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Hear Me on WBHM!
I think I wanted to give language to the kinds of experiences that women rarely talk about and the kind of introspection that I think is necessary to, I suppose, find the life that you really want rather than the life that other people tell you you should want. Maybe there’s somebody out here that’s…
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House Is an Enigma is now available!
Today is the day! House Is an Enigma is now available from Southeast Missouri State University Press. I own a depth of gratitude to Susan Swartwout, James Brubaker (who is one of the best editors out there), and all of the editors and readers at SEMO Press — not to mention my own dear readers, family, and friends. Here’s…
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“I Was Told Not to Write About the Body”: About the Poem
On Tuesday morning, a deer ran in front of my car as I drove to work. I was struck, as I always am, by her fleeting, fragile beauty, by what a gift it was, to see her and to have that vision, if only for a moment in time. It’s a feeling I connect very…
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House Is An Enigma featured on Sundress Publications’ The Wardobe
We’ve still got a few months before my third full-length collection, House Is an Enigma, is published by Southeast Missouri State University Press in October. Interested in a preview? Then I have good news for you. I’m humbled to say that House Is an Enigma was selected for this week’s Best Dressed feature on The…
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Memphis. This Weekend. Me. You, Maybe?
This weekend, I’m heading up to Memphis to read in the Impossible Language Reading Series. Here’s the thing about reading series: sometimes, being a poet is a sad and isolated thing, but readings give us the rare opportunity to gather and listen and love what others do with their work. Readings become the place where…
Emma Bolden 