NEWS
My poem "The Last Act" appeared in the Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day on 7 May 2025, chosen by Garrett Hongo.
REViEWS
The Brooklyn Rail: "Lauren K. Watel's BOOK of POTIONS" by Heidi Kasa
World Literature Today: "BOOK of POTIONS by Lauren K. Watel" by Geri Lipschultz
RHINO Poetry: "BOOK of POTIONS" by Susanna Lang
Rain Taxi Review of Books: "BOOK of POTIONS" by Robert Eric Shoemaker
ArtsATL: "Lauren K. Watel’s ‘Book of Potions’ ignores the rules of writing and wins" by Jocelyn Heath
Southern Review of Books: "New Poetic Forms Bewitch in Book of Potions" by Barbette Houser
Full Stop: "Book of Potions – Lauren K. Watel" by Kelly M.S. Swope
INTERVIEWS
New Books Network: with Rebekah Buchanan
Interlocutor: "The Sharp Precisions in BOOK of POTIONS" with Nirica Srinivasan
The Rumpus: "An Accidental Daring: A Conversation with Lauren K. Watel" with the ever wonderful Emma Bolden
WABE City Lights: "Speaking of Poetry"
One Story: Q & A by Patrick Ryan
Massachusetts Review: 10 Questions for Lauren K. Watel
PODCASTS
"Forty Years in Nappies," 27 May 2025: The Poetry Foundation's Poetry off the Shelf, with the incomparable Helena de Groot.
Five Points Podcast, Spring 2024: Discussion of "Near the End: Getting to Know David Bottoms" with Megan Sexton