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June 2025 Poem-a-Day Guest Editor Omotara James
June 2025 Poem-a-Day Guest Editor Omotara James
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Omotara James vs. The Speaker
Omotara James vs. The Speaker
Announcing the 2025 Guest Editors for Poem-a-Day, the Academy of American Poets’ Online Series Premiering Original Poems
Announcing the 2025 Guest Editors for Poem-a-Day, the Academy of American Poets’ Online Series Premiering Original Poems
New York, NY (December 19, 2024)—Reading a poem daily is a sm
Omotara James on “Rufus, I never met you, but I want to tell you”
Omotara James on “Rufus, I never met you, but I want to tell you”
Poets and translators on their work.
The Glimpse, Episode 8: This Is a F*** You Poem with Omotara James
The Glimpse, Episode 8: This Is a F*** You Poem with Omotara James
Poet Omotara James digs into the language of pleasure and cruelty, everyday apocalypses, and more with host Camille Rankine. Omotara also reads “After the Last Calorie of the Apocalypse / Prayer for the Clinically Obese" and Mark Doty’s “Tiara.”
Poet of the Week — Brooklyn Poets
Poet of the Week — Brooklyn Poets
“Kiese Says, Black People Deserve Beautiful Sentences, but a Fragment is the Best I Can Do / Songbook for the Names I Have Been Called,” a Poem by Omotara James
“Kiese Says, Black People Deserve Beautiful Sentences, but a Fragment is the Best I Can Do / Songbook for the Names I Have Been Called,” a Poem by Omotara James
Song of My Softening by Omotara James
Song of My Softening by Omotara James
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Omotara James with Ricky Tucker
Omotara James with Ricky Tucker
Songs of My Softening, a new collection by poet Omotara James, is a clear pronunciation of the pristine spaces in which you are seen. Equal parts hurt and joy, in her poems’ many iterations, the throughline is that they are unwavering in their truths, a feat when Omatara’s life experience is so specific—her talent, her race, her gender, her sexuality, her size—she is speaking of you. You are complicit in every direction—every entry an ear and a prayer.
Omotara James releases her debut poetry collection: 'Song of My Softening'
Omotara James releases her debut poetry collection: 'Song of My Softening'
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Ten Questions with Poets & Writers
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