Paula J Lambert
@pjlpoet
Eleven collections of poetry. Literary translator, micropress publisher, visual artist. Unapaulagetic on Substack. Always writing. Mostly trying to be mindful. And kind. www.paulajlambert.com
Just learned that Bottlecap Press is having a flash sale for one day only (ending Monday night—sorry for last-minute notice!), and everything is 70% off! This includes my chaps Sinkhole and Uncertainty (The Only Hope We Have). You’ll need to use the coupon code AUGUST70B in checkout to get the deal.
If you’re local to the area, I’ll be reading here tomorrow! Columbus Arts Festival, Cultural Arts Center Stage, Poets’ Showcase, 4:00-5:00 p.m.
David Baker reading from Transit tonight at Gramercy Books. Just wonderful.
Virtual release for Terms of Venery, Revised this Thursday, 7 p.m., Eastern. Invited-mic readers from Sheila-Na-Gig’s most recent issue to follow. Zoom registration here—Join us! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Just a little Cyber-Monday note that if you’re interested in a poetry treat for yourself or someone you love, these two chaps are available through Bottlecap Press at $10 each OR $3.50 each for a PDF copy. That’s a pretty good two-fer! Two digital copies from less than the price of one print copy!
Fall schedule somehow keeps growing. October/November: Youngstown, Bowling Green, and Baltimore, OH.
October 5th is LAST DAY for preorder special price of Terms of Venery, Revised! Available at discounted price of $12.80. Regular price of $16.00 starts on Monday, October 6th. sheilanagigblog.com/sheila-na-gi...
So pleased to be part of this anthology and important educational project, with Paloma Press, Wick Poetry, and United by Nature. 🌱 #TheNatureOfOurTimes
Poetry marathon at Bexley library today, hosted by Mimi Chenfeld and Fred Andrle!
I adore this book! The Four Ugliest Children in Christendom, by Camille-Yvette Welsch. Picked it up a while ago for the cover and title alone. Finally started reading several weeks ago and fell. in. love. 😍 Still managed not to finish , so doing that now for #TheSealeyChallenge, Day 1.
This is the exhibition that will be on display when Chuck Salmons, Kip Knott and I read on Sunday, August 10th. Figuratively Speaking III at Pennington Custom Art Service, opening reception August 2nd. Show up through the month of August.
Save-the-Date reminders for two upcoming Columbus readings! I’ll be reading with Kip Knott and Chuck Salmons in August, and with Cathy Essinger and Barbara Sabol in September. 📚💕
I always make sure, with each new book that comes out, that a copy goes to these two places in my Massachusetts home town: Hazen Memorial Library and the Shirley Historical Society. All signed, and at the library, in their special collection where they can be viewed/read on site but not checked out.
Reading in Kent, Ohio, on Friday, May 16, as part of the Edith Chase Symposium Poetry Series. Always a grand event, one of the best in Ohio. Looking forward to reading with this awesome list of poets, and so pleased to be part of the tributary-themed anthology, A Confluence of Poems.
Two April readings coming up! Rhapsody & Refrain 2025: 30 Columbus Poets starts Wednesday, at Streetlight Guild here in Columbus. I’m excited to co-feature with Louise Robertson on Mon, April 21st. On Wed, April 23rd, I’ll be featuring for Broadsides & Ephemera at Loganberry Books in Shaker Heights.
Spring Features / Readings 🌸🌼🪷🌷🌻🌺 Last year was a busy one, jam-packed, on the road all the time. Going a bit easy this year. These are mostly local, all in Ohio, and I’m really looking forward to each! paulajlambert.weebly.com/features.html
So pleased to be able to share I have a new chapbook available from Bottlecap Press! This is my second Bottlecap Feature collection, and it’s available for order here: bottlecap.press/products/sin...
So pleased to receive author copies today of this truly gorgeous anthology!! Inside and outside, this book is beautiful, and I’m so proud to be one of the poets included. Earth: Poems of Presence and Possibility, available now from tiny wren. Thank so much to Dana and Dana!
I like to share this poem on International Women’s Day. “In the beginning/we were worshipped, and In the beginning, we could fly,/and in the beginning we were loved by the air itself.”
New poem on Substack. Grateful to the this afternoon's co-writing group, as I'd not expected to complete this, nor to post it. Have a look. open.substack.com/pub/paulajla...
New post. “On the Breath beneath the Frozen Surface of the Lake: and the quick and angry tentacles of fear, lashing out.” open.substack.com/pub/paulajla...
New post. Unapaulagetic on Substack. paulajlambert.substack.com/p/on-the-way...
I’ve been working on this post for a while now, hoping to finish in time to share today. “On the Surreal Nature of Our Everday Lives.” It’s a bit of a long read, one I hope is worth your time. open.substack.com/pub/paulajla...
…AND I’ll be taking part in Lit Youngstown’s First Wednesday Reading Series on February 5th! With Cherise Benton, at Westside Bowl, 7 p.m.
Upcoming ekphrastic poetry workshop! I got a sneak peek yesterday of the exhibition as it was being installed—what a thrill! Decoys, taxidermy, photography, textiles…wild. Literally! Waitlist for virtual portion, spots still open for live event. oac.ohio.gov/riffe-galler...
I hadn’t expected a new poem tonight, but here we are. “On the Weight of the Soul, the Weight of a Cloud, the Weight of a Whale.” https: open.substack.com/pub/paulajla...