Benjamin AleshireJul 3, 20202 minUpcoming publications, conferences, workshopsNot gonna lie, these plague times have thrown me (and my writing) for a real loop. Besides all the terror and dread, April is typically...
Benjamin AleshireFeb 13, 20202 minRecent PublicationsLately I've been getting more and more interested in writing essays, journalism, and nonfiction in general. An excerpt of my...
Benjamin AleshireOct 21, 20191 minPrizes, Interviews, upcoming readingsExtremely grateful to have been awarded a James Merrill Fellowship to attend the Vermont Studio Center in 2020. I've been applying for...
Benjamin AleshireAug 24, 20195 minFrom the archives: Burlington Free Press cover storyThis summer's tour culminated with two weeks in Vermont, for my second appearance at the Bookstock literary festival (along with some of...
Benjamin AleshireMay 5, 20192 minRecent PublicationsThis Spring, a few magazines are publishing my work, so here's a roundup of recent and forthcoming publications: Powder Keg Magazine's...
Benjamin AleshireMar 8, 201914 minLondon Magazine Interview with Robert GreerIn lieu of an extremely tardy Part 2 in this blog series about my 2018 tour, here's the unexpurgated version of my rambling interview...
Benjamin AleshireAug 22, 20184 minDeja Bu Tour, 2018: British Invasion (part 1 of 3)This summer, I spent 3 months on the road, touring to 11 cities in 5 countries in 2 hemispheres. The first leg took me up the East coast...
Benjamin AleshireMar 16, 20182 minFeature article in NEON MagazinLast summer, while I was working in Washington Square Park in NYC, a woman with a German accent asked for, "Just a short poem, please." A...
Benjamin AleshireSep 25, 20171 min@Benjamin_aleshireWhile on the road in Europe/USA this summer I've taken to using Instagram to tell stories and post photos and poems, almost daily. Follow...
Benjamin AleshireJul 14, 201714 minInterview up at Hamline University English Dept. blogI've been dreadful at blogging regularly...so for now here's an unexpurgated version of an interview I did with Nyles Pierrelouis, which...
Benjamin AleshireMar 23, 20177 minNever Look BackIn the Ayuntamiento offices she spells my name into the phone with the call letters of cities and nations. “Aleshire: Almería, Lugo,...
Benjamin AleshireDec 19, 20166 minand death i think is no parenthesisFor the first time, one of my poems was returned to me. Today in the mail, a big brown package arrives, plastered with stamps. Any...
Benjamin AleshireAug 6, 20164 minSummer in Paris: The Rag & Bone Shop of the Heartphoto by Robbie Quinn Photography A fallen-angel of academe who's crawling back up the ivory tower on his hands and knees, last year I...