Press coverage
Review: Poetry as Spellcasting
“At the intersection of books on witchcraft, creative writing guides and poetry anthologies alights Poetry as Spellcasting: Poems, Essays, and Prompts for Manifesting Liberation and Reclaiming Power, which manages to pull off something utterly unique.” -BOOKPAGE
7 Queer Poetry Books I Wish I Could Give to my Teenage Self
“Her courageous new collection is a radical act of world-building through poetry, a book of ‘queer defiance’ that embodies hope.” -DIANA WHITNEY, ELECTRIC LIT
Interview
“Poetry invites us to think and feel expansively and nonlinearly, to listen closely, and be willing to be completely surprised. I can think of it as practice for how to implement solutions to the climate crisis. We need to listen to the people on the front lines who are already putting these solutions to work. We need to be expansive, radical, and unfettered by what we’re told is politically possible.” -BURNING WORLDS
An Asian American Poetry Companion: Fresh Collections for National Poetry Month 2021
“Beyer writes with the deep tenderness, empathy, and breathtaking lyric clarity that is a hallmark of her work. I had the chance to preview the collection earlier this year, and it’s been one of my favorite reads of 2021 so far.” -LANTERN REVIEW
“Tamiko Beyer has long combined poetry with work in social justice and corporate accountability nonprofits. But her latest poetry collection, ‘Last Days,’ melds the two in new ways. In addition to participating in the usual virtual events that make up the modern book tour, Beyer is giving away copies to at least 250 people working in the fields of racial, climate, and economic justice.” -BOSTON GLOBE
Interview
“The themes of social justice, the magic of water, and the power of queer love to create a different world—these are themes that I return to again and again in my writing and my life.” -CATAPULT
Review
“Kimiko Hahn and Tamiko Beyer’s Dovetail (Slapering Hol Press, 2017) is a beautiful object, featuring a dark blue cover with a letterpress title and the faintest silver outlines of the shapes of two dovetailing pieces of wood coming together around a cutout that allows a glimpse into the woodblock print on the second page.” -HYPHEN
Review
“Tamiko Beyer packs a good deal of complication into We Come Elemental, her slim new book of poetry from Alice James Books. With a lean, lyrical style, Beyer asks the reader to contemplate the connection between the natural world and ourselves; how water and mud and land intersect with identity and body and politics; and whether the lines we draw are as firm as we would have ourselves believe.” -LAMBDA LITERARY
Review
“The idea at the heart of Tamiko Beyer’s We Come Elemental is that queer is a natural order. She offers a series of intimate observations that human, and especially female, sexuality, lesbian sexuality, and the natural world are mysteriously intertwined.” -THE RUMPUS
Review
“Beyer thrills with her capacity to observe and render into succinct and lyrical language a bold commentary on the difficulties and limitations of human experience.” -HYPHEN