News & Press
Interviews, readings, radio segments, and published poems — gathered from around the work.
A selection of recent pieces about Russell’s books, his collaborations with musicians, and his years as poet laureate — with a few earlier touchstones for the record.
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Apr 27, 2026
WNMU-FM · Public Radio 90
National Poetry Month 2026 — Russell Thorburn
An audio segment with host Kurt Hauswirth, presenting Russell’s work as part of the station’s National Poetry Month programming.
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Feb 6, 2026
Northern Today · Northern Michigan University
Thorburn’s Poetry Features Cultural Legends in Imaginative Scenarios
A feature on And the Heart Will Not Quicken and the book’s imagined encounters between musicians, poets, and literary legends across eras.
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Oct 15, 2025
WNMU-FM · Northern Arts & Culture
Russell Thorburn weaves poetry, music, and memory in new collection and library event
A look at And the Heart Will Not Quicken and the launch reading at Peter White Public Library with saxophonist Patrick Booth and guitarist Dylan Trost.
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Jun 17, 2024
Northern Today · Northern Michigan University
Thorburn Records ‘Poetic Conversations’
On the video podcast series Russell created at NMU’s Studio 102, featuring conversations with students about their favorite writers and writing processes.
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Sep 2, 2023
The Mining Journal · Marquette
Marquette poet pens new book
A local feature announcing Let It Be Told in a Single Breath and its locations — the Upper Peninsula, Detroit, Los Angeles, and the Mojave National Preserve.
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Aug 30, 2023
WNMU-FM · Public Radio 90 (audio interview)
“Let It Be Told In A Single Breath” — an interview with poet Russell Thorburn
Hans Ahlstrom speaks with Russell about the forthcoming Cornerstone Press collection.
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Jan 21, 2022
Streetlight Magazine · Poem
A Radio with Guts
A poem on a broken Philco radio that Russell’s father kept trying to repair in the cellar — youth, manhood, and the mystery of paternal devotion.
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Oct 27, 2017
WMUK · Between the Lines
Between the Lines: Russell Thorburn
A radio conversation about Somewhere We’ll Leave the World — war, personal journeys, and healing.
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Oct 8, 2014
Michigan Public · Burden of Place series
Writers from the UP: Russell Thorburn
A featured poem about surviving the U.P. winter, presented as part of the statewide series on writers and place.
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Jul 27, 2013
The Mining Journal · Marquette
Upper Peninsula’s Poet
The announcement of Russell’s selection as the inaugural Poet Laureate of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, chosen from nominations gathered at more than a hundred regional libraries and bookstores.
Booking & press
For interviews, reading requests, or review copies of the forthcoming All That My Body Can Bear, please write to Russell directly.