EPISODE · Feb 7, 2025 · 56 MIN
Sebastian Merrill
from Poet Talk on WMUA · host WMUA Podcasts
Sebastian Merrill’s debut collection GHOST :: SEEDS explores a dialogue between a trans-masculine speaker and his former self, incorporating myth and magical realism in a journey that takes us from the Maine coast to the underworld and back. GHOST :: SEEDS has received multiple awards including: Winner of the 2024 Stonewall Honor Book - Barbara Gittings Literature Award from the American Library AssociationSelected for the Poetry Longlist for the 2024 Mass Book Awards from Massachusetts Center for the Book 2024 Boston Authors Club Julia Ward Howe Awards Notable BookSelected by Kimiko Hahn as the winner of the 2022 X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize from Texas Review PressSelected by Ellen Doré Watson as the winner of the 2022 Levis Prize for Poetry from Friends of Writers.
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Sebastian Merrill’s debut collection GHOST :: SEEDS explores a dialogue between a trans-masculine speaker and his former self, incorporating myth and magical realism in a journey that takes us from the Maine coast to the underworld and back. GHOST :: SEEDS has received multiple awards including: Winner of the 2024 Stonewall Honor Book - Barbara Gittings Literature Award from the American Library AssociationSelected for the Poetry Longlist for the 2024 Mass Book Awards from Massachusetts Center for the Book 2024 Boston Authors Club Julia Ward Howe Awards Notable BookSelected by Kimiko Hahn as the winner of the 2022 X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize from Texas Review PressSelected by Ellen Doré Watson as the winner of the 2022 Levis Prize for Poetry from Friends of Writers.
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