Every season, @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social runs their Befriend a Book campaign, and this season includes more of my wonderful pressmates and my own upcoming The Last Great Adventure Is You, out June 2027. Learn more: giving.gofundme.com/campaign/814...

Reading for the Waxwing Issue 36 Release Party with MaxieJane Frazier, Hannah Wederquist-Keller, Kelli Russell Agodon, Piper June, Rebecca Suzuki, Chiagoziem Jideofor, and Victoria Sun. Thursday, July 9th. at 8 PM EST. www.facebook.com/share/1ESt68...

New poem in Waxwing :: a pivotal moment in my forthcoming THE LAST GREAT ADVENTURE IS YOU (Alice James Books) waxwingmag.org/items/issue3... I’ve spoken often how Threads (1984) influenced my life then and now. In my collection, this poem comes at a crossroads for the speaker and her horse.

New Atomic Sonnet in Reunion :: Chorine as the Summer of C(ourtney) L(ove)

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Reading for the Transatlantic Poetry Series at Bath Spa University (UK) - thanks to the phenomenal poet Tim Liardet for inviting me - note the event starts at 7 PM GMT, which is 2 PM EST - link to watch online: www.ticketsource.com/bathspalive/...

“I just want to find closure. I know. That's / why it took me so long to keep certain things for myself. Almost the same, the why, / the who. I've no need for memoir. All of it is here. Feral & still hungry. All of it true.” ❤️❤️❤️

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New poem in The Cincinnati Review from my forthcoming Alice James Books collection THE LAST GREAT ADVENTURE IS YOU (2027)

New poem in The Cincinnati Review from my forthcoming Alice James Books collection THE LAST GREAT ADVENTURE IS YOU (2027)

Third blurb for The Last Great Adventure Is You (forthcoming from Alice James Books June 2027) “Rosebud Ben-Oni is a mind-blowing poet of manifold dimensions…” —Diego Báez author of Yaguareté White

Second blurb for The Last Great Adventure Is You (forthcoming from @alicejamesbooks, June 2027) “Unlike any other book, to read The Last Great Adventure Is You is to witness the beautiful mind of Rosebud Ben-Oni.” —Jan Beatty, author of Dragstripping

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First blurb for The Last Great Adventure Is You (forthcoming from @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social , June 2027)

Just a few 📸s from @poetshouse.bsky.social :: it’s important we gather, connect. 🖤 thank you for a beautiful day.

Reading at @poetshouse.bsky.social this Saturday for their 40th anniversary with a fantastic lineup of poets :: had to move to the third block starting at 4 PM due to scheduling but can’t wait to celebrate with you all 🖤

In this six-week, online workshop w/ @rosebudbenoni.bsky.social, we'll explore the different facets of writing about sensory perceptions, movement, and of course, the body. We'll work to re-center our narratives, draw new inspiration & find autonomy in our voices. brooklynpoets.org/workshop/p/p...

Explore contemporary Experimentalism, meter, the aubade, the senses, the surreal and the personal archive with Vanessa Jimenez Gabb, @anniefinch.com, Alexis N. Garcia, @rosebudbenoni.bsky.social, @robertwoodlynn.bsky.social & Kayla Schwab in these upcoming workshops! brooklynpoets.org/workshops/all

🪼Taking Manuscript Consultations for Spring :: Send me a DM or contact me through my website www.rosebudbenoni.com/contact 🦚

New Interview :: thanks to Darius Phelps & Tupelo Quarterly for such wonderful questions Here’s a snippet of our conversation about THE LAST GREAT ADVENTURE IS YOU (Alice James Books, 2027) & how it all began. Full interview: www.tupeloquarterly.com/editors-feat...)

New poem “On the Mandela Effect” in Alaska Quarterly Review Because that couple stuck in space. & cornucopia & Fruit of the Loom. I remember. Don’t you. 🦑

It was an honor to judge Gulf Coast Journal’s 2025 Barthelme Prize; there were so many great submissions. Congrats to Christopher Notarnicola‘s winning piece “Bring to Mind the Mouth” and to the Honorable Mentions: “Rent” by Bradley Trumpfeller and “Third Mother” by Lisa Harris.

✨two new poems✨ from The Last Great Adventure Is You (Alice James Books, 2027) in The Southampton Review (1/2)

Feed: "Electric Literature" By: Rosebud Ben-Oni on Wednesday, February 25, 2026

All’s Fair in Love and Optimus Prime

Two poems by Rosebud Ben-Oni

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Here’s my second poem in @electricliterature.com :: “On the Legacy of Tron” from my forthcoming @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social collection The Last Great Adventure Is You electricliterature.com/two-poems-by...

Two new poems in @electricliterature.com :: both from my forthcoming @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social collection The Last Great Adventure Is You (2027) electricliterature.com/two-poems-by...

Read two love poems to Optimus Prime and Tron, by Rosebud Ben-Oni. buff.ly/dh27c2o

Greetings from the blizzard :: Two new ⚛️ Atomic Sonnets ⚛️ in Puerto del Sol :: Helium’s use of MRI brings out the extraterrestrial in me & Aluminum who prefers their British pronunciation

Had the pleasure of reading for AQR’s Pièce de Résistance series: youtu.be/T7quN4dj_5Q?... @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social

Rosebud Ben-Oni Poetry Reading

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New ventures :: Whether you have a poetry collection or prose work in-progress, a pitch or synopsis that needs work, or in need of fresh eyes and talking out a project, you can send me a DM or through www.rosebudbenoni.com/contact. We can discuss what you’re looking for, and I’ll give you a quote.

In this six-week, online workshop with @rosebudbenoni.bsky.social, we'll examine how contemporary poets today are redefining the sonnet and write our own sonnets, including the double sonnet, the triple sonnet and finally, our own crown of sonnets. brooklynpoets.org/workshop/p/t...