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Deborah Poe

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in Del Rio, Texas, The United States

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http://www.deborahpoe.com

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Poetry, Literature & Fiction

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July 2007

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Deborah is the author of the poetry collections the last will be stone, too (Stockport Flats), Elements (Stockport Flats), and Our Parenthetical Ontology (CustomWords), as well as a novella in verse, Hélène (Furniture Press). In addition, Deborah is co-editor of Between Worlds: An Anthology of Fiction and Criticism (Peter Lang).

Deborah Poe is associate professor of English at Pace University, where she directs the creative writing program and is founder and curator of the annual Handmade/Homemade Exhibit. She has also taught at Binghamton University, Western Washington University, Port Townsend Writer’s Workshop in Washington, and Casa Libre en La Solana in Tucson.

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	Our Parenthetical Ontology 4.74 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hélène 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elements it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Keep 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	,,clitoris,, ,,vulva,, ,,penis,, 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Between Worlds: An Anthology of Contemporary Fiction and Criticism by Deborah Poe (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ama Wattley (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	the last will be stone, too it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	(W(e)a(St) Solo it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	the last will be stone, too (/pip it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“A woman of color formation might decide to work around immigration issues. This political commitment is not based on the specific histories of racialized communities or its constituent members, but rather constructs an agenda agreed upon by all who are a part of it. In my opinion, the most exciting potential of women of color formations resides in the possibility of politicizing this identity – basing the identity on politics rather than the politics on identity.”
― Angela Davis

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¡ POETRY ! — 22633 members — last activity Oct 16, 2025 12:10AM
No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read it!) Goodreads honors wordsmiths: poets and poetry promoted and prompted here. ~~~ "Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits." -- Carl Sandburg “God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.” —Anne Sexton On Clouds – “…what primitive tastes the ancients must have had if their poets were inspired by those absurd, untidy clumps of mist, idiotically jostling one another about…” —Yevgeny Zamyatin “If the poet wants to be a poet, the poet must force the poet to revise. If the poet doesn’t wish to revise, let the poet abandon poetry and take up stamp-collecting or real estate.” —Donald Hall “Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea that has run wild, Creation’s tears in shoulder blades.” —Boris Pasternak “Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket.” —Charles Simic “Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.” —Gustave Flaubert “Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It’s that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that’s what the poet does.” —Allen Ginsberg. ~~~~~ Amy King, Moderator Amy King is the recipient of the 2015 Winner of the WNBA Award (Women’s National Book Association). Her latest collection, The Missing Museum, is a winner of the 2015 Tarpaulin Sky Book Prize. She serves on the executive board of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts and is co-editing with Heidi Lynn Staples the anthology, Big Energy Poets of the Anthropocene: When Ecopoets Think Climate Change. She is also co-editing the anthology, Bettering American Poetry 2015, and is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at SUNY Nassau Community College. ...more

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This group will explore and share studies of transmission, translation, and affect across various trans and intercultural spaces. Of special interest ...more

Critical Marxist Reading Group — 52 members — last activity Dec 19, 2010 07:49PM
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message 7: by Santee

Jul 03, 2009 09:47AM

Deborah wrote: "Santee wrote: "Are you reading the entire Suntracks collection?"

It was just a coincidence. :) I had wanted to read your collection, after Orlando recommended it at AWP when I bought Bone Light...."

Ah I see. Yeah I like Ortiz' work, and I like that book, but I have to take in doses. Interesting idea, especially since he is not writing for and about his own people. Where Ortiz and I differ is that I try avoid any political implications in my poems. I figure those things evolve naturally out of text. Have you read Shapeshift by Sherwin Bitsui?

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message 6: by Deborah

Jun 29, 2009 10:26AM

Santee wrote: "Are you reading the entire Suntracks collection?"

It was just a coincidence. :) I had wanted to read your collection, after Orlando recommended it at AWP when I bought Bone Light. Meanwhile, a colleague gifted me with Wendy Rose and Simon Ortiz in the spring. Again, I did not have time to read their books until now. The realization though a few days ago made me *want* to read the entire series. That will take time.

Assuming you read Ortiz' from Sand Creek? What did you think of it? I've read it twice now, and for me it gets a little too didactic for me at the end. There are so many stunning moments too that when I come t lines like "a train /that carries dreams and freedom away" are so disappointing."

I think I'm increasingly at odds with this Goodreads ranking system...

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message 5: by Santee

Jun 29, 2009 06:51AM

Are you reading the entire Suntracks collection?

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message 4: by Deborah

Jun 23, 2009 05:44AM

you are most welcome ching-in.

i hope you do get to read the book; it's a lovely one.

all is well here, albeit busier than i had hoped for my june. heading to the uk in a week for this conference. i suspect some great conversations there...

http://www.shu.ac.uk/research/hrc/ide...

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message 3: by Ching-In

Jun 22, 2009 07:58PM

thanks for thinking of me & the book rec! hope you're well.

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message 2: by Elizabeth

Aug 28, 2008 06:55AM

the book did fly up.

pretty much anything fc2 i can get down with. they've had very few unreadables.

i haven't caught on to goodreads yet. i hope the internet doesn't think this means i'm not reading.

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message 1: by Kelly (last edited Feb 13, 2008 10:37AM)

Feb 12, 2008 08:01AM