Rick Barot
@BarotRick
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Poet: Moving the Bones, Milkweed Editions. Director: The Rainier Writing Workshop, Low-Res MFA.
Tacoma, WA
Joined April 2019
Today is the pub-date for this book! I’m feeling so much gratitude to @Milkweed_Books for saying yes to the book, and to @MASpeaker for her genius design.
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RT @leftmarginlit: Our winter writing classes are open for enrollment. Take a class with @BarotRick, Mia Ayumi Malhotra, Anna Ghosh, @Mouto…
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So elated today that this book has won the National Book Award in poetry. And hey, Lena is a graduate of the Rainier Writing Workshop, so the recognition feels many times sweeter. Hurray, Lena!
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If you're looking into low-res MFA programs, join us for this info session tomorrow (Thursday, 11/14, 3PM PST) and find out about our terrific program!
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We all have a rough, uncertain week ahead of us, but maybe poetry can be something to look forward to. If you're in NYC, come join me, Victoria Chang, and Brian Teare at Brooklyn Poets for a launch reading of my new book on Saturday the 9th. You can also join us online!
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RT @32_Poems: We've had a lot of multimedia marginalia over the years, but I think this may be our first mixtape. Today, Nida Sophasarun of…
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It's pretty great to be in the packed new issue of AGNI, with a poem about visiting the Donald Judd compound in Marfa, TX...
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RT @MacDowell1907: Look back far enough and your family becomes unfamiliar, a circle of people with a fading circumference. … From "Moving…
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RT @openpoetrybooks: Join us this Friday 10/18 at 7pm for a book launch reading in celebration of @BarotRick’s beautiful new collection, Mo…
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RT @BrooklynPoets: Join us for the launch of poet @BarotRick's new collection of poems, Moving the Bones, on Saturday, November 9, at 144 M…
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I’ll be out and about promoting Moving the Bones, and excited to share the mic with lots of lovely poets. If you’re nearby, come and join us!
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Just spent part of the afternoon signing these stacks of pre-orders at Open Books in Seattle, and feeling really grateful. The book is officially out a week from today!
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RT @BrooklynPoets: For a limited time, save $15 on any of our remaining fall workshops with Joanna Solfrian, Jaz Sufi, @Vanessid, dawn lons…
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Check out the mini-interview I did with Jesse Nathan for McSweeney's. Jesse's intro is so darn good...
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RT @mcsweeneys: "When I was an undergraduate, my two passionate loves were Elizabeth Bishop and Adrienne Rich, each of whom seemed to propo…
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