Press & Performances
Recent Press
Review of Not Just The Fire
ThatBookBinch (aka Kayla) reviewed my sophomore poetry collection, Not Just The Fire, on her Instagram profile. Here's a fun excerpt: With complementing iconography of renewal, Not Just the Fire is a reverent ode to surrender and survival. Simon’s sophomore collection...
Interview on Queery WORT 89.9 FM (4/5/2023)
On April 5, 2023, I was featured on WORT, a local station in Madison, Wisconsin, as I spoke about Not Just the Fire. Listen to the interview here!
Artist Profile for The Little Book Project WI
Want to learn more about me? This artist profile delves into some of the fun and quirky bits about me. Read the full review here!
It All Belongs to You – A Review of The Good Truth By R.B. Simon
My chapbook The Good Truth, which was published in 2021, received a review in BMP Voices. The author of the book review, C. Kubasta, is a fellow Wisconsin poet and fiction writer. Kubasta begins her review of The Good Truth like this: R. B. Simon’s The Good...
Mad in America’s First Poetry Slam, Featuring R.B. Simon
In 2021, I was featured as a poet in Mad in America's first-ever poetry slam, which took place virtually. It was an honor to perform during the poetry slam, and I really enjoyed sharing poems from The Good Truth. Watch the entire poetry slam below!...
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R.B. Simon has written and published three poetry collections, all of which depict her transitions through life and have the lyrical, intense style for which she is known.
The Good Truth
R.B. Simon’s debut poetry chapbook published by Finishing Line Press in 2021.
Not Just the Fire
The 2023 full-length collection published by Cornerstone Press.
Bird, Bone, Blood
The forthcoming collection that will be published by Milk & Cake Press in 2025.