May 1 — A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing is shortlisted for the 2024 Saroyan Writing Prize.

Spring — Michigan Quarterly Review publishes Mary-Alice Daniel’s original Hausa translations in its special African Writing issue.

April 24 — Hayden’s Ferry Review interviews Mary-Alice Daniel in a conversation about influences & originality.

April 9 — Reading and Q&A with the Mary Routt Endowed Chair of Writing at Scripps College @12PM. .

April — Bennington College Poetry Residency. Reading (4/3 @7PM) & conversation (4/4 @12:30) open to the public.

March — Mass for Shut-Ins is chosen as a finalist for a California Book Award.

March 21 — Open Books: A Poetry Emporium in Seattle, WA, hosts Mary-Alice Daniel, Rae Armantrout, and Cindy Juyoung Ok @7PM.

March 20 — Mary-Alice Daniel discusses her pedagogy in a Faculty Spotlight feature profiling teachers at Scripps College.

February 23 — Brigham Young University hosts Mary-Alice Daniel as a guest speker in its Reading Series.

February 10 — Reading and conversation in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the African Poetry Book Fund: with Yalie Saweda Kamara & Hope Wabuke.

February 9 — Panel at the 2024 AWP Writing Conference on crafting a debut poetry collection @1:45PM.

February 8 — AWP Kansas City Offsite Event: Yale Younger Poets Reading featuring Mary-Alice Daniel, 9PM at Nighthawk.

February 1 — Bookshop Santa Cruz recommends A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing for Black History Month.

January — Leslie Sainz, Managing Editor of The New England Review, recommends Mass for Shut-Ins in the winter issue of Poets & Writers.

DEC. 2023 — The New York Times Book Review recommends A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing, now out in paperback: “furious beauty.”

January 5 — “The Write Process” Podcast and the UCLA Extension Writing Program host a craft conversation on the process of building a book.

DEC. 2023 — Rose Pan-African Education hosts Mary-Alice Daniel’s annual cultural immersion writing workshop in Senegal.

DEC. 2023 — The Africa Report lists Mass for Shut-Ins as one of the year’s notable books: “weaponised.”

DEC. 2023 — The Slowdown Podcast with Major Jackson, in partnership with the Poetry Foundation, features the poem “Bloodroot.”

NOV. 2023 — A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing is available from HarperCollins in paperback.

NOV. 2023 — Brittle Paper features Mass for Shut-Ins on its annual list of notable African books: “thought-provoking.”

NOV. 2023 — The American Poetry Review publishes Mary-Alice Daniel’s lyric essay on Ariana Benson’s Black Pastoral.

NOV. 2023 — The Hopkins Review publishes a conversation/author interview on immigrant narratives.

OCT. 2023 — Book Riot’s list of “African Poets You Need to Read” highlights Mary-Alice Daniel’s work: “gorgeous.”

OCT. 2023 — The Miles Morland Foundation announces its Writing Scholarship shortlist.

OCT. 2023 — Mary-Alice Daniel presents a lecture in the Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis interdisciplinary seminar series.

SEPT. 2023 — Washington University in St. Louis hosts a public reading during Mary-Alice Daniel’s residency.

SEPT. 2023 — Mary-Alice Daniel serves as the inaugural Writer-in-Residence at the Center for the Literary Arts at Washington University in St. Louis.

SEPT. 2023 — Washington University in St. Louis queries its Writer-In-Residence about mentoring students, secret projects, and casting spells.

AUG. 2023 — The Los Angeles Review of Books reviews Mass for Shut-Ins: “bold.”

JULY 2O23 — Mary-Alice Daniel is appointed the 2024 Mary Routt Endowed Chair of Writing at Scripps College.

JULY 2023 — The Poets’ Bridge features Mass for Shut-Ins as its Book of the Week.

JUNE 2023 — Mary-Alice Daniel is in residence as a guest lecturer at the Oxbelly Writers Retreat in Messinia, Greece.

MAY 2023 — Mass for Shut-Ins is now available in the UK/internationally from Yale University Press London.

MAY 2023 — The Berkeley Law Library recommends A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing on its reading list: “captivating.”

MAY 2023 — The Princeton Public Library recommends A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing on its staff reading list.

