Archive - Lori Rottenberg

We Are the Ones Who Have to Save Ourselves

The contagious magic of one person's energy and love

Aug 14 • Lori Rottenberg

July 2026

Poetry for Peace

Finding a little space for thought and life's big questions amid the chaos

Jul 21 • Lori Rottenberg

Why Go to a Poetry Reading?

Or "How I Was Inspired by the Dave Matthews Band"

Jul 14 • Lori Rottenberg

Poetry Fan Mail

It can happen, believe it or not!

Jul 2 • Lori Rottenberg

June 2026

If you like the material in my new book, this is another way to experience it.

Jun 29 • Lori Rottenberg

So What's That Crazy Title About, Anyway?

One of the poems in my new book piggybacks on a famous Sharon Olds piece

Jun 23 • Lori Rottenberg

New Poem in Mid-Atlantic Review

This one shows the layers of exploitation in immigrant labor

Jun 20 • Lori Rottenberg

My Book Is Here!

It's my particular story, but hopefully a broadly accessible one

Jun 20 • Lori Rottenberg

May 2025

A Quilt of Loss and Mothering

A review of Abbie Kiefer's Wonderful Book, Certain Shelter, I wrote for Literary Mama

May 29, 2025 • Lori Rottenberg

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