Daily poem shares include Amit Majmudar's 'Reading'

X user @conorpkelly posted Amit Majmudar’s poem “Reading” on July 9, adding it to a stream of daily poem shares flagged in social-media monitoring. The post cited “Reading,” reproduced a short excerpt, and tagged other poets and readers for reaction. A social briefing reviewed for this story identified the post as one of the day’s notable poetry shares and linked it to Kelly’s X account. Amit Majmudar is an American poet, novelist and essayist whose work has circulated for years through major literary venues and book publishers. The Poetry Foundation says Majmudar, born in 1979, is the former first poet laureate of Ohio and the author of collections including *What He Did in Solitary*, *Dothead*, *Heaven and Earth* and *0°, 0°*. ### Who is the poet behind the post? (x.com) The Poetry Foundation identifies Majmudar as a Cleveland-area native who trained as a physician and works as a diagnostic nuclear radiologist in Ohio. Its biography says his poems often explore identity, history, faith and mortality, and notes publication in anthologies as well as essays in the *New York Times* and *New York Review of Books*. (poetryfoundation.org) Ecotone and Literary Matters list newer Majmudar titles beyond the collections most commonly cited in older biographies. Those sites say his recent and forthcoming books include *Three Metamorphoses* (2025), *Things My Grandmother Said* (2026) and *The Great Game: Essays on Poetics* (2024). ### What exactly was shared on July 9? The July 9 X post was flagged in the social briefing under “Poetry,” which grouped “Reading” with other daily poem shares circulating that day. (poetryfoundation.org) The briefing identified Kelly’s post by date and status ID and described it as part of a recurring poem-sharing pattern. The available web evidence does not provide a clean text capture of the full X post through the browsing tool, so the exact wording beyond the briefing description could not be independently transcribed here. (ecotonemagazine.org) Still, the source material consistently identifies the post as a July 9 share of “Reading” by Majmudar from Kelly’s account. ### Where does “Reading” fit in Majmudar’s body of work? (x.com) The Poetry Foundation’s author page shows Majmudar’s work ranges from lyric and formal poems to politically and culturally charged pieces such as “Dothead,” “T.S.A.” and “To the Hyphenated Poets.” Those poems, all reprinted there from *Dothead*, show the tight formal control and first-person voice for which he is widely known. (x.com) Poetry Foundation audio and magazine pages also show Majmudar’s work continuing to appear in circulation through 2026, including an audio feature for “Riches