Dan “Sully” Sullivan

Dan “Sully” Sullivan is a Chicago-born poet residing in Bloomington, IN. Sully considers the male body—its momentum and privilege when moving through the world, but also its softness and vulnerability. He holds an MFA & MA from Indiana University. Sully’s poems have recently appeared in Guernica, Rattle and The Chicago Reader. He is co-editor of the anthology, “Respect the Mic: Celebrating 20 Years of Poetry from a Chicagoland High School,” Penguin Workshop, 2022 and author of “The Blue Line Home” (EM Press, 2014.) His newest book of poems, “O Body,” is available from Haymarket Books and wherever you like to find your books.

CPC Readings

Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Blue Hour Reading Series
with S. Yarberry
Haymarket House

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Poetry by Dan “Sully” Sullivan

The Best Stories

In first grade, Peter brought a fat
branch down on my neck for slogging
around the first base line. It broke
the skin & wasn’t the first time

I blubbered in the grass in front
of everyone. I fixed masking tape
over my nipples before gym
in middle school so they laid flat

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