Thrilled to have two new co-translations from Luis Chaves’ Equestrian Monuments (Monumentos Ecuestres)—”Inventory” and “False Documentary”—up at Boston Review for National Poetry Month! #dreamteam #NaPoMo
Author: samanthazighelboim
2017 NYFA Artist Fellow in Poetry
I’m so proud and honored to be a 2017 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Poetry! And in such incredible company! Looking forward to using this extraordinary support to…… Read more “2017 NYFA Artist Fellow in Poetry”
New Essay Up @ Lit Hub
My essay about my complicated relationship with body positivity, “On the Poetics of Fatness,” is up on LitHub!
New Review of The Fat Sonnets in The Adroit Journal
Erica Bernheim’s review in The Adroit Journal is so thoughtful, meticulous, and smart–check it out! ❤
AMA on Reddit (r/books)
Come ask me some questions! I’m live for the next few hours at r/books answering questions about The Fat Sonnets, body positivity, desserts & more!
Review in Publisher’s Weekly
I’m quite late to posting this, but this lovely review of The Fat Sonnets came out in Publisher’s Weekly last month! “Zighelboim opens by depicting the body…… Read more “Review in Publisher’s Weekly”
New Interview up @ BOMB Magazine
Zachary Pace interviewed me for BOMB Magazine! I got to talk about the language of fatness, my earliest memories of it, eating together as a practice of…… Read more “New Interview up @ BOMB Magazine”
New Review of The Fat Sonnets at The Rumpus
Molly Fisk reviewed The Fat Sonnets for The Rumpus! 🐋 “The poems in The Fat Sonnets are by turns straightforward and oblique, funny and scathing, terribly sad and joyful,…… Read more “New Review of The Fat Sonnets at The Rumpus”
In Their Own Words—Poetry Society of America
Incredibly grateful to have the opportunity to write about the making of my favorite poem in The Fat Sonnets, “Fat Dream with Blue Whale” at The Poetry…… Read more “In Their Own Words—Poetry Society of America”
