NEW Book of Poems
AVAILABLE for PRE-ORDER:
Accidental Devotions
Copper Canyon Press, May 12, 2026
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Accidental Devotions is serious and delicious. Just what we need in these challenging times. ~ Ellen Bass
I am a devotee of each of these erotic, botanical, angelic lines, each one pressed and saved like any beauty you wish to hold forever. Read these poems. Let everything in. ~ Traci Brimhall
This is a brave book, one that shows us there is nothing accidental about Kelli Russell Agodon’s devotions—but as we turn the pages, our own devotions might, perhaps, deepen. Bravo! ~ Ilya Kaminsky
I am a devotee of each of these erotic, botanical, angelic lines, each one pressed and saved like any beauty you wish to hold forever. Read these poems. Let everything in. ~ Traci Brimhall
This is a brave book, one that shows us there is nothing accidental about Kelli Russell Agodon’s devotions—but as we turn the pages, our own devotions might, perhaps, deepen. Bravo! ~ Ilya Kaminsky
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Award-Winning Collection NOW available from Copper Canyon Press
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This is the book I need right here, right now, as the fires burn and the tides rise.
~ Diane Seuss
~ Diane Seuss
BIO: Kelli Russell Agodon (she/her) is a bi/queer poet and editor whose newest poetry book, Accidental Devotions, will be published by Copper Canyon Press in May 2026.
Her last book, Dialogues with Rising Tides (Copper Canyon Press), was named a Finalist in the Washington State Book Awards and shortlisted for the Eric Hoffer Book Award Grand Prize in Poetry.
She is also the author of Demystifying the Manuscript: Essays & Interviews on Creating a Book of Poems. She is the cofounder of Two Sylvias Press where she works as an editor and book cover designer. She teaches at Pacific Lutheran University’s low-res MFA program, the Rainier Writing Workshop. Kelli is currently part of a project between local land trusts and artists to help raise awareness for the preservation of land, ecosystems, and biodiversity called Writing the Land. She also co-hosts the poetry series"Poems You Need" with Melissa Studdard.
www.agodon.com www.twosylviaspress.com www.youtube.com/@PoemsYouNeed
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There are just a handful of contemporary American poets whom I do not want to live without, whose books I keep by my desk and never lend out. Kelli Russell Agodon is one of these poets. ~ Nin Andrews |
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Collaborations:
Third Place Books Reading with Maggie Smith.
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