John Burroughs
@jburroughs.bsky.social
NBPF Beat Poet Laureate Founding editor, Crisis Chronicles Press Past Vice President, Ohio Poetry Association Hillbuckeye. Skeptic. Creative. Better woke than asleep. https://linktr.ee/johnburroughs 🏳️🌈
Hey, y'all! Let's celebrate @jenniferabrowne.bsky.social's birthday today by picking up a copy of her superb new chapbook, *Dearest, Disaster*, from dancing girl press & studio! dulcetshop.myshopify.com/products/bro...
Dearest, Disaster | Jennifer Browne
Jennifer Browne is the author of American Crow and the poetry chapbooks Before: After; In a Period of Absence, a Lake; whisper song; and The Salt of the Geologic World. Find more of her work at linktr...
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Great show by the Mountain Goats last night at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
If you missed our recent program about the poetry of Toni Morrsion, the video is now online. Thanks again to the Ohioana Library, the Toni Morrison Society, and Literary Cleveland. youtu.be/qN_hf2X3FKU
5 on 5 Celebrating the Poetry of Toni Morrison Virtual Event
YouTube video by Holly Brians Ragusa
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More books I've brought home recently: Cosmic American Music by Scott Silsbe, Object Permanence by Michelle Gil-Montero, To Anacreon in Heaven and Other Poems by Graham Foust, Two-Headed Nightingale by Shara Lessley, The Secret of Clocks by Thomas Lux, The Dig and Hotel Fiesta by Lynn Emanuel.
It was good to chat recently with Geoff Anderson of diVERSES. Though I love @ohiopoetry.bsky.social, I recently stepped away from my vice president role with them to focus more on other priorities. At this stage of my life, I find I have more questions than answers. youtu.be/oMbKUSaFONM
Why I Left Ohio's Biggest Poetry Organization
YouTube video by diVERSES
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A few scenes from last night's excellent Hemingway's Summer Poetry Series at Hop Farm Brewing in Pittsburgh. So glad I made the trip. The evening's featured poets were Jennifer Browne, Michelle Gil-Montero, Alexi Morrissey, Michael Simms, and Patricia Jabbeh Wesley.
More groovy books that have recently come my way: Angels, Anarchists & Gods by Chris Felver; Beatific Soul: Jack Kerouac on the Road by Isaac Gewirtz; Collected Poems by Lynda Hull; The Feel Trio by Fred Moten.
Mark your calendars! November 17th, OPA will be a community partner for this special event featuring Pauletta Hansel at the Bexley Public Library. Gramercy Books will be on hand with copies of Hansel's new book, Understory: A Women’s History of Appalachia. www.bexleylibrary.org/event/17115000
Pauletta Hansel Author Visit
Pauletta Hansel, poet, memoirist, teacher, and the first poet laureate of Cincinnati, celebrates the release of her latest book, Understory: A Women's History of Appalachia.. Event starts at November ...
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Some more books I'm grateful have found their way into my hands in recent weeks: George Szirtes: New & Collected Poems, Susan Mitchell: Erotikon, Jorie Graham: Swarm, Wisława Szymborska: Monologue of a Dog, Basil Bunting: Bunting's Persia (ed. Don Share), Alan Shapiro: Against Translation.
Honored and deeply grateful to have just been named Lifetime New Generation Beat Poet Laureate by the National Beat Poetry Foundation.
10 days ago in Evansville, Indiana, I had the privilege of sharing poetry with these groovy folks. Supremely grateful to Poetry Speaks hosts Jonathan S Baker and Arizona, co-feature Jennifer Browne, and friends old and new who and shared at their always fab open mic. E'ville forever!
Happy birthday to Stanley Jordan, who gave a magical, masterful performance at Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute last night. www.patreon.com/stanleyjordan
October 16-17th, join us in the great city of Toledo for the 89th annual Ohio Poetry Day celebration! Complete info at ohiopoetryday.blogspot.com
Ohio Poetry Day Association
"In 1938, the State of Ohio set the third Friday of every October as Ohio Poetry Day. This was the first poetry day established by a state government in the United States. Tessa Sweazy Webb spent th...
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Wow! I have just found (among things that I never fully unpacked from last year's road trip to the U.S. Southwest) FIFTEEN unread author copies of AWASH (published by Pure Sleeze). I'm numbering, signing, and selling them for $10 (free shipping). More info: jesuscrisis.blogspot.com/2026/07/awas...
Awash Returns Ashore!
Blog home of 2022-23 U.S. Beat Poet Laureate and nationally touring author John Burroughs, author of Rattle & Numb and The Wrest of the Worthwhile.
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Join us 8/29 at the Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, Ohio, to discuss and share Ekphrastic poems. Workshop led by Shei Sanchez! Info and registration at ohiopoetryassn.org/events. Shei Sanchez is a Filipina-American poet who writes from the woods and meadows of her home in Appalachian Ohio.
I'm way behind, but super grateful for these: How to Monetize Despair by Lisa Mottolo; Beasts, River, Drunk Men, Garden, Burst, & Light by Richard Hague; The River Underneath the City by Scott Silsbe; The Stone in My Shoe by Lucy Logsdon; Futility by Jonathan S Baker; & CIPHER by Jeremy B. Jones.
Echoing Rage Against the Machine: "They don't gotta burn the books, they just [do this to] them." futurism.com/artificial-i...
AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale, Even If Almost No Copies Remain
AI companies are quietly obtaining rare books, ingesting their contents, and then destroying them -- even if they're exceedingly rare.
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Writer John Bruening gives some much deserved love to one of my favorite people, the Cuyahoga County Public Library's Laurie Kincer. jcbruening.com/the-write-la...
This Tuesday July 28th on Zoom, I look forward to joining recent California Beat Poet Laureate Dane Ince and the Time to Arrive Open Mic community as their featured artist this 9 p.m. Eastern, 6 p.m. Pacific, et cetera. jesuscrisis.blogspot.com/2026/07/july...
July 28 on Zoom: Time to Arrive Open Mic features John Burroughs
Blog home of 2022-23 U.S. Beat Poet Laureate and nationally touring author John Burroughs, author of Rattle & Numb and The Wrest of the Worthwhile.
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Always a joy to add Sheila-na-Gig titles to my collection! The most recent are: Universe Marveled Into a Jar by Laura Grace Weldon, Disposable by Jessica Cory, and Still Life with Apocalypse by Alan Catlin. Get yours at sheilanagigblog.com
Join OPA and Ohioana on August 5, 2026, at 5 PM for a special tribute to the incredible works of Toni Morrison. Register (free!) at www.eventbrite.com/e/celebratin... Panelists: Farah Jasmine Griffin, Holly Brians Ragusa, and more. Moderator: Dana A. Williams. An Open Mic will follow this event!
Totally jazzed to be returning to Evansville, Indiana, on July 21st to read with the brilliant @jenniferabrowne.bsky.social for Poetry Speaks at the Bokeh Lounge. Now I need to write a frog poem.
I couldn't make it to Gonzo Fest this weekend or the NFSPS Conference next weekend after all, but I'm sending best wishes to all involved.
A few photos from our recent Ohio Poetry Association picnic at Woodland Mound Park in Cincinnati. Thanks so much to featured poet Richard Hague and to everyone who came, grilled, shared, volunteered, and wished away (or wished for) the torrential rain.
