poetess

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Recent Examples of poetess To those who know, Patti Smith, pioneering punk poetess and rock star without peer or precedent, requires no introduction. — Jem Aswad, Variety, 1 June 2022 This work honors the fearless and unapologetic spirit of the late June Jordan, educator, writer, activist, and poetess, whose words still challenge and inspire decades after they were first written and spoken. — Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025 Billed as a break-dance, hip-hop supernatural fantasy, the movie stars Jeroboam Bozeman as DeRay, a legendary dancer who falls through the sky to land outside the door of Naima (Mecca Verdell), a slam poetess who is the love of his life. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2024 When the Dickinson fascicles were turned over to Mabel Loomis Todd, Susan’s crucial position as primary audience for Emily’s poetry became an inconvenient and irrelevant piece of information that did not jibe with the popular image of a nineteenth-century poetess. — Via Chronicle Books, Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025
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  • What the line break is to the poet, the page turn is to the children’s-book author, and Klassen knows just how much suspense his readers can bear (or fish, or bird, or ghost).
    — Casey Cep, New Yorker, 7 July 2026
  • Valerie Hsiung is a poet and the author of eight collections of poetry, prose, and hybrid writing, including The pedestrian (Nightboat, 2026) and The Naif (2024).
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
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