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Derek Pollard, PhD

@doc-pollard.bsky.social

• Helping writers get into print since 1991. • Poets on Poetry Series Editor (Univ. of Michigan Press): https://poets-on-poetry.carrd.co • Author of ‘On the Verge of Something Bright and Good’ (Barrow Street) & ‘Inconsequentia’ (BlazeVOX).

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 2d ago

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.

University of Michigan Press @uofmpress.bsky.social · 4d ago

UMP author Norman Minnick tabled at Proof: A Midwest Lit Fest this past weekend for his study "We Rode the Rhythms as One: On the Poetry of Etheridge Knight. Learn more about the book and grab your own copy here: press.umich.edu/Books/W/We-R...

Large banner promoting a poet titled "The Poet, The Poem, and The People" featuring a black-and-white portrait of a man at a typewriter, a nearby table displaying a book about his work, and people browsing a vendor fair.

Attendees browse tables at an indoor book fair; a woman reads from a paperback in front of a tall banner for poet Etheridge Knight while vendors and stacks of books fill the room.

University of Michigan Press @uofmpress.bsky.social · 4d ago

Protect the freedom to read. Let books be. #BannedBooksWeek

University of Michigan Press @uofmpress.bsky.social · 5d ago

Our newest book is "Forrest Gander: Poetry, Translation, Ecology" Edited by Robert Baker! As part of the Under Discussion series, it focuses on a resonant voice in the field of contemporary ecopoetry and ecopoetics. Find it at press.umich.edu/Books/F/Forr...

Paperback of Forrest Gander: Poetry, Translation, Ecology edited by Robert Baker with the text Available Now

Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · last wk.

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.

Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 2w ago

Yup, you read that right! In honor of the first day of #LitMagWeek, enjoy 50% off single copies of POETRY when you use the code LITMAG50 now through 10/2. 💚 Get your copies here (going back more than 20 years!): https://bit.ly/4ycwSta

Green background with white text reads: 50% off single copies of Poetry September 28–October 2 #LitMagWeek.

Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 2w ago

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.

Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 2w ago

Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 3w ago

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.

Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 3w ago

“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.

Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 3w ago

Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · last mo.

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.

Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 3w ago

“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.

Poetry Society of America @poetrysociety.org · last mo.

Tickets are on sale now for the Poetry Society’s fall 2026 events. https://ow.ly/Wh1O50ZKZHK Upcoming programs feature the nation's leading poets and thinkers, including Dara Barrois/Dixon, John Yau, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Paisley Rekdal, Dawn Lundy Martin, A. O. Scott, and many more.

Lever Press @leverpress.bsky.social · 4w ago

TRAVELS WITH MINA LOY: NAVIGATING THE AVANT-GARDE is now available to read online! This essential guidebook maps artist and writer Mina Loy's "long aesthetic itinerary" and is a companion text to the award-winning web resource mina-loy.com. Read more: buff.ly/snhCzvY

3D mockup of book "Travels with Mina Loy: Navigating the Avant-Garde" by Suzanne W. Churchill, Linda A. Kinnahan, and Susan Rosenbaum on a wooden table with a coffee next to it.

Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 6mo ago

“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.

Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 4w ago

“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.’

Brooklyn Poets @brooklynpoets.bsky.social · last mo.

Welcome fall at our events, community groups, workshops, craft labs and more both at our space in Brooklyn Heights and online this September! mailchi.mp/brooklynpoet...

Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 4w ago

“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.

Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · last mo.

The Poetry Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of the 2026 Pegasus Awards! 🎉 Robert Pinsky 🎉 Nikki Grimes 🎉 Luis Javier Rodríguez 🎉 Meg Day 🎉 Jason Schneiderman For more details, visit our website https://bit.ly/4x9ME6N Congratulations to this year's honorees!

University of Michigan Press @uofmpress.bsky.social · 4w ago

And another round of congratulations for "Dispatches from the Land of Erasure" author Philip Metres for being named a 2026 Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism finalist! Read more about the book here: buff.ly/q4wJXlJ

2026 Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism finalist — Dispatches from the Land of Erasure: Essays and Conversations by Philip Metres, shown as a book with a colorful abstract-block cover set against a dark blue background.

Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · last mo.

Poetry Society of America @poetrysociety.org · last mo.

Aimee Nezhukumatathil reads "Big Night" from her collection NIGHT OWL (@eccobooks.bsky.social, 2026) for the May '26 installment of the PSA Reading Series.

Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · last mo.

“…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.

Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · last mo.

“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.

Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · last mo.

“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.

University of Michigan Press @uofmpress.bsky.social · last mo.

Hungry for free ebooks? Check out our Voracious Reader Newsletter below. You can read these books for free online or download a free PDF, epub, or Kindle format to dig in later: buff.ly/F6U3pM8

Poetry Society of America @poetrysociety.org · last mo.

Matthew Rohrer reads "Grace" from ARMY OF GIANTS (Wave Books, 2024) for the March '26 installment of the PSA Reading Series.

Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · last mo.

“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.