APR. 2023 — For National Poetry Month, Yale University Press releases live recordings of 3 poems in Mass for Shut-Ins.

APR. 2023 — For National Poetry Month, Mass for Shut-Ins makes the Academy of American Poets’ recommended reading list.

APR. 2023 — Brittle Paper republishes “Disease Map,” a Pushcart-nominated poem that won the Pablo Neruda Prize.

APR. 2023 — Mass for Shut-Ins is recommended reading for National Poetry Month at Arizona State University: “haunting and haunted.”

APR. 2023 — Johns Hopkins University hosts a cross-genre author reading & talk (to be published in an upcoming issue of The Hopkins Review).

APR. 2023 — Cave Canem awards Mary-Alice Daniel a Fellows Grant to support a diasporic Digital Humanities project.

APR. 2023 — The Southern Review of Books reviews Mass for Shut-Ins: “sorcery.”

APR. 2023 — Tertulia features A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing in “10 of the Best Memoirs By Poets.”

MAR. 2023 — P&T Knitwear hosts the NYC launch for Mass for Shut-Ins, ft. Safiya Sinclair, Airea D. Matthews, and Desiree C. Bailey.

MAR. 2023 — Mass for Shut-Ins, Volume 117 of the Yale Series of Younger Poets, is available to order.

MAR. 2023 — Brooklyn Poets publishes “Nollywoodland” and an author interview in its Poet of the Week Series.

MAR. 2023 — Chapter 16 reviews Mass for Shut-Ins: “remarkable.”

MAR. 2023 — “One Hell” from Mass for Shut-Ins is Poem of the Week in The Yale Review.

FEB. 2023 — The Poetry Foundation reviews Mass for Shut-Ins: “Plathian.”

FEB. 2023 — Open Country Mag lists Mass for Shut-Ins as a Most Anticipated Book of 2023.

JAN. 2023 — Brittle Paper lists Mass for Shut-Ins as a Most Anticipated Book of 2023.

JAN. 2023 — The Washington Independent Review of Books praises A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing: “mastery.”

DEC. 2022 — The New York Times reviews A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing: “striking, discerning, and haunting.”

DEC. 2022 — Electric Literature explores the architecting of A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing.

DEC. 2022 — Book Riot recommends A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing.

DEC. 2022 — A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing is highlighted in The Millions: “a joy.”

DEC. 2022 — A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing is the University of Wisconsin Gender & Women's Studies Book of the Week.

NOV. 2022 — Shondaland editor Sarah Nielson conducts an in-depth author interview.

NOV. 2022 — Lit Hub publishes an introduction to A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing.

NOV. 2022 — McNally Jackson hosts the launch event for A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing.

NOV. 2022 — USA Today spotlights A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing as a “must-read.”

NOV. 2022 — People picks A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing as its “breathtaking” Book of the Week.

NOV. 2022 — Kirkus names A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing one of the “Best Nonfiction Books of the Year.”

NOV. 2022 — San Francisco Chronicle reviews A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing: “sublime.”

NOV. 2022 — Vulture recommends A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing as a best new release: “lucid and poetic.”

NOV. 2022 — Real Simple recommends A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing: “Top Picks for Every Taste.”

NOV. 2022 — “Good Morning America” selects A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing for its holiday reading list.

NOV. 2022 — Debutiful calls A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing a “can’t miss” book.

NOV. 2022 — Poets & Writers lists A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing as a “New & Noteworthy” title.

NOV. 2022 — Ms. Magazine recommends the “moving” and “masterful” A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing.

OCT. 2022 — The Root highlights the “beautifully written” A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing.

OCT. 2022 — Booklist gives A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing its 3rd Starred Review.

OCT. 2022 — Kirkus Reviews gives A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing its 2nd Starred Review: “absolutely fascinating.”

JULY 2022 — Publishers Weekly gives A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing its 1st Starred Review: “incandescent… a gem.”

JUNE 2022 — Brittle Paper lists the cover of A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing as one of the best covers of the year.

APR. 2022 — Book Riot lists A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing as one of the “Best Nigerian Books.”

MAR. 2022 — Mass for Shut-Ins is chosen as the 117th winner of the Yale Younger Poets Prize.