Benjamin Aleshire
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Not gonna lie, these plague times have thrown me (and my writing) for a real loop. Besides all the terror and dread, April is typically...
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Benjamin Aleshire
Feb 13, 20202 min read
Recent Publications
Lately I've been getting more and more interested in writing essays, journalism, and nonfiction in general. An excerpt of my...
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Benjamin Aleshire
Oct 21, 20191 min read
Prizes, Interviews, upcoming readings
Extremely grateful to have been awarded a James Merrill Fellowship to attend the Vermont Studio Center in 2020. I've been applying for...
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Benjamin Aleshire
Aug 24, 20195 min read
From the archives: Burlington Free Press cover story
This summer's tour culminated with two weeks in Vermont, for my second appearance at the Bookstock literary festival (along with some of...
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Benjamin Aleshire
May 5, 20192 min read
Recent Publications
This Spring, a few magazines are publishing my work, so here's a roundup of recent and forthcoming publications: Powder Keg Magazine's...
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Benjamin Aleshire
Mar 8, 201914 min read
London Magazine Interview with Robert Greer
In lieu of an extremely tardy Part 2 in this blog series about my 2018 tour, here's the unexpurgated version of my rambling interview...
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Benjamin Aleshire
Aug 22, 20184 min read
Deja Bu Tour, 2018: British Invasion (part 1 of 3)
This summer, I spent 3 months on the road, touring to 11 cities in 5 countries in 2 hemispheres. The first leg took me up the East coast...
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Benjamin Aleshire
Mar 16, 20182 min read
Feature article in NEON Magazin
Last summer, while I was working in Washington Square Park in NYC, a woman with a German accent asked for, "Just a short poem, please." A...
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Benjamin Aleshire
Sep 25, 20171 min read
@Benjamin_aleshire
While on the road in Europe/USA this summer I've taken to using Instagram to tell stories and post photos and poems, almost daily. Follow...
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Benjamin Aleshire
Jul 14, 201714 min read
Interview up at Hamline University English Dept. blog
I've been dreadful at blogging regularly...so for now here's an unexpurgated version of an interview I did with Nyles Pierrelouis, which...
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Benjamin Aleshire
Mar 23, 20177 min read
Never Look Back
In the Ayuntamiento offices she spells my name into the phone with the call letters of cities and nations. “Aleshire: Almería, Lugo,...
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Benjamin Aleshire
Dec 19, 20166 min read
and death i think is no parenthesis
For the first time, one of my poems was returned to me. Today in the mail, a big brown package arrives, plastered with stamps. Any...
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Benjamin Aleshire
Aug 6, 20164 min read
Summer in Paris: The Rag & Bone Shop of the Heart
photo by Robbie Quinn Photography A fallen-angel of academe who's crawling back up the ivory tower on his hands and knees, last year I...
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