Samantha Terrell is an American poet, and curator of the international poetry series, SHINE. Terrell's poems have been widely anthologized in publications such as: 100 Subtexts, Door=Jar, Eunoia Review, Green Ink Poetry, In Parentheses, Poetry Quarterly, The Orchards Poetry Journal, and others. Her most recent collection, Delta Function, was published by Alien Buddha Press in the Fall of 2024. Terrell and her family reside in Upstate New York.
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Delta Function (Alien Buddha Press, 2024)
"Terrell’s Delta Function asks its reader to consider not the 'or' but the 'and.' It is at once a very personal experience—calling on the audience to weigh all the options—but at the same time as broad as a divided America: “But if we’re due for an extinction event, this / may be the first a species brings upon itself” (Teetering On Extinction). Delta Function could not be more timely in this tumultuous political environment where sentiments like “You’ll wish / you could wash / off the parts of me that disagree with you” (Teetering on Extinction) and “[…] these social constructs made to mimic / congeniality, only ever / lead us to estrangement” (Failed Kingdoms) may ring all too true. But in this era of discord, Terrell inserts the message to “accept the contradictions in our claims” (Fragments). Don’t sleep on this relevant collection.
-Elizabeth K. Bates, Author of Mosaics & Mirages
"Terrell’s Delta Function asks its reader to consider not the 'or' but the 'and.' It is at once a very personal experience—calling on the audience to weigh all the options—but at the same time as broad as a divided America: “But if we’re due for an extinction event, this / may be the first a species brings upon itself” (Teetering On Extinction). Delta Function could not be more timely in this tumultuous political environment where sentiments like “You’ll wish / you could wash / off the parts of me that disagree with you” (Teetering on Extinction) and “[…] these social constructs made to mimic / congeniality, only ever / lead us to estrangement” (Failed Kingdoms) may ring all too true. But in this era of discord, Terrell inserts the message to “accept the contradictions in our claims” (Fragments). Don’t sleep on this relevant collection.
-Elizabeth K. Bates, Author of Mosaics & Mirages
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