bio

Nicole Tallman is a poet, writer, and editor. Born and raised in Michigan, she lives in Miami and serves as the official Poetry Ambassador for Miami-Dade County, Editor of Redacted Books, Poetry and Interviews Editor for The Blue Mountain Review, an Associate Editor for South Florida Poetry Journal, and a reader for The Los Angeles Review. She is the author of Something Kindred and Poems for the People (The Southern Collective Experience (SCE) Press). Her next book, FERSACE, is forthcoming in November 2023 from ELJ Editions. She is also the editor of STAY GOLDEN, a Golden Girls-inspired special zine published by The Daily Drunk, and co-editor with Maureen Seaton of We Who Rise from Saltwater, Let's Sing! and There's a wave coming. One can hear it in the sky., two collaborative Heroic Sonnet Crowns for the Mayor and residents of Miami-Dade County. She is also the creator and host of ELJ Editions/Redacted Books' Be Well Reading Series and the Lunchtime Poetry & Jazz Series at Miami-Dade County's Main Library. Find her on social media @natallman.

Poetry

The Writer's Room The New Tropic

Four Poems Cultural Daily

Girl You Know It's True The Daily Drunk

The moon is gay (AKA Say Gay!), Pay the poets! & Taco Bell is ≥ therapy Gulf Stream Magazine

Spring Voicemail Poems

Poems with Ouija Board Starring THE FUTURE & NOT SEEN HAD

'80s Raunch Be Kind, Rewind: Nostalgic Movies Anthology

Two Poems Pidgeonholes

Dolly Style Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology

Spring The Broadkill Review

I can't see Miami The Whale Road Review

Aurora Starr says... Illustrated by Jason Novak

2 Poems (Summer & Fall) HAD

The Man Who Said I Didn't Have The Right To Kill A "Baby" Rumors Secrets & Lies

Part 1 : 90th Birthday Tribute to Sylvia Plath THE TICKLE

Part 2 : 90th Birthday Tribute to Sylvia Plath THE TICKLE

Part 3 : 90th Birthday Tribute to Sylvia Plath THE TICKLE

Part 4 : 90th Birthday Tribute to Sylvia Plath THE TICKLE

On Reading Poems, I Now Sympathize with Daughters of Dead Mothers SWWIM

Getting Across ICEBREAKERS LIT Collaboration with Moira Walsh

2 Poems: Love & Fake Plastic Trees Limp Wrist

Dying Young HELL IS REAL: A Midwest Gothic Anthology

It's always summer in Miami 8scribo.xyz (Minted by Elisabeth Sweet)

Why my favorite oil painting is Noah Verrier's 'Grilled Cheese' the lickety~split

Nicole Wants to Write a Poem with Maureen HAD

Stranger Things 4: A Soundtrack in Gerunds The Daily Drunk

Hometel Identity Theory

Dear Barbie: Olney

Poem for Peri-Menopausal Women SWWIM

The Astro Poets Say & A Flamboyance of Flamingos HAD

Love Poem for Dr. Melfi the winnow Popular Culture Issue, Vol. 1

Poem for the Dead Dreams & Nightmares Anthology

Working the Fast Food Counter Hello, How Can I Help You Today Anthology

Love Hello America

3 collaborative poems theVERSEverse

STAY GOLDEN, a Daily Drunk Mag Special Zine

City of Hope & The red tide signals & What the living do The Coop

Sundays are for elegies CLOVES Literary

Poem for People Who Are Tired Hello America

Cento for 17 Mutuals Emerge Literary Journal

Dear Betty The Daily Drunk

3 Poems Roi Fainéant Press

Body Bag Roi Fainéant Press

On Sleeping On Your Pillow Sledgehammer Lit

On Finding Your Ashes In My Suitcase Sledgehammer Lit

Poem for Paris Hilton The Daily Drunk

The Holy Trinity Final Girl Bulletin Board

2 Poems Stone of Madness Press

Fersace Wine Cellar Press

Mors tē numquam sistat The Hungry Ghost Project

Poem for People Who Take Public Transit Maudlin House

Father Paul, I... The Midnight Mass Anthology

Poem for the Grieving FERAL: A Journal of Poetry and Art

Book of the Dead warning lines

2 Poems For People Who Are As Tired As I Am HAD

Love Poem for Fire-Star Marvelous Verses

Rifle Season trampset

2 Poems The Hallowzine

Yours Truly, Nutty Nicole It Came from Beneath the Ink!

