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Margaret Lee

@margaretleeauthor.bsky.social

I am a poet, scholar, fiber artist, watercolor sketcher, and aspiring naturalist. ThD and MDiv. Previously, a professor and higher ed admin. www.margaretleepoems.com

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Tulsa LitFest - Oklahoma State University | Oklahoma State University

Is LitFest on your calendar? This annual festival on April 23-26 sponsored by the OSU Center for Poets and Writers in Tulsa, OK includes events all over Tulsa, and a Book Fair (I'll be there with books!)! Don't miss it!
tulsa.okstate.edu/poets-writer...

05.03.2026 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What I’m Reading: January 2026 I am visiting the central Oregon coast, in an old house at the mouth of a river bay where forty degree temperatures, frilled waves, shifting clouds and tidal rhythms govern the daysβ€”an ideal environme...

So many books, so little time! With so much to read, it's easy to let books fly by. That's why I have begun a series of blog posts about What I'm Reading. The reflection helps me process the wealth in all these pages. Hope you'll check it out!
margaretleeauthor.com/innovative-w...

28.02.2026 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Flyer Book Club - Tulsa Flyer Community newsroom. Digital publication. Nonprofit organization. Book club?Β That’s right, Flyers. We’re now in the business of bringing Tulsans together to read and discuss literature about Tulsa or b...

If you know and love Tulsa, Oklahoma, I hope you know about The Tulsa Flyer, a new, non-profit, local press. They started a book club to read and discuss in person books by and about Tulsa and Oklahoma. Last night's first meeting was impressive. Don't miss it!!
tulsaflyer.org/sign-up/flye...

25.02.2026 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A review of No One Knows Us There by Jessica Bebenek – Compulsive Reader

Life and death - timeless subjects that can still be explored in imaginative ways. I hope you will take a look at my review of a marvelous poetry collection by Canadian poet and book artist, Jessica Bebenek: compulsivereader.com/2026/02/23/a...

23.02.2026 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Elise Paschen’s β€œBlood Wolf Moon” Is An Unflinching Look At Identity And Inheritance - The Pickup The Osage poet who inspired the title β€œKillers of the Flower Moon” is back with an astounding new collection.

Leave it to The Pickup in Tulsa (of This Land Press) to publish this stunning review of Elise Paschen's new poetry collection - thepickup.com/elise-pasche...

21.02.2026 04:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sappho Prompts RELEASING JANUARY 9, 2026 A poetic conversation across miles and millennia, Sappho Prompts engages an ancient voice in contemporary poems of life and love. Margaret Lee’s collection responds to ...

One of my favorite Sappho fragments! I have written my own poems based on this fragment, and also have a new poetry collection based on my own translations of some of Sappho's fragments: margaretleeauthor.com/sappho-promp...

06.02.2026 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sappho Prompts RELEASING JANUARY 9, 2026 A poetic conversation across miles and millennia, Sappho Prompts engages an ancient voice in contemporary poems of life and love. Margaret Lee’s collection responds to ...

This book is high on my reading list, so I would love to know what you think! Balmer has a hard-earned reputation for erudition and artfulness. You might also be interested in my new book that uses some of my own translations: margaretleeauthor.com/sappho-promp...

06.02.2026 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why Sappho? When a friendly reader of my poems posed the question, β€œWhy Sappho?” I could only offer an inane response: β€œI have no idea.” I felt utterly at sea while casting about for reasons that might make sense...

The wide interest nowadays in the ancient Greek poet Sappho has the support of poets, novelists, classicists and others. Why care about a woman who lived 2,500 years ago? Check out my blog post about why I wrote my most recent poetry collection, Sappho Prompts!

margaretleeauthor.com/why-sappho/

03.02.2026 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Story Behind Sappho Prompts I never intended to write Sappho Prompts, my first full-length poetry collection. The project came to birth of its own accord. Like a growing child, the book assumed many forms before achieving adulth...

I'm glad to say that preorders of my poetry collection, Sappho Prompts, have shipped. Some folks have asked me about my writing process for this rather unusual book, so I have a brief blog post on my website with the backstory. I hope you check it out!!

margaretleeauthor.com/the-story-be...

28.01.2026 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Books Launching in January 2026 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses Support independent literary publishers by picking a read from the list below, which features new books forthcoming in January 2026 from CLMP members. Β  The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie W...

So grateful for this recognition in the list of latest releases by the Community of Literary Magazines! My new poetry collection, Sappho Prompts, is now out and shipping orders!
www.clmp.org/news/books-l...

21.01.2026 04:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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So excited to announce that my full-length poetry collection, Sappho Prompts, is now available, featuring new poems and original artwork and translations!

www.finishinglinepress.com/product/sapp...

09.01.2026 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Creative Imagination: Unruly Tree and Self-Portrait as Vanishing Act by Leslie Ullman – Compulsive Reader

So happy to share the link to the review in The Compulsive Reader of Leslie Ullman's brilliant books!

compulsivereader.com/2025/12/11/c...

Hope you check it out, and even more, that you read her books!

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Even if you don't like poetry, you will LOVE two new books by Leslie Ullman, Unruly Tree: Poems (UNM 2024), and Self-Portrait as Vanishing Act (Lily Poetry Review Books 2025).

Both books explore identity and creativity.

Watch for my upcoming review of both in The Compulsive Reader!!!

29.10.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What an amazing event! Such brilliant women reading a stunning collection of ecopoems!

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Marvelous event in Santa Fe yesterday at Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeeshop - a reading by local poets included in the new ecopoetry anthology, Attached to the Living World!

(L to R) Lauren Camp, Pam Uschuk, Sawnie Morris, Elizabeth Jacobson. Absent from the photo is Anne Haven McDonnell.

27.10.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NEW FROM FINISHING LINE PRESS: Sappho Prompts by Margaret Lee
On SALE: www.finishinglinepress.com/product/sapp...

A poetic conversation across miles and millennia, Sappho Prompts engages an ancient voice in contemporary poems of life and love. Margaret Lee’s responds to ancient #Greek #Sappho,

15.09.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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A Poem by Margaret Lee Water Song for Sappho Β  Β  Become my voice. Β  Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β lyricsΒ  YourΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β rode&n…

So excited that Finishing Line Press has made available a poem from my forthcoming poetry collection called Sappho Prompts! Preorders are open now!
paddockreview.com/2025/10/08/a...

08.10.2025 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love the welcome! Thank you!

06.10.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Your photos are amazing, Adrianna!

05.10.2025 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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My review of "Goat, Goddess, Moon" now available in the Taos Journal of Poetry.

"The collection is a love story, or perhaps a love song, since its first poem, β€œSeed,” declares: This is not a story,/more the truth."

www.taosjournalofpoetry.com/issue-15s/go...

21.09.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excited for the publication of my first full-length work crafting poetry inspired by Sappho. Pre-order available now: www.finishinglinepress.com/product/sapp...

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