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Recent Press

Review of Not Just The Fire

ThatBookBinch (aka Kayla) reviewed my sophomore poetry collection, Not Just The Fire, on her Instagram profile. Here's a fun excerpt: With complementing iconography of renewal, Not Just the Fire is a reverent ode to surrender and survival. Simon’s sophomore collection...

Interview on Queery WORT 89.9 FM (4/5/2023)

On April 5, 2023, I was featured on WORT, a local station in Madison, Wisconsin, as I spoke about Not Just the Fire. Listen to the interview here!

Artist Profile for The Little Book Project WI

Want to learn more about me? This artist profile delves into some of the fun and quirky bits about me. Read the full review here!

It All Belongs to You – A Review of The Good Truth By R.B. Simon

My chapbook The Good Truth, which was published in 2021, received a review in BMP Voices. The author of the book review, C. Kubasta, is a fellow Wisconsin poet and fiction writer. Kubasta begins her review of The Good Truth like this: R. B. Simon’s The Good...

Mad in America’s First Poetry Slam, Featuring R.B. Simon

In 2021, I was featured as a poet in Mad in America's first-ever poetry slam, which took place virtually. It was an honor to perform during the poetry slam, and I really enjoyed sharing poems from The Good Truth. Watch the entire poetry slam below!...

Who We Are In Totality – Interview with WORT 89.9 FM (4/28/21)

In April 2021, I was interviewed on the local radio station by WORT about my work as a poet. Check out the entire interview here.

A Room of One’s Own Hosts a Virtual Conference with R.B. Simon & Chris Stark

Shortly after The Good Truth came out, I had the honor and privilege of being featured on a virtual conference by the local, queer-owned bookstore A Room of One's Own with Chris Stark, the author of Carnival Lights. I shared my poem "Marriage Advice," and Chris and I...

Who We Are In Totality – Interview with WORT 89.9 FM (4/28/21)

by R.B. Simon | May 21, 2021 | Press

In April 2021, I was interviewed on the local radio station by WORT about my work as a poet. Check out the entire interview here.

A Room of One’s Own Hosts a Virtual Conference with R.B. Simon & Chris Stark

by R.B. Simon | May 9, 2021 | Press

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R.B. Simon has written and published three poetry collections, all of which depict her transitions through life and have the lyrical, intense style for which she is known.

The Good Truth

R.B. Simon’s debut poetry chapbook published by Finishing Line Press in 2021.

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Not Just the Fire

The 2023 full-length collection published by Cornerstone Press.

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Bird, Bone, Blood

The forthcoming collection that will be published by Milk & Cake Press in 2025.

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