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Dustin Pearson

@DustinKPearson

Author of A Season in Hell with Rimbaud, Millennial Roost, and A Family Is a House. Asst. Prof. @Utoledo. Indie movie poet. SC native. Baker.

 OhioMichigan, USA
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Joined October 2016
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A Season in Hell with Rimbaud was awarded the 2024 Nancy Dasher Book Award yesterday in Columbus, Ohio. This picture was taken today in my living room 🤣🤣. So happy to add this memory to my OhioMichigan journey. @boaeditions
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"They rush past the periphery / in sunlight. What was that, / a friend asks, as if briefly / my torso had begun to slip / from my legs..." From "A Scurry" by @ASU English alum @DustinKPearson. Read the poem @WaxwingMag: ow.ly/pPqO50XpBUG #ASUHumanities
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The University of Toledo is hiring an Assistant Lecturer to teach in the Composition Program. This position has a start date of Fall 2026. Please see this link for the complete job listing, which I learned was posted yesterday: careers.utoledo.edu/cw/en-us…
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I have two poems in the new Waxwing. I so much love the art by Dora Ilce. I've included screens of one poem and of the issue art, but here's a link to the full issue: waxwingmag.org/index.php#top
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A screen of Dora Ilce's piece entitled At the Party. It shows a fantastical animal creature in a bathroom sitting on a toilet reading a red book with a bottle of wine and a glass of wine.

ALT A screen of Dora Ilce's piece entitled At the Party. It shows a fantastical animal creature in a bathroom sitting on a toilet reading a red book with a bottle of wine and a glass of wine.

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A man was filming the depth of a hole in Arctic ice when he accidentally caught a seal surfacing to breathe
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Wildlife conservationist placing baby owls back in their burrow
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The burgers you see in ads aren’t cooked, they’re constructed.
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Two poems in Denver Quarterly
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Serena
@al_serenad6 Jul 2025
Amazing how the expression of the eyes seems to change as the mouth changes.
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@Lunviiera3 Jul 2025
Yeah let's eat 😵‍💫
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Bro defying the laws of physics
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That dog was like "you just saw that shit too right?"
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Get this man an Oscar
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The Third Birthday
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@THUGGABEY9 May 2025
IKYFL WAIT FOR IT
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Gymnast camouflage in London
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Cave Canem@cavecanempoets17 Apr 2025
"Here was a living, breathing canon of American letters being nurtured across generations." In honor of #NationalPoetryMonth, Cave Canem was profiled by @latimes bit.ly/inside-cave-canem
How Black poets built the 'centrifugal force' in modern American literature

How Black poets built the 'centrifugal force' in modern American literature

Founded in 1996 by a pair of Black poets who felt isolated in predominantly white literary spaces, Cave Canem has become one of the most influential literary organizations in the U.S.

latimes.com
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A new poem in the latest issue of Sixth Finch. Here’s a link to the whole issue: sixthfinch.com
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So happy seeing the Hell poems get some shine here. electricliterature.com/9-poe…
9 Poetry Collections That Build Immersive Narrative Worlds - Electric Literature

9 Poetry Collections That Build Immersive Narrative Worlds - Electric Literature

These poets build entire worlds inside their pages

electricliterature.com
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Wow! Laurel Review accepted 3 of the collaborative poems Dustin Pearson, Steve Castro, and I wrote: "We End and the World Begins, Where?" "A Change of Occupation" and "Three Deaths near a Body of Water." HUGE thank you to Editor John Gallaher! @DustinKPearson @LaurelReview
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