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K. Iver in a pinstripe jacket, arms crossed, against grey Photograph — J. Dittmar

Iver

K. Iver is the author of Short Film Starring My Beloved's Red Bronco (Milkweed Editions), winner of the Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry, a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and a New York Public Library Best Book of the Year.

The Book

Short Film Starring My Beloved's Red Bronco

Winner of the Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry — an elegy for a beloved lost too soon, set in small-town Mississippi before the aughts.

Read more — The Book
Praise for the Book
"One of the most powerful excavations of grief in recent memory, a genderqueer kaddish."— Jonathan Miles, Garden & Gun
Honors
  • Winner, Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry
  • Winner, Wisconsin Book Award
  • Finalist, Lambda Literary Award
  • Finalist, Los Angeles Times Book Prize
  • Finalist, Kate Tufts Discovery Award
  • NYPL Best Book of the Year
Upcoming Readings
  • Sep 24, 2026Grolier Poetry Book Shop — reading with Elizabeth Metzger, 7 PM, Cambridge MARegister
  • Oct 2, 2026Brooklyn Poets Poetry Festival — workshop, 144 Montague Street, BrooklynRegister
All readings
K. Iver in a pinstripe jacket, arms crossed, against grey Short Film Starring My Beloved's Red Bronco — book cover Photograph — Jesse Dittmar