Rob Macaisa Colgate
Hardly Creatures (Tin House, 2025) / My Love is Water (Ugly Duckling, 2025)
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Brilliant and innovative, Rob Macaisa Colgate’s debut poetry collection, Hardly Creatures, takes the form—visually and metaphorically—of an accessible art museum. Through nine sections that act as gallery rooms, the book shepherds the reader through the radiance and mess of the disability community. At the heart of the collection is an exploration and recognition of access […]
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Rob Macaisa Colgate’s music playlist for his poetry collection Hardly Creatures – Largehearted Boy
Rob Macaisa Colgate’s music playlist for his poetry collection Hardly Creatures – Largehearted Boy
Electric Lit - The Poems in “Hardly Creatures” Take You Through an Accessible Art Museum
Electric Lit - The Poems in “Hardly Creatures” Take You Through an Accessible Art Museum
The Rumpus - I Needed Love Poems For Myself: A Conversation with Rob Macaisa Colgate
The Rumpus - I Needed Love Poems For Myself: A Conversation with Rob Macaisa Colgate
North American Review - Entering the Gallery: Hardly Creatures and the Difficulty of Display
North American Review - Entering the Gallery: Hardly Creatures and the Difficulty of Display
Chicago Review of Books - Access is an Art Form in Rob Macaisa Colgate's "Hardly Creatures"
Chicago Review of Books - Access is an Art Form in Rob Macaisa Colgate's "Hardly Creatures"
To enter the pages of Hardly Creatures is to find that you are not only welcome but anticipated. This debut poetry collection from Rob Macaisa Colgate is built for all kinds of readers—its form evokes a gallery space designed with access in mind. The poetic portraits of disabled communities that fill the gallery’s rooms are…
Autostraddle - Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for May 2025
Autostraddle - Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for May 2025
Lit Hub - Angels, Apocalypse, Bees: Seven New Poetry Collections to Check Out in March
Lit Hub - Angels, Apocalypse, Bees: Seven New Poetry Collections to Check Out in March
SF Chronicle - Best of Spring
SF Chronicle - Best of Spring
Selected Poems
"Abecedarian for the Care Shift I Failed to Show Up For" in American Poetry Review
"Abecedarian for the Care Shift I Failed to Show Up For" in American Poetry Review
Published in American Poetry Review - Volume 53 | No. 01
"Hardly Creatures" & "Anetra Aubade" in The Margins (AAWW)
"Hardly Creatures" & "Anetra Aubade" in The Margins (AAWW)
“Anetra Aubade” and “Hardly Creatures”
"At Tangled" in Sewanee Review
"At Tangled" in Sewanee Review
”Virtue” in Gulf Coast
”Virtue” in Gulf Coast
When I get to heaven I will be bruised / and I will not answer any of God’s questions.
“Ode to Pissing” in New England Review
“Ode to Pissing” in New England Review
"Eli Interprets" in Hayden's Ferry Review
"Eli Interprets" in Hayden's Ferry Review
"Eli Eats Dirt" and "Eli Invents" in Sixth Finch
"Eli Eats Dirt" and "Eli Invents" in Sixth Finch
"History of Display" and "Hopescrolling" in Diode
"History of Display" and "Hopescrolling" in Diode
"Self-Portrait and Tactile Replica as Living Ghost" in The Journal
"Self-Portrait and Tactile Replica as Living Ghost" in The Journal
“We Do Not Enter the Gallery” in The Missouri Review
“We Do Not Enter the Gallery” in The Missouri Review
"Seafood City" in Michigan Quarterly Review Mixtape
"Seafood City" in Michigan Quarterly Review Mixtape
"The Friending of Burden" and "omfg" in The Ex-Puritan
"The Friending of Burden" and "omfg" in The Ex-Puritan
2022 Andrew Julius Gutow Poetry Prize
2022 Andrew Julius Gutow Poetry Prize
Press
National Endowment for the Arts Announcment
National Endowment for the Arts Announcment
Profile of 2025 NEA Creative Writing Fellowship in Poetry recipient Rob Colgate.
Behind the Byline: An Interview with New England Review
Behind the Byline: An Interview with New England Review
What the Poem Wants: Cassandra Myers interviews Rob Macaisa Colgate for Malahat Review
What the Poem Wants: Cassandra Myers interviews Rob Macaisa Colgate for Malahat Review
The Malahat Review, established in 1967, is among Canada’s leading literary journals. Published quarterly, it features contemporary Canadian and international and contemporary works of poetry and fiction as well as reviews of recently published Canadian poetry, fiction and literary non-fiction.
Statement from four of the 2024 Lilly-Rosenberg Poetry Fellows
Statement from four of the 2024 Lilly-Rosenberg Poetry Fellows
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