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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