Tag: National Poetry Series
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// borderline fortune turns one
Hard to believe it’s been a whole year since Borderline Fortune came into this world! I’m eternally grateful to the National Poetry Series and Penguin Poets for the opportunity, and I loved crisscrossing the country to spend time in the company of so many thoughtful poets and readers. Amanda Moore helped me cap off the…
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// homecoming: paper boat & oilf
The world is a mess right now, which is exactly why I’m glad to be headed to my home state of Washington to be in community with my friends, family, and other writers. Fellow National Poetry Series winner Amanda Moore and I will read at Paper Boat Booksellers in West Seattle on Wednesday, June 1,…
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// best of 2020-2021
The book world is pretty quiet between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, so this will be one of my final posts of 2021, but I’m excited to share that Borderline Fortune made Entropy magazine’s last “best of” list before it shutters for good (#26!). I have followed the magazine for years, published an essay there in…
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// npr, publishers weekly, lit hub
Thank you to everyone who has attended an in-person or online event! Your support is hugely important to me. I also appreciate all of you who have bought a copies of Borderline Fortune (especially from your favorite local independent bookstore!), recommended it to a friend, and shared something about it on social media. If you…
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// borderline fortune videos, interviews & events
I hope you’re all well in this strange, transitional time. A few updates on the Borderline Fortune book tour… Tomorrow—Wednesday, Oct. 27—I’ll be reading with former California poet laureate Carol Muske-Dukes, the National Poetry Series judge who selected my book, at Chevalier’s in Los Angeles at 7 p.m. Pre-order a signed copy and register here.…
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// borderline fortune out today!
There’s lots to report (and invite you to), but I won’t bury the lede: Borderline Fortune officially releases today! If you didn’t have a chance to pre-order a copy, it’s available everywhere books are sold. If you enjoy it, I’d be grateful for your positive ratings and reviews. You’re cordially invited to the virtual launch…
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// book tour & library journal
The full list of book tour stops is available at teresakmiller.net/events, including a conversation with Pulitzer Prize winner Forrest Gander.
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// advance praise
Borderline Fortune is starting to take shape as a full-fledged book, and I hope to have a cover to show you soon. In the meantime, I’m grateful for these kind words: Teresa K. Miller explores startling territories in Borderline Fortune. She addresses the lines we’ve drawn and erased for centuries on the earth—that conform to…
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// can we have our ball back?
Just a note on the eve of another lockdown to share some good news about Borderline Fortune, forthcoming from Penguin in October 2021. If you followed online indie lit mags in the ’00s, then you know can we have our ball back? I’m honored to have three poems from Borderline Fortune in the reimagined version…
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// winner of the national poetry series
In the midst of my county burning down and threatening to suffocate us all, I’m still honored and deeply grateful to announce that former California Poet Laureate Carol Muske-Dukes has chosen my manuscript Borderline Fortune as a National Poetry Series winner, to be published by Penguin in fall 2021. Excerpts have appeared in Empty…
Teresa K. Miller, poet and essayist 