“Laboratory Model” will appear in the upcoming The Rumpus Original Poetry Anthology. (2/2012).
Giving a short talk on Polish poets, as part of the Mixed Taste lecture series at Denver’s Museum of Contemporary Art. Paired with Kidrobot founder Paul Budnitz, who will be talking about toy robots (1/2012).
Nicky Beer is the poetry judge for The Pinch 2012 Literary Awards in Fiction and Poetry. Deadline to submit is March 1, 2012 (12/2011).
“Marlene Dietrich Considers Penicillin, 1955,” nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Spillway (12/2011).
Poems forthcoming in Spillway (9/2011).
The Diminishing House receives favorable reviews from Pleiades and The Hollins Critic. (7/2011)
The Diminishing House has been named the winner of the 2011 Colorado Book Award in Poetry. (6/2011)
Nicky Beer will appear on KRFC 88.9‘s “The Poetry Show,” hosted by Dona Stein, at 6pm (MT) on Sunday, 5/15. The live show may be listened to online by clicking on “Schedule” on the KRFC website, and then clicking on “The Poetry Show.” Be sure to make adjustments for your time zone. (5/2011)
The Diminishing House has been named a finalist for the 2011 Colorado Book Award in Poetry. (4/2011)
Poems forthcoming in AGNI and Kenyon Review Online, essay forthcoming in Center. (1/2011)
“Ouroboros,” from The Diminishing House, is the feature poem on Poetry Daily for October 21, 2010. (10/2010)
Essay “The Inhuman Witness: Animals in the Poetry of Larry Levis” will appear in the next issue of Blackbird (originally presented at the conference “Larry Levis: A Celebration” at Virginia Commonwealth University, 9/22-9/24). (9/2010)
Two poems, “From Windows,” and “Population,” in the latest issue of Sou’wester. (7/2010)
The Diminishing House was the Boulder Bookstore’s Living Poets Society Poetry Bookclub’s choice for discussion for the month of June. (6/2010)
Nicky Beer will be signing copies of The Diminishing House at the Carnegie Mellon University Press table at 2010 Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference bookfair in Denver on Friday, April 9th, from 10-11am. (4/2010)
Nicky Beer will be appearing on the panel “The 25th Poem: Putting Together Your First Book” at the 2010 Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference in Denver, with Dan Albergotti, James Allen Hall, Anna Journey, and Sandy Tseng. The panel will take place on Thursday, April 8th, at 10:30am in Rooms 103 & 105 of the Colorado Convention Center. (4/2010)
Poems forthcoming in Sou’wester. (3/2010)
The Diminishing House debuts at #18 on the Poetry Foundation’s Contemporary Best Sellers list for the week of February 7, 2010.(2/2010)
Poems forthcoming in Triquarterly, Black Warrior Review and Iron Horse Literary Review. (2/2010)
Interview with Nicky Beer by Andy Fadyen-Ketchum forthcoming in New Orleans Review. (12/2009)
