Oliver Baez Bendorf

An excerpt from “Nocturne” by Oliver Baez Bendorf

A headshot of Oliver Baez Bendorf

“Today’s poem carries that same energy of self-discovery, inevitable change, and an extravagance of living,” shares Major in today’s encore episode.

Read “Nocturne” by Oliver Baez Bendorf @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social‬: bit.ly/3IUaqAj

Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Everything All at Once" A poem by Oliver Baez Bendorf: "right now, / someone is having sex and someone / is dying"

“right now, / someone is having sex and someone / is dying and someone is trying to find / a lid so they can, before bed, put away / the soup” — @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social, “Everything All at Once” @yalereview.bsky.social yalereview.org/article/oliv...

After the Rooster Crows: Dispatch from a Poet in Exile There is no other way to say this: I write you now from exile, having (if you are reading this) fled political persecution in my home country, the United (for now) States of America. I say this pla…

"Grief is not a checkpoint. It travels with you. It gets there first. It sits beside you and does not speak." @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social on being trans in exile from the US. lithub.com/after-the-ro...

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After the Rooster Crows: Dispatch from a Poet in Exile There is no other way to say this: I write you now from exile, having (if you are reading this) fled political persecution in my home country, the United (for now) States of America. I say this pla…

“There are moments when a place you live stops being livable. Sometimes that arrives slowly, like a leak. Sometimes all at once.” A dispatch from @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social, poet in exile.

After the Rooster Crows: Dispatch from a Poet in Exile There is no other way to say this: I write you now from exile, having (if you are reading this) fled political persecution in my home country, the United (for now) States of America. I say this pla…

My essay “After the Rooster Crows” is out today at @literaryhub.bsky.social.
It’s about exile, poetry, and what I’ve brought with me.
Thank you for reading.

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Cream background with rounded photo of Oliver wearing a beanie and glasses, standing in front of a body of water at sunset. Header: “About Oliver Baez Bendorf.” Text describes him as a poet, teacher, and writer in exile, with recent book and publication highlights. Link and Instagram handle at bottom.

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Soft periwinkle blue background. Header: “Poetry Manuscript Studio.” Dates: Tuesdays — June 3, 10, 17. Time: 6–8pm ET. Zoom. Sliding scale. Link and Instagram handle at bottom.

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Reads for the Rest of Us: The Best Poetry of 2024 and 2025 Happy April, and Happy National Poetry Month. Since my dormant love of poetry was reignited, I’ve found it so refreshing and inspiring to read beautiful collections each year and share them with you.H...

My giant #poetry column is now live @msmagazine.com!

Featuring @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social @theoceanisgay.bsky.social @jxzzhndz.bsky.social @taylorbyas.bsky.social @aditimachado.bsky.social @terisasiagatonu.bsky.social @catherineweiss.bsky.social & more!

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I hadn’t heard that. Devastating. I see the articles now. Every provider pulling care makes it even more urgent to push back. Appreciate all you’re doing. RMEQ also just announced a session on the 11th with One Colorado, Sen. Bennet, Rep. Neguse & AG Weiser (6:30pm). linktr.ee/rm.equality

Thank you, Heather Renée! Sending 💜

Thank you so much, Travis. The simultaneities of life have really been something. I feel very grateful; thanks for sharing in the joy of it.

Congratulations @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social !

Thank you so much 💜✨🙌🏽🙏🏽!

A graphic and message celebrating Consider the Rooster being named a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry. The graphic includes the cover image of the book. The text reads: ‘I’m so honored. Consider the Rooster has been named a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry, alongside such brilliant books. These times aren’t just heavy, they’re dangerous. Book bans are on a furious rise. They’re targeting voices like mine, stories like ours. Federico García Lorca was assassinated by fascists for his poetry and his queerness, but through earth and verse, he guides us still. As Rane Arroyo wrote, “The dead tell the living to live.” At the heart of this big book is a very small rooster: Walter Mercado, RIP. I carry a lineage of those who have survived attempts to erase us. Consider the Rooster is my offering to that lineage. It’s my joyful refusal to pipe down. It’s also your invitation to sing. For all of us to move through the portal of what’s dawning. To be recognized in this way—especially now—moves me to a place almost beyond words. Almost 😉. Thank you to the @bookcritics, to everyone who’s held this book with love, and to the rooster in you.’

Thrilled and grateful. Thank you, @bookcritics.bsky.social.

@oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social So happy for you!

Carl, congratulations! 🙌🏽 SO honored to be in your company!

Consider the Rooster, poems by Oliver Baez Bendorf (also from Nighboat) "serves as an ode to a rooster's crow, a catalyst for awakening, both literally and figuratively."

Here's a conversation with the poet:
www.latinxproject.nyu.edu/intervenxion...

Giant congrats to all the fab NBCC poetry finalists! 🎉

@oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social + @cphillipspoet.bsky.social + my mfa cohort-mate Jen Chang!

Felicidades @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social! & in such amazing company! I had the honor and of blurbing this mighty book & have not stopped thinking about it since! Orgullo!

The honor flows both ways, compa! I'm so grateful for your support and for the incredible words with which you blessed Consider the Rooster. 🥹💜

Thanks so much, Jesse Lee! 💜💜💜

Thank you, Erika!!

Thank you, dear 💜💜💜 I appreciate it!

Thanks so much ,Steve!

Oliver! So happy for you friend! @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social

Congrats @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social on being a finalist for the National Book Critics Award! 🏆

Thank you so much, Paul! 💜

Thank you so much! 🙏🏽 That means a great deal to me coming from you. Your book Magical/Realism is a triumph.