Kimberly Campanello

Professor of Poetry at the University of Leeds, Kimberly Campanello's prior publications include the 796 page conceptual and visual poetry object, MOTHERBABYHOME (zimZalla, 2019), sorry that you were not moved (Fallow Media, 2022) and (S)worn State(s) (The Salvage Press, 2024). Her writing has appeared in Granta, The White Review, The London Magazine, Tolka, The Pig's Back, Poetry Ireland Review, Poetry Review and Somesuch Stories. Her latest poetry collection, An Interesting Detail was published by Bloomsbury Poetry in April 2025. Use the Words You Have (Somesuch Editions, 2026) is her first novel.

‘Campanello takes a quasi-archaeological approach to past and present in these grounded yet transportive poems. The Irish-American poet has a gift for drawing inventive, unexpected connections between objects and their meaning, be that historical or transitory, and the results will reward your time and re-reading’ ― Financial Times, Best Summer Books 2025

‘Fierce, breathless, seducing the ear by rhythmic propulsion and monosyllabic control, and all while teetering on the blurred boundary between short story and prose poem . . . She meditates on power, the environment, writing, and questions the supposedly redemptive power of chronic pain . . . Campanello's poetics are startlingly inventive, even as she admits "books don't know what's inside their covers, or they don't care". This is a work to care about — Oluwaseun Olayiwola in the Guardian