About

Stefene Russell is a journalist, editor, and poet (who sometimes does acting and tarot stuff). 

In her past life, she was the Utah Eats reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune; St. Louis Magazine‘s culture editor; and Laumeier Sculpture Park‘s poet in residence. 

Her chapbook, Inferna, was published in 2013 by Intagliata Imprints, with a cover by The Firecracker Press. The Possum Codex was published by Otis Nebula in the fall of 2015 (you can watch the book trailers here). In 2019, Spartan Press published 47 Incantatory Essays. Which are exactly what they sound like. 

14 responses to “About”

  1. Just saw you again on McGraw Stefene. You are gorgeous as usual.

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      1. Keep up the good work dear.
        Still as beautiful as ever!

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  2. Hi, seeking contact for possible collaboration, support or exposure. The local arts and fresh perspectives are formost on the group mind.

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  3. Pleasure to watch you read this weekend. Thanks for making the trip over.

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    1. Thanks! It was pretty incredible. I really loved your work. It was more than worth the trip. Just wished, as I said, that I had been there earlier and had been able to stay through Monday. It was wrenching to have to leave so early on Sunday….I missed some poets I’d really been looking forward to hearing. But I think these connections are going to be long-lasting (huzzah!) so I am looking forward to hearing them read sometime in the (hopefully near) future.

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      1. Aaaaaagreed.

        Also, Jessica Baran will be up here this weekend – she’s the guest curator for one of the shows the Charlotte Street Residency puts on – and she is putting together a book of the writers-in-residence. So I’m stoked to tell her I’m now a fan of yours!

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      2. PSS! That King Missile Track was tops. Thanks for that also. And: I also owe you a thank-you for reminding me my blog exists, and should be updated….

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  4. […] row (standers), L-R: Brett Underwood, Stefene Russell, Shawn Pavey, Huascar Medina, Beth Gruver Gulley, Paul Goldman, Dianne Borsenik, Mj Taylor, Angel […]

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    1. Thanks for all of these links! I didn’t get to pick up nearly as many books as I would’ve liked, and this will make it much easier to find everyone’s work.

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  5. OMG! Really??? I adore Jessica, and for two people who live in the same town, we see each other way too infrequently. Tell her hello for me. I’m so glad she is going to be in your neck of the woods, and that she will be curating an anthology! She’s so amazing. When I finally do see her back in STL, I will be reporting that the fandom is mutual. Ha! I’m blown over by all of these magical connections.

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    1. I know. That is something that I don’t take for granted at all and made me ever more the grateful for being included.

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  6. PS: Just to report a bit of nifty synchronicity: I saw J on Tuesday night! Just out of the blue. We didn’t get to talk long, but marveled over the coincidence, and agreed that you are a wonderful poet and human being. So I got my hello in to her. Anyway, cheers to the Charlotte Street show going extra swimmingly this weekend!

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    1. Oh, snap! That is too funny. Thanks for the well wishes.

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