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Sophia Dahlin

Sophia Dahlin is a poet in Berkeley. She leads generative poetry workshops and teaches youth creative writing, and is one of several curators of the Friday-night poetry readings at Tamarack, a community space in Oakland. With Jacob Kahn, she edits a small chapbook press called Eyelet. Her first book, Natch, was released in 2020 by City Lights Books; her second book, Glove Money, is forthcoming from Nightboat in fall 2025.

Poetry

Spring 2025

Sapphic Loop

By Sophia Dahlin

The Kenyon Review · “Sapphic Loop” by Sophia Dahlin Don’t you feel how much give is in mewhen I reach for your name in my phone I hold downeverything else […]