Poet // Author of LYING IN (April 11! Milkweed) // Poetry Editor of LARB
Joined October 2015
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“trust the hours. Haven’t they / carried you everywhere, up to now?”
— Galway Kinnell
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This poem appeared in Mortal Acts, Mortal Words by Galway Kinnell, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1980. Shared here with deep gratitude.
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On our #podcast we are joined by novelist and neuropsychologist Jussi Valtonen. He talks about research on Finnish narrative medicine groups, where clinicians described experiences of wonder, connection, mercy, and renewed attention to human complexity
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Jun 2
― Franz Kafka, Letters to Felice
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May 31
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned
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Workshop with me this summer! A few spots left—apply now 💙🕊️
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May 20
― Sylvia Plath, The Letters of Sylvia Plath
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“The figure of the mystic seems to have access to something that we people more weighed down by the world around us want to understand but can’t.” —an interview with Lauren Kane go.nybooks.com/4cpuaZ4
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THE GOING IS FOREVER: Cover Reveal! @Milkweed_Books Preorder here! milkweed.org/book/the-going-…
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Elizabeth Metzger retweeted
Mar 11
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals
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LARB and the Planetary Program at the Berggruen Institute are thrilled to present Naming the Unknown, exploring how language evolves to name and make sense of emerging phenomena.
Free and open to public—RSVP now: lareviewofbooks.org/event/na…
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Apply by 1/26 for my virtual advanced poetry workshop at the 92nd Street Y!
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16 Dec 2025
Listen to me read you a poem! 💔
In Another Version thecommononline.org/in-anoth… via @commonmag
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27 Oct 2025
“In Another Version” from The Going Is Forever. Thank you for reading and thank you @commonmag 🙏
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14 Oct 2025
ALT My Season’s furthest Flower - I tenderer commend Because I found Her Kinsmanless - A Grace without a Friend.
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30 Sep 2025
Thanks to @newrepublic for featuring the last poem from my collection The Going is Forever forthcoming fall 2026 @Milkweed_Books
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23 Aug 2025
“What am I missing? I ask
patting my chest
pocket.
and I am missing everything living
that won’t come with me
into this sunny afternoon”
— Max Ritvo, from "Afternoon"
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Elizabeth Metzger retweeted
23 Aug 2025
Today’s poem is selected by Elizabeth Metzger (@anelizabeth2) as part of the 20th anniversary of Read A Little Poetry.
We share this poem in remembrance of Max Ritvo, who died August 23rd nine years ago.
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