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Maya C. Popa
@mayacpopa.bsky.social
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Cheerleader for other poets' poems | Founder of Conscious Writers Collective | www.consciouswriterscollective.com
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Radio Boise - The Poetry Show

Interview with Maya C. Popa
on If You Love That Lady: Poems

Listen to the interview on SoundCloud...
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The Poetry Show: August 30, 2026 - Maya C. Popa
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August 31, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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August 17, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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Wise words from the great @mayacpopa.bsky.social.
July 31, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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"For passion will the mind turn / on its diet of certainties / to tango doubt’s perimeter."

From "If You Love That Lady," new poetry by @mayacpopa.bsky.social.

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August 17, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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My third book, IF YOU LOVE THAT LADY, is out now from
@wwnorton.com.

Please DM me if you'd like to purchase a signed copy. 🤍
July 26, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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My third book, IF YOU LOVE THAT LADY, is out now from
@wwnorton.com.

Please DM me if you'd like to purchase a signed copy. 🤍
July 26, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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Our latest issue has four memorable new poems by @mayacpopa.bsky.social. The last movement in “Had We But World Enough” arrives with such precision and energy. Read it here:

kenyonreview.org/piece/had-we...
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July 6, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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Save the date for 8/12/26!!!

Join the WPLS on 8/12/26 to hear David Baker, Gregory Orr, & @mayacpopa.bsky.social.

Zoom room opens at 7:15pm (EST). Reading starts at 7:30pm.

#poetrynews #poetrysky #poets #poetry #writers

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July 10, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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Congrats @mayacpopa.bsky.social on your new book of poems! My copy arrived today, & I can’t wait to read!🫶🏼
A book cover, titled “If You Love That Lady” on a white kitchen counter with two red apples to the right and a small candle to the left.
July 14, 2026 at 3:52 AM
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“In raptures over Chapman’s Homer, Keats forgets / who discovered the Pacific—not stout Cortez / with eagle eyes but Balboa upon a peak in Darien.” Read “The Romantics,” a poem by @mayacpopa.bsky.social from the collection If You Love That Lady.
“The Romantics,” a Poem by Maya C. Popa
In raptures over Chapman’s Homer, Keats forgets who discovered the Pacific—not stout Cortez with eagle eyes but Balboa upon a peak in Darien. Where he withdrew his handkerchief and saw the death wa…
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July 22, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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My review of Maya C. Popa's new poetry collection
IF YOU LOVE THAT LADY:
robertjtiess.substack.com/p/my-glowing...

The book
wwnorton.com/books/978132...

MCP/LARB interview
lareviewofbooks.org/article/maya...

Opening poem
substack.com/@mayacpopa/n...

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My Glowing Review of IF YOU LOVE THAT LADY: POEMS by Maya C. Popa
FIVE OUT OF FIVE STARS
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July 24, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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Grateful to The Atlantic for running this poem from my new collection, out in 10 days from Norton.

I'm teaching a FREE class on July 25th at 1 PM as thank you for anyone who pre-orders the book.

myfivethings.com/class/maya-c...
July 4, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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Grateful to The Atlantic for running this poem from my new collection, out in 10 days from Norton.

I'm teaching a FREE class on July 25th at 1 PM as thank you for anyone who pre-orders the book.

myfivethings.com/class/maya-c...
July 4, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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Post 3/3

Other links:

Article
midbrow.org/maya-c-popa-...

Goodreads
www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

Substack
mayacpopa.substack.com

Other Books
www.mayacpopa.com/books

Maya's Conscious Writers Collective
www.consciouswriterscollective.com

@mayacpopa.bsky.social
#poetry #poems #poets #books
Conscious Writers Collective
Writing
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June 29, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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July 3, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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May 24, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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Grateful to have four new poems in this issue of Kenyon Review. I wrote this one in Vamvakou, Greece, where I was introduced to the hawk moth (also called sphinx moth) after running from planter to planter thinking I was watching a rather drab hummingbird up close. 💛
May 24, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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We created a mini portal for anyone wanting to trial CWC for a week. It's been an amazing way to meet and answer new members' questions before they jump fully in. ✨

consciouswriterscollective.circle.so/forms/74b6b508
May 24, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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We have an EXTRAORDINARY National Poetry Month lined up in CWC.

Join us this April—14 meetings, 200+ hours of past courses in the vault, 3x live workshops for feedback.

www.consciouswriterscollective.com
March 31, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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It’s National Poetry Month!
So take a poet to lunch.

I’m speaking literally. 🥪 🍷
I don’t like poetry much.

But I’d take this lady to lunch
Even figuratively!

I like her poems a whole bunch.

—Yours, Lord
mayacpopa.bsky.social Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · Mar 3
Wrote a post today sharing the blurbs for IF YOU LOVE THAT LADY for the first time.

Profoundly grateful to anyone who pre-orders (wrote a whole post about why pre-orders matter to the literary ecosystem, too!). 🤍
The Blurbs for "If You Love That Lady"
And a note on asking for blurbs
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April 1, 2026 at 11:32 AM
mayacpopa.bsky.social
We have an EXTRAORDINARY National Poetry Month lined up in CWC.

Join us this April—14 meetings, 200+ hours of past courses in the vault, 3x live workshops for feedback.

www.consciouswriterscollective.com
March 31, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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Wrote a post today sharing the blurbs for IF YOU LOVE THAT LADY for the first time.

Profoundly grateful to anyone who pre-orders (wrote a whole post about why pre-orders matter to the literary ecosystem, too!). 🤍
The Blurbs for "If You Love That Lady"
And a note on asking for blurbs
mayacpopa.substack.com
March 3, 2026 at 6:46 PM
mayacpopa.bsky.social
Wrote a post today sharing the blurbs for IF YOU LOVE THAT LADY for the first time.

Profoundly grateful to anyone who pre-orders (wrote a whole post about why pre-orders matter to the literary ecosystem, too!). 🤍
The Blurbs for "If You Love That Lady"
And a note on asking for blurbs
mayacpopa.substack.com
March 3, 2026 at 6:46 PM
mayacpopa.bsky.social
February 23, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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Every time I re-read Mueller, I'm reminded I should teach a class on her work:
February 4, 2026 at 4:45 PM