Please join me and January Gill O’Neil for a poetry reading at Wellesley Books (Wellesley, MA) on Monday, April 29th at 7 p.m. I will be reading from This Far North, and January will be reading from her new collection Glitter Road. This event is free and open to the public, though the bookstore would appreciate an RSVP: https://oneil-tandon-wellesley-books.eventbrite.com/.
This Saturday, April 13th from 12-1 p.m., I will be signing copies of This Far North and The Actual World at the Nossrat Yassini Poetry Festival, hosted by the University of New Hampshire. If you are attending the festival, be sure to stop by the Black Lawrence Press table at the small press fair in Hamilton Smith Hall (95 Main Street, Durham, NH).
On Thursday, April 18th at 7 PM, come join me, Matthew E. Henry, and Jennifer Jean as we read from our new poetry collections for the “Rozzie Reads Poetry” series at the Roslindale House (Roslindale, MA). This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Roslindale Branch Library, and is free and open to the public. There will also be an open mic, so bring a poem of your own to share!
To kick off National Poetry Month, please join me Wednesday, April 3rd at the Milford Public Library (Milford, MA), where I will be reading from my latest books: This Far North and The Actual World. The reading begins at 7 p.m. and is free and open to the public!
I am incredibly grateful to the editors of the North American Review for including my poem “Vacation” in their Spring 2024 issue, along with work by Nancy Naomi Carlson, Martín Espada, Daniel Halpern, George Kalamaras, Timothy Liu, David Tucker, G.C. Waldrep, and many others.
On Friday, December 8th at 7:30 p.m., I will be reading from my new book This Far North, along with Ben Berman and Lynne Vitti for the “Chapter and Verse” reading series at the Loring Greenough House in Jamaica Plain, MA.
Come join me, Charles Coe, and Lynne Viti as we read from our latest books of poetry on Tuesday, November 14th, and bring a poem of your own to share!
Sunday, November 12th, I will be reading at the Plymouth Center for the Arts (Plymouth, MA) with Marguerite Bouvard. Come join us and bring a poem of your own to share!
My thanks to the editors of the Harvard Review Online for publishing my poem “Meditation at Snowfall.” Click the image below to give it a read.
I am excited to be reading this month with Betsy Sholl and Megan Leonard at The Word Barn in Exeter, NH. If you’re out and about enjoying the fall colors on Sunday, October 15th, come join us!
I am grateful to the editors of The Midwest Quarterly for including my poem “After Many Weeks of Busyness, I Sit in the Backyard with a Bottle of Beer” in their Summer 2023 issue, along with work by Michael Ansara, Terri Brown-Davidson, Brendan Galvin, George Kalamaras, Andrea Potos, Tony Whedon, David Starkey, and many others.
Grateful to the editors of the Alaska Quarterly Review for including my poem “Because There Was Nothing” in their Summer & Fall 2023 issue, along with work by Matthew Zapruder, Virginia Konchan, Jennifer Barber, Mihaela Moscaliuc, Alison Hawthorne Deming, Rachel Hadas, Andrew Hemmert, Laura Kolbe, and many others.
I am very grateful to the Midwest Book Review for their kind review of my latest poetry collection, in which they conclude: “This Far North is an especially and unreservedly recommended addition to personal reading lists and community/academic library collections.” If you might like to add it to your shelf, please click the cover below!
On June 15th, come join me, Kevin McLellan, Deborah Schwartz, and Josette Akresh-Gonzales as we read from our new poetry collections for the “Third Thursday Poetry” series at Brookline Booksmith (Brookline, MA). This event is free and open to the public!
I am humbled by Robyn Earhart and the Water~Stone Review‘s thoughtful, detailed review of my latest poetry collection This Far North, in which they write: “Tandon’s stripped down, … minimalist writing style poignantly enriches his philosophical musings on life … these poems are timeless and prodigious, with a thundering, spiritual stirring of heart and mind.” Click the cover below to read more about this book!
Grateful to the editors of the Paterson Literary Review for including my poem “That Which Was Scribbled” in their 2023 issue, along with work by Jim Daniels, Marge Piercy, Martín Espada, Bob Hicok, January G. O’Neil, Vivian Shipley, Matthew Thorburn, Barbara Crooker, and many others.
My thanks to Nina MacLaughlin for her kind words about my latest poetry collection This Far North in the Boston Globe‘s “New England Literary News.”
About these poems, MacLaughlin writes, “[Tandon] reminds us there’s meaning to be found in the act of attention itself.” If you are interested in reading more about this book, please click the cover below!
I am happy to announce that my fifth full-length poetry collection This Far North is now available for pre-sale from Black Lawrence Press. You can purchase a copy at a discount and help support a small press in the process. Click the cover for details, and thank you for your support!
Honored to have my poem “Out Here, at the Edge of the Land” from my forthcoming book This Far North published in the Summer 2022 issue of Prairie Schooner, along with work by Marilyn Hacker, Tomaž Šalamun, John Kinsella, Corrie Williamson, Timothy Donnelly, Fleda Brown, Jehanne Dubrow, Bruce Bond, Traci Brimhall, Nancy Eimers, and many others.
I will be reading next Wednesday, May 25th at the The Whittier Home Museum in Amesbury, MA, my first in-person reading in more than two years! Please see the details below, and thank you for spreading the word!
During National Poetry Month, Black Lawrence Press is offering an incredibly generous 50% off all in-print poetry titles. Use code NatPoMo50 at checkout, and please consider picking up at copy of my latest collection, The Actual World. Thank you for supporting this wonderful small press!
Please join me along with Richard Fein and Joyce Wilson for a poetry reading sponsored by the New England Poetry Club at the Center for Arts at the Armory in Somerville, MA on Sunday, March 8th. I’ll be reading from my latest collection, The Actual World. And bring a poem of your own to share!
My thanks to Terry House, editor of the Old Frog Pond Farm & Studio “Poem of the Month” series, for featuring two of my poems from my latest collection The Actual World (scroll down to February 2020). If you like what you read, consider picking up a copy!
It is an honor and thrill to be reading for the Blacksmith House Poetry Series in Harvard Square (56 Brattle Street) on Monday, February 24th at 8 p.m. I will be reading in support of my latest poetry collection, The Actual World. Hope to see you there!
Thank you to the editors of the North American Review for publishing my poem “Coyote” on their companion site, Open Space.
The Fall 2019 issue of Poetry East is out with work by Ted Kooser, Gerald Stern, Maura Stanton, Michael Chitwood, Todd Davis, Marsh Muirhead, Alison Pelegrin, and many others. I am grateful to the editors for including my poems “Please Understand,” “Poem,” and “Urdhva Mukha Svanasana” among this wonderful group of contributors.
I was recently interviewed by Mass Poetry for their “Getting to Know…” series about my new book, The Actual World. If you are interested in what you read, please consider purchasing a copy!
Boston, Metrowest, come hear some poems at the Newton Public Library Tuesday, October 8th at 7 p.m. And bring a few of your own! I will be reading in support of my latest collection The Actual World along with Patricia Sheppard and fellow Black Lawrence Press author Denise Bergman.
Please join me, Kevin McLellan, and Sarah Snyder at the historic Old Manse in Concord, NH on Friday, October 4th at 7 p.m. I will be reading from my new poetry collection The Actual World. Please spread the word, and click the cover below!
Please join me and my fellow BLP authors for a weekend at the Brooklyn Book Festival. I will be reading and signing copies in support of my latest book, The Actual World.
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