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Direct link: March poetry (MP3)

In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents poetry from the March issues.

  • “Four" by John W. Sexton, read by Antonio Urias. You can read the full text of the poem and more about John here.
  • “Long Shadow" by Rose Lemberg, read by Rose Lemberg. You can read the full text of the poem and more about Rose here.
  • “Laying Claim" by Liz Bourke, read by Liz Bourke. You can read the full text of the poem and more about Liz here.
  • “Endurance Is Not Bravery/Do Not Declare Love by Staring" by Elizabeth R. McClellan, read by Elizabeth R. McClellan. You can read the full text of the poem and more about Elizabeth here.



Antonio Urias is a podcast reader for Strange Horizons.
Elizabeth R. McClellan is a white disabled gender/queer neurospicy demisexual lesbian poet writing on unceded Quapaw and Chickasha Yaki land. In kan other life, ka is a domestic and sexual violence lawyer. Ka can be found most places online as popelizbet and on Patreon as ermcclellan.
John W. Sexton lives in Ireland and is the author of five previous poetry collections, the most recent being The Offspring of the Moon (Salmon, 2013). His sixth collection, Futures Pass, is due from Salmon in 2015. In 2007 he was awarded a Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Fellowship in Poetry.
Liz Bourke is a cranky queer person who reads books. She holds a Ph.D in Classics from Trinity College, Dublin. Her first book, Sleeping With Monsters, a collection of reviews and criticism, is published by Aqueduct Press. Find her at her blog, where she's been known to talk about even more books thanks to her Patreon supporters. Or find her at her Twitter. She supports the work of the Irish Refugee Council and the Abortion Rights Campaign.
R.B. Lemberg (they/them) is a queer, bigender immigrant from Ukraine to the US. R.B. is an author of six books of speculative fiction and poetry, an academic, and a translator from Ukrainian and Russian. R.B.'s latest novella Yoke of Stars (Tachyon, 2024) won the 2025 World Fantasy Award. Their other work has been shortlisted for the Le Guin Prize for Fiction, Nebula, Locus, Ignyte, Crawford, and other awards. You can find R.B. on Bluesky at @rblemberg.bsky.social, Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/rblemberg, and at their website: rblemberg.net.
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