Daniel Lassell

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That is correct — Kentucky poet here, living in Indiana. Published with MSU Press. I believe Diane Seuss is a Michigan poet? jason b crawford grew up in Michigan

Yep, that’s the one!

Yes, he has a lot! The one that I found interesting was his Art of the Poetic Line. While I didn’t agree with everything in the book, it was a great read to widen your perspective of what poetic lines can do

That’s a great list! I also found the craft books by Louise Gluck, Ted Kooser, Mark Doty and James Longenbach helpful. There’s also an essay that Carmen Giminez published many years ago (I think it was on Lithub or the Poetry Foundation?) about revision that was formative in my craft

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EDGE MARKERS -Kentucky, 2004 The llamas clump against fence wire, staring toward three deer eating nearby crabapples, as if considering what god made their bodies so similar, so elsewhere.

Enjoying a snowy #smallpoemsunday with this piece by @dlassell.bsky.social's Frame Inside a Frame.

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Thank you so much for sharing! 🙏✨

It was so wonderful to meet you in person! Big fan of your poetry — I wish we could have talked more as well! It was a busy and talkative day for sure!

Thank you so very much! I absolutely loved reading this review! 🙏

Infinite Perceptions, Inclusive Poetics A Review of Daniel Lassell’s Frame Inside a Frame (Texas Review Press, September 2025) by Susan L. Leary The title of Daniel Lassell’s newest collection, Frame Inside a Frame, captures the primary the...

Super excited to have a review of Daniel Lassell’s FRAME INSIDE A FRAME (Texas Review Press) in the new issue of Diode! A beautiful book full of so much wisdom, friends!

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Wow, wow, wow! Susan, this is such a beautifully written review of my book! You’ve captured its essence and intent so wonderfully—thank you so, so much! 🤩✨

Thrilled to have a new poem out in the newest issue of Sixth Finch! ✨

The Poets Weave Daniel Lassell is the author of two poetry books:Spit, published by Wheelbarrow Books in 2021, after winning the 2020 Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize; and Frame Inside a Frame published by Texas Review...

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So delighted by this deeply considered book review of Frame Inside a Frame! Grateful to @adroitjournal.bsky.social and Natalie Tombasco! theadroitjournal.org/2025/09/08/a...

Thank you so much, Donna!! It was amazing to meet you! 🙏✨

It was so wonderful to meet you as well! 🙏✨

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I Do Know Some Things by Richard Siken - Copper Canyon Press

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“Daniel Lassell is a master of subtraction, of what he calls a loosening joy. The poems here are filled with song, prayer, and silence. Restless and reflective, they shift and rub against the natural world, its vastness and its granularity, with striking precision and clarity. Here, a world accumulates even as it is undone—wreckage and reverence inexorably intertwined.” —Richard Siken, author of I Do Know Some Things, War of the Foxes, and Crush

Siken is such a titan in modern American poetics—approaching him about a blurb seemed, far-and-away, a longshot for me. But I’m glad I asked. Shortly after sending him an email, he responded to me with such sincerity. And I am so incredibly honored with these gracious words he shared about my book

Siken’s prose poems are keenly crafted, expertly honed. And the thematic weaving and narrative arc of this new collection! It is his best book yet. [...]

When I encountered poems from his third book, I Do Know Some Things, I was delighted that they were these incredible prose poems! A poetry form I so strongly advocate for, that has shaped and reshaped my own development as a poet. [...]

Plus, there was Siken’s commitment to poetry as an artform beyond his own, establishing Spork Press and Sporklet to publish other poets. And then there’s his beautiful paintings! [...]

I revisited his books after Spit came out, and I considered and reconsidered what my Art had progressed into, informed by Richard Siken’s attention to form, to voice, and to image. [...]

The attention to each book as a self-contained artifact that exists separate from the book that preceded it offered me an avenue—a guidebook—into writing beyond a previous book. [...]

Then there’s his second book, War of the Foxes, which is entirely different in its thematic concerns and poetic approach. Another captivating book! One I find myself continually revisiting and learning from. [...]

His first poetry book, Crush, is one of the most influential books about panic and obsession I’ve ever encountered. The first time I read it? I couldn’t put it down. Same for the second time reading it, and the third and fourth. [...]

[In the weeks and months leading up to my book’s publication, I want to elevate the people who graciously blurbed my book.]

Who can talk about the poetry of this century without mentioning @richard-siken.bsky.social? [...]