: On Poetry’s Role in Preserving Wilderness
How poetic imagination safeguards our capacity for bewilderment (first published in The Poetry Review)
Oct 25
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The Art of the Poetry Submission Cover Letter
OR "how to stop overthinking your cover letter & spend more time on your actual poems"
Oct 23
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Poems for Your Weekend
Ode to the Ars Poetica
Oct 17
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