Poetry
Natasha Sajé is the author of three books of poetry: Red Under the Skin (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1994), Bend (Tupelo Press, 2004), and Vivarium (Tupelo Press, 2014). Poems presented here are selections from these books as well as newer poems.
| Poem | Date | Periodical | Link to Poem |
|---|---|---|---|
| “on beauty” and “to the phaistos disk” | 2019 | Plume Poetry | Read the poem |
| “Alive” | 2019 | Poetry Magazine | Read the poem |
| “September swim” and “the lure” | 2019 | On the Seawall | Read the poem |
| “on invention” | 2019 | Journal of Compressed Creative Arts | Read the poem |
| “One Difference Between Good and Old” | 2019 | Taos International Journal of Poetry and Art | Read the poem |
| “one bud to one green leaf” | 2017 | Under a Warm Green Linden | Read the poem |
| “a meeting” “frangipani” |
2017 | Sunday Blog Read – Artists of Utah’s 15 Bytes | Read the poem |
| “palliative” | 2016 | Under a Warm Green Linden | Read the poem |
| “the night begins with sugar” | 2015 | Originally published on the Academy of American Poets website (Republished on The Spectrum) |
Read the poem |
| Selected Poems | 2013 | Pen America | |
| “R” | 2011 | Connotation press | |
| “Tinguage” | 2010 | Drunken Boat | Read the poem |
| “Against Chronology” | 2009 | Cerise Press | Read the poem |
| “Two Thieves” | 2009 | Cerise Press | Read the poem |
| “H” | 2005 | Poetry Society of America | Read the poem |
| “The Tunnel” | 2003 | Virginia Quarterly Review | Read the poem |
| “Bad News” “Song of the Cook” “trouble” |
2002 | Exquisite Corpse: A Journal of Letters and Life | Read the poems |
| “Then What Is the Question?” | 1995 | Feminist Studies, Inc. | Read the poem |
| “Agoraphobia” | 1994 | Virginia Quarterly Review | Read the poem |
Essays
Natasha Sajé has written essays on a variety of topics from poetry to food to love.
| Essay | Date | Periodical | Link to Essasy |
|---|---|---|---|
| “Ode to the hen’s egg” | 2019 | The Catalyst | Read the essay |
| “The Performance of Taste” | 2018 | North American Review 2018 | Read the essay |
| “Learning to Love Real Food” | 2018 | Catalyst Magazine | Read the essay |
| “Some Thoughts about John Clare” | 2014 | North American Review (Blog) | Read the essay |
| “Capon” | 2014 | Alimentum: The Literature of Food | Read the essay |
| “In Praise of Dispraise” | 2014 | The Chronicle of Higher Education | Read the essay |
| “My Year in Fruit” | 2013 | Food52 | Read the essay |
| “Parsley” | 2013 | Alimentum: The Literature of Food | Read the essay |
| “Down to ‘The Wire’” | 2009 | New York Times | Read the essay |
| “Teaching for Tips” | 2005 | Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) | Read the essay |
| “Artful Artlessness: Reading the Coquette in Roderick Hudson“ | 1997 | The Henry James Review | Read the essay |
Other Bites
Hear and read interviews with and readings by Natasha Sajé.
| Interview or Reading | Date | Source | Link to Audio File |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poems Argue with One Another: Interview with Natasha Sajé | 2018 | Poet Fiona Sze-Lorrain interviews Natasha Sajé for the Poetry Society of America (PSA) | Read the interview |
| Judith Arcana interviews Natasha Sajé | 2017 | An Interview with Natasha Sajé – KBOO 90.7 Community Radio in Portland OR | |
| Natasha Sajé reads “the night begins with sugar” | 2015 | The Academy of American Poets – SoundCloud | |
| Interview | 2015 | Solstice Literary Magazine | |
| J. P. Dancing Bear interviews Natasha Sajé | 2014 | Out of Our Minds – KKUP radio (Cupertino CA) | |
| Natasha reading “Tale” | 2012 | PBS News Hour January 23, 2012 | |
| Shelagh Shapiro interviews Natasha Sajé | 2009 | Write the Book – Burlington VT radio |
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