Jordan Stempleman
Jordan Stempleman is the author of the forthcoming poetry collection Spilt, awarded the 2025 Wishing Jewel Prize from Green Linden Press. He has also published nine previous poetry collections, including Cover Songs (the Blue Turn), Wallop, and No, Not Today (Magic Helicopter Press). Stempleman is the editor of Windfall Room and faculty advisor for the Kansas City Art Institute's literary arts journal Sprung Formal. From 2011 to 2025, he curated the A Common Sense Reading Series in Kansas City, Missouri, and from 2007 to 2025, he served as co-editor of The Continental Review, one of the longest-running online literary magazines devoted to video poetics.
In 2013, The Huffington Post recognized Stempleman as one of “The Top 200 Advocates of American Poetry.” He is an associate professor in the Liberal Arts Department and the Creative Writing Program at the Kansas City Art Institute.
NEWS & UPDATES:
CREATIVE PROMPTS FROM THE WRITERS PLACE
"WALK IT OFF" (NEW POEM): COMA
SPRUNG FORMAL ISSUE 20
THE BROOKLYN RAIL: PUBLISHING IN TRANSIT: THE CONTINENTAL REVIEW & WINDFALL ROOM
ANNOUNCING THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2025 WISHING JEWEL PRIZE FROM GREEN LINDEN PRESS
"ON COVER SONGS, WITH JORDAN STEMPLEMAN: AN INTERVIEW BY CAMERON MORSE," HARBOR REVIEW
"AND COULD THEY HEAR ME I WOULD TELL THEM," EXCLAMATION'S GAUNTLET
A COMMON SENSE
READING SERIES
ARCHIVED VIRTUAL READINGS
A Common Sense Reading Series Archives
A Common Sense Reading: Suzanne Frischkorn & Nathan Hoks
A Common Sense Reading: Suzanne Frischkorn & Nathan Hoks
A Common Sense Reading: Ariel Francisco & Sarah Minor
A Common Sense Reading: Ryan Eckes & R/B Mertz
LIST OF READERS
2022-2011
SPRUNG FORMAL
Sprung Formal is a literary arts journal published annually in association with the Liberal Arts and Graphic Design Departments at the Kansas City Art Institute.
Established in 2005, Sprung Formal is edited and produced by students who pride themselves on combining professional content with professional-grade student work.
WINDFALL ROOM
Windfall Room is a poetry publication & archive presenting high-quality video recitations.
We love all manner of poems. The most common way to experience a poem, even on digital platforms, is through the written word. Far less common by comparison, but no less wonderful, is to experience a poem well-recited by a human. We wish to be a place for recited poems.
Each issue Windfall Room publishes a poet reciting one of their own works in a high-quality audio/video format. There is no accompanying text version of the poem.