Yalie Saweda Kamara
@Yaliesaweda
🇸🇱 X 🇺🇸. Oaklander. Poet Laureate of Cincinnati. Winner of 22-23 Jake Adam York Prize. BESAYDOO (Milkweed Editions, 2024). PRE-ORDER: https://t.co/8HfqBekKeC
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Starting the year off with a poem from the book making its way to Poetry Daily !! ✨
Thankful to the editors and folks who, too, have might’ve skipped a prayer or two 🙏🏿
Many thanks to BRITTLE PAPER for including Besaydoo on this list! A big fan of your work + I am honored to be in such good company!
Another fabulous book release from one of our contributors! Congratulations to Yalie Saweda Kamara on today's publication of BESAYDOO with Milkweed Editions! buff.ly/3vpH2eA
Happy to see Literary Hub's 'Here Are the Poetry Books to Read in 2024' includes BESAYDOO on a list of notable debut collections! Thx to Rebecca Morgan Frank + David Woo for curating this gorg selection of reads. Looking forward to these books myself! #besaydoo lithub.com/here-are-the-p…
What an honor to be included on this wonderful list next to my friend Yalie Saweda Kamara and some of my favorite writers. Big thanks to shereadsdotcom for including O Body (@haymarketbooks, 2.6.24). shereads.com/most-anticipat…
HUGE thanks to shereadsdotcom for noting Besaydoo (@Milkweed_Books, 2024) on their 'Most Anticipated Poetry of 2024' list alongside collections by US Poet Laureate + my dear press mate Ada Limón + my friend Dan Sully Sullivan + other lovely poets! So honored! shereads.com/most-anticipat…
Decembers’s Poet Laureate Office Hours will take place 12/9 (10 AM-2 PM) + WILL BE THE LAST THIS YEAR! It'll mark the 3rd session of my @poetsorg sponsored project, 'Keep the Lights On.' Come to the Mercantile Library for a morning/afternoon of food, convo+ and poetry. See you soon!
Excited to see Pre-order SOMS 👇🏾 | @omotarajames.bsky.social's SONG OF MY SOFTENING on this list 🌟✨
If you’re in Cincy Dec. 5th, come to Sitwell’s Coffee House to hear Richard Hague read the brilliant, witty poetry from his newest collection, Continued Cases. We’ll have an open mic, too. Dos Madres Press
See you today at the Mercantile Library! 10 AM-2 PM! Food, conversation, and collaborative poetry creation! Come for a little or stay for a while!