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Isaac Pickell

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Isaac Pickell is a Black and Jewish poet & PhD student in Detroit, where he teaches and studies the borderlands of black literature. He is author of the chapbook everything saved will be last (Black Lawrence Press, 2021) and It’s not over once you figure it out, a full-length collection forthcoming from Black Ocean Press. Isaac’s taken a seat in all fifty states and has so much to look forward to.

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Isaac Pickell is now friends with Liann Kaye
Jan 05, 2026 08:17AM · like
Isaac Pickell liked Elizabeth Jamieson's review of It's not over once you figure it out: "Poignant, haunting and a must read. Isaac Pickell ‘s poetry collection isn’t something you can read once or even just twice. Grappling with the consequences of rhetoric, the intricacies of identify, and how our past helps us understand the urgent iss" Read more of this review »
Dec 15, 2025 08:38PM · see review
Isaac Pickell liked Burgi Zenhaeusern's review of It's not over once you figure it out: "From the first poem on "It's not over once you figure it out" plays with innuendo and expectations to expose stereotypes, esp. around racial identity, to resist easy categorizati0n by refusing to be definable. The poems avoid fitting into prescribed " Read more of this review »
Dec 15, 2025 08:38PM · see review
Isaac Pickell is now following Kent's reviews
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Isaac Pickell liked Kent's review of It's not over once you figure it out: "I’m always at the mercy of that William Wordsworth poem, “The World Is Too Much With Us.” Like the title alone serves as refrain for all my discontents, or feelings in general, or just navigating the world. It’s not explicitly the impulse of Isaac Pi" Read more of this review »
Dec 15, 2025 08:38PM · see review