Chelsea Dingman’s first book, Thaw (UGA Press, 2017), won the National Poetry Series. Her second book, through a small ghost (UGA Press, 2020), won the Georgia Poetry Prize and her third collection is I, Divided (LSU Press, 2023). Dingman is a PhD candidate at the University of Alberta, and her current work draws on research supported by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Poetry
Spring 2025
Symptoms of Impossible Histories
The Kenyon Review · “Symptoms of impossible histories” by Chelsea Dingman Suppose narrative untells us. The sentencesprose imposes. The forced encounter in a simile. Justlike my mother. Just like your […]
Poetry
Spring 2025
If a Moment Becomes a Season, the Event Becomes a Condition
The Kenyon Review · “If a moment becomes a season, the event becomes a condition” by Chelsea Dingman Whatever I take the truth to be, the truth is fatherless, fathomless. […]