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SO honored that Flower Conroy made an Ephemeral Altar for Mom in Space. Amazing!

My essay in praise of libraries! Thank you especially to Cincy Library and St. Louis County Library.

Thank you to Miracle Monocle 🧐 and Ashley Rutland for this review of *Mom in Space* and interview with me about the book! louisville.edu/miraclemonocle…

Thanks to Cincy Magazine and Kelly Blewett for this interview, just in time for Mother's Day. We talk about Mom in Space (LSU Press), Neil Armstrong, and Flower Conroy's Ephemeral Altar series: cincinnatimagazine.com/article/how-li…

"I write in praise of the hanging indent, also called the flush-and-hang, a typesetter’s tool to let the reader know that the line is longer than the page itself . . ." Lisa Ampleman thinks about the practicalities of the page & poets' ambitions: buff.ly/3ybhNOA

Just a friendly reminder that if you want to support authors but don’t have money to spend on preorders ✨REQUEST YOUR LIBRARY BUYS IT✨ I do this constantly! It’s free, takes two mins, and you’re first on the hold list for the book, plus sales and exposure for the author

Thanks to Verse Daily (@versedaily.bsky.social) for featuring a poem from *Mom in Space* (LSU Press) today!!

Today's poem is "Domestic Concerns" by Lisa Ampleman from Mom in Space versedaily.org/2024/domesticc… via Verse Daily (@versedaily.bsky.social)

Thank you, Laura Dennis and MER - Mom Egg Review for this insightful review of *Mom in Space* (LSU Press)! merliterary.com/2024/07/22/mom…

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!! Here are our upcoming reading periods for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025.

My latest for the CR site, on going through papers:

A gut punch of a poem:

Acre in action! @MattMinicucci (DUAL) with our #Poetry Editor, Lisa Ampleman, at Wick Poetry Center's recent 40th anniversary conference / celebration! 🎉🎉🎉

Endlessly grateful to Abbie Kiefer for including *Mom in Space* (LSU Press) on this list! Such amazing company too.

"'Mom in Space' is a smart, sincere book full of incisive humor, gutting imagery, and a remarkable wielding of poetic form. From prose docupoems to sparse lyrics, Lisa Ampleman’s prowess is on full display in this lively collection."—Colorado Review: bit.ly/41kA2Oc

I'm going to run another session on describing your poetry work-in-progress! For more info or to express interest, see here: lisaampleman.com/course-on-desc…

The debut of our new web series on copyediting! Our managing editor @lisaampleman explains the philosophy behind our choices as copyeditors. Spoiler: We strive to keep all changes in the writer’s style and to have an ethos of collaboration rather than criticism. Link in thread!