I recently discovered your poetry collection more and was struck by the raw honesty and depth that flows through your work. Your background — from Charleston to Long Island, then across the world to Okinawa before settling in Indiana — reads like poetry itself, and it’s easy to see how such a life feeds into your verse.
Your journey from journalism to poetry is inspiring. I admire how you’ve turned lived experience into art, echoing the energy of writers like Bukowski and Ginsberg while crafting a voice entirely your own.
I work with authors and poets to help amplify their reach — whether through online promotion, collaborations, or connecting with educators and book clubs who value authentic writing. If you’re ever interested in boosting visibility for more or your earlier work The Story So Far, I’d be glad to share some ideas or simply help spread the word.
Thank you for continuing to bring poetry to life for readers.
Robin Ouzman Hislop's poetry is certainly in dialogue with some of the key architects of the 'poetics of indeterminacy' – both the Modernist strands represented by the likes of Beckett and Stein, and the postmodernist strands represented, initially,
First Edition Translation of Teselas by Carmen Crespo X111 César Simón Poetry Prixe 2016 Translated from Spanish by Robin Ouzman Hislop and Amparo Arrospíde
