Jennifer A Sutherland (Of Greek Myth as Muse, Building a Bearable Myth, and Silence as Agency)

Of Poetry is hosted by Han VanderHart, author of Larks (Ohio UP, 2025).
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Read: "Alcestis as the Dead Woman’s Auto-Roman à Clef" and "Alcestis as Peripheral | Swift | Ominous Movement in the House" in Arcturus Magazine

Purchase: House of Myth and Necessity(River River Books, 2026)

Jennifer A Sutherlandis a poet, essayist, and attorney in Baltimore. She is the author of House of Myth and Necessity (River Riverbooks, 2026) and the lyric-hybrid, book-length poem Bullet Points, also from River River Books (2023). Her work has appeared in Birmingham Poetry Review, Hopkins Review, Best New Poets, Denver Quarterly, Cagibi, EPOCH, and elsewhere.

Recommended Reading

Robin Robertson 

Anne Carson

Claire Millikin’s TELEVISION (Unicorn Books, 2016)

Monica Youn’s Blackacre 

Carmen Maria Machado’s In the Dream House

Tron (film, 1982)

Jameela F. Dallis

Diane Seuss's essay "Restless Herd: Some Thoughts on Order—in Poetry, in Life" (Poets & Writers, on building a bearable myth)

What is Of Poetry Podcast?

Kitchen table conversations with poets, hosted by Han VanderHart.