Samantha Terrell is an American poet who resides in Upstate New York with her husband and two sons. Terrell’s poems have been widely anthologized in publications such as Door=Jar, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Red Ogre Review, The Orchards Poetry Journal, and more. Her collections – most recently Delta Function (Alien Buddha Press) – have been published by a variety of indie presses in the US and UK. She was the recipient of a 2024, Poets & Writers grant in conjunction with NYSCA and Broome County Arts Council. Since its inception in Winter 2022, Terrell has served as curator of SHINE international poetry series and editor of its accompanying quarterly anthology.
PRAISE FOR POETRY BY SAMANTHA
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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