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It’s the end of reading season for me.

My ‘tour’ for Karaoke at the End of the World was full of lovely stops and people along the way. Thank you to everyone who picked up a copy, attended a reading, sent me bookmail photos, asked me to join an event, did a little dance with me, and/or belted out a song at a karaoke marathon.

From readings and events these past few months.

Fifteen-ish events in three months! It was a whirlwind. There were surprises, delights (and a few mishaps, too). Your support buoyed me through it all. But now I’m looking forward to a little break.

Copies of KARAOKE out in the wild. Thank you, everyone, for sending me your bookmail pics.

I’m ready for a chill summer, evening bike rides (come join me on a Pedalpalooza ride), my towering TBR pile, and getting back to my writing cave (a new prose-y project is in the works).

Even so, the party doesn’t stop. If you’re in Portland, you’ll always find something at ChatterPDX, Constellation/McCormack Writing Center, Head for the Hills, Humble Poets, Ghost Town Poetry, Poetry Street NW, HOCUS, Slamlandia, The Studio, Sundays on the Avenue, and Literary Arts—just to name a few of the reading series and orgs that have always sustained me.

ICYMI…

Check out “Crying in the Multiverse: On the Potential of Possibility as a Literary Device,” my LitHub essay about channeling grief and loss into imagining other worlds.

While facts only recount death and grief at face value, the multiverse offers more imaginative runway. (excerpt, “Crying in the Multiverse” on LitHub)

There’s also a great conversation in The Adroit Journal I had with Kate Gaskin about our collections.

"To read Genevieve DeGuzman’s Karaoke at the End of the World (JackLeg Press, 2026) is to undergo a crash course in marvels. Woven through this debut collection are complex relational intricacies between mothers and daughters, colorful multiverse alternatives, and glitches in the time-scape of grief and wonder. Because I had recently written A Red Knock-Knocking like a Heart (LSU Press, 2026), my own book of poetry about motherhood and grief, I asked Genevieve to have a conversation about the ways in which our books intersect.” -Kate Gaskin

To keep this poet and her cat Beezy fed, you can always tell people about Karaoke or request it from your local library or favorite bookstore. Online, copies are always available at Bookshop.org, Literary Arts, and now The Poetry Shop!

With gratitude,

Genevieve

A poet on her summer break.