My Friend K The Alien Buddha's House of Horrors 4

We Who Rise from Saltwater, Let's Sing! Heroic Sonnet Crown Project

Where Have You Gone? Not Deer Magazine

Semi-Cento for Surfside South Florida Poetry Journal

Dying in Two Rooms Wrongdoing Magazine

4 Poems The Blue Mountain Review

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Select Readings & Other Media

Lecture on the intersection of music & poetry PIANO SLAM 2024

Be Well Reading Series Featuring Clifford Brooks, Jen Karetnick & Travis Chi Wing Lau

Queering the Publishing Industrial Complex OutWrite DC LGBTQ Literary Festival

Be Well Reading Series Featuring Dustin Brookshire, Alex Carrigan & Erik Fuhrer

Second Sunday Pride and Joy Reading

Be Well Reading Series Featuring P. Scott Cunningham J.D. Isip & Denton Loving

Redacted Books Launch for Maureen Seaton's The Sky Is an Elephant

Interview with Dustin Brookshire for FLAWN

Be Well Reading Series Featuring Steve Bellin-Oka, Caridad Moro-Gronlier & Dior J. Stephens

Be Well Reading Series Featuring Jared Beloff, Chen Chen & Joan Kwon Glass

Be Well Reading Series Kickoff Featuring Jack Bedell, Elisa Gabbert & AE Hines

Review of Poems for the People by Scott Neuffer for trampset

Second Sunday Reading

Reading with the VERSEVerse for Art Basel at Miami Beach Regional Library

Launch of Miami's Favorite Poems Project with Richard Blanco Miami Book Fair

Reading with Nicole Sealey at The Besty South Beach for SWWIM

Interview with The New Tropic for Miami Book Fair

Reading & Craft Talk for PIANO SLAM 2023

Twitter Spaces Chats Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 & Part 4 with THE TICKLE for Sylvia Plath Tribute

Review of Something Kindred by Alex Carrigan for North of Oxford

Twitter Spaces - SuperRare Genesis Chat with TheVERSEverse

conVERSEverse Interview

Wild & Precious Life Series Reading

Twitter Spaces - Infinite Knowledge | poem = work of art with the VERSEverse

1455's 4th Annual SummerFest Reading Redefining "Southern"

Interview with Valentino Assenza HOWL CIUT.FM

My Bad Poetry Podcast

Word Thursdays Bright Hill Press Reading

Review of Something Kindred by Ami J. Sanghvi the winnow

Artist Reading & Discussion for POEM = WORK OF ART Exhibit Closing Party

Interview with OÖ Art for POEM = WORK OF ART Exhibit

Lighthearted Interview Hello America Lit

Editors Talk Poetry Acceptances Frontier Poetry Journal

Interview with Michael Amidei & Cliff Brooks This Business of Music & Poetry Podcast

Interview with Carolina del Busto Miami New Times

Interview with Alison Nissen The Florida Writers Podcast

On Finding Your Ashes in My Suitcase The Chapbook With Noah Stetzer & Ross White

"Sundays are for elegies" featured on Cease, Cows' List of 365 Prose Poems

Heroic Sonnet Crown Reading for O, Miami Poetry Festival

Heroic Sonnet Crown Reading for Mayor Levine Cava

STAY GOLDEN Reading for The Daily Drunk Magazine

It Came from Beneath the Ink! An R.L. Stine Tribute Anthology Reading

Marvelous Verses Anthology Reading

Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches Reading with Michael Mackin O'Mara

On Reading Poems, I Now Sympathize with Daughters of Dead Mothers Audio Recording

Dante's Old South NPR Interview with Clifford Brooks

Interview with Aura Martin

Exceptional Poetry From Around the Web Frontier Poetry

Interview with Clifford Brooks The Blue Mountain Review

Brooklyn Poets' The Bridge Poem of the Day January 4, 2022 for Poem for People Who Take Pubic Transit

Brooklyn Poets' The Bridge Poem of the Day January 13, 2022 for Poem for People Who Don't Like Poems

Some SoFloPoJo Editors List Their Picks for the Top 10 Poems of All Time

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editorial work

Editor of The Sky Is an Elephant by Maureen Seaton (ELJ Editions' Redacted Books Series)

Poetry Editor for the September 2023 Issue of The Blue Mountain Review

Interview with Ana Maria Caballero The Blue Mountain Review

Poetry Editor for the May 2023 Issue of The Blue Mountain Review

Interviews with Gabrielle Bates & Jared Beloff The Blue Mountain Review

Poetry Editor for the December 2022 Issue of The Blue Mountain Review

Poetry Editor for the September 2022 Issue of The Blue Mountain Review

Interview with Elisa Gabbert The Blue Mountain Review

Interview with Victoria Chang for South Florida Poetry Journal's Miami Book Fair Author Series

Interview with Paul Tran for South Florida Poetry Journal's Miami Book Fair Author Series

Interviews with Richard Blanco & Michael Chang The Blue Mountain Review

Interview with Diane Seuss The Blue Mountain Review

Interview with Jill Bialosky South Florida Poetry Journal

Interview with Joseph Fasano The Blue Mountain Review

Interview with Faylita Hicks The Blue Mountain Review

Interviews with Chen Chen & Jose Hernandez Diaz The Blue Mountain Review

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