Featured — Julia Bouwsma

Writing

Poets.org profile and poems

“Dear Reader—Reaching Toward Community in a Time of Winter” (Poets.org, 2024)

Two poems from Death Fluorescence in Kenyon Review, Rural Poets Folio, fall 2024

Two poems from Midden on Poetry Daily

C4 Ensemble: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective: "John Eason Stops Preaching," set by Hillary Purrington

"Dear ghosts, in winter my camp on the hill becomes " in Verse Daily

Five poems from Midden in Grist Online

"Hiraeth," "I Have No Answer but Stones," and "Sugaring at the Start of Another War" in Cutthroat: A Journal of the Arts, issue 23

News / Media

Interview with Sally Bliumis-Dunn in Plume Poetry (May 2025)

Library of Congress Blog: Poet Laureate Fellow Spotlight: Julia Bouwsma, Maine Poet Laureate (April, 2025)

The Laureate Project with Matt Hoisch, episode 16: Maine: Julia Bouwsma

“Maine’s New Poet Laureate Lives and Writes the Rural Life” (Portland Press Herald, 2022)

“It’s About Connection: A Conversation with Julia Bouwsma” (Farmer-ish, 2021)

“Homesteader, librarian, Maine’s new poet laureate: Julia Bouwsma seeks to foster connection through poetry” (Maine Public, 2021)

Midden included on Book Riot’s 50 Must-Read Poetry Collections of 2019

Midden included on NPR’s 2018 Book Concierge Guide to Great Reads

Midden reviewed in the Boston Globe