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Author of Frame Inside a Frame (TRP, 2025) | Spit (Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize, 2021) | Ad Spot (Ethel Zine, 2021) | The Emptying Earth (Madhouse Press, 2023) | from Kentucky | he/him

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14.03.2026 14:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I love this! Book of Drought was among my favorites published that year!

01.03.2026 19:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Same here! πŸ₯³

01.03.2026 15:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is so great! I loved seeing you read! ✨

01.03.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So excited for this!! πŸ₯³

11.02.2026 22:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yay!! This makes me so happy! Excited to see you!

01.02.2026 20:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Poets' Dinner is returning to AWP! Don't eat alone. Join us! Info here: fb.me/26rtyMi66pX2...

01.02.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Of course! Happy to help!

20.01.2026 21:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That is correct β€” 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

20.01.2026 21:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Yep, that’s the one!

01.01.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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

01.01.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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

01.01.2026 01:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Huge congrats!!! πŸŽ‰ πŸ₯³βœ¨

16.12.2025 19:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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15.12.2025 20:27 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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.

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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30.11.2025 17:43 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much for sharing! πŸ™βœ¨

30.11.2025 18:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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

02.11.2025 13:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so very much! I absolutely loved reading this review! πŸ™

22.10.2025 14:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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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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diodepoetry.com/leary_susan-...

22.10.2025 14:10 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

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

22.10.2025 14:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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

17.10.2025 00:43 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

Thrilled to be featured on @wfiu.bsky.social's Poets Weave! Listen to me read some poems here: play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...

06.10.2025 13:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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10.09.2025 17:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A Review of Daniel Lassell’s Frame Inside a Frame Following his award-winning debut collection, Spit, Daniel Lassell has put forth the revelatory Frame Inside a Frame, published by Texas Review Press this month. Cinematic in its visual composition…

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...

09.09.2025 12:50 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much, Donna!! It was amazing to meet you! πŸ™βœ¨

06.09.2025 22:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It was so wonderful to meet you as well! πŸ™βœ¨

06.09.2025 22:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Find me places in September and beyond! www.daniel-lassell.com/events

02.09.2025 16:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I Do Know Some Things by Richard Siken - Copper Canyon Press

Purchase I Do Know Some Things here: www.coppercanyonpress.org/books/i-do-k...

01.08.2025 15:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
β€œDaniel 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 undoneβ€”wreckage and reverence inexorably intertwined.”
β€”Richard Siken, author of I Do Know Some Things, War of the Foxes, and Crush

β€œDaniel 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 undoneβ€”wreckage and reverence inexorably intertwined.” β€”Richard Siken, author of I Do Know Some Things, War of the Foxes, and Crush

Siken is such a titan in modern American poeticsβ€”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

01.08.2025 15:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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. [...]

01.08.2025 15:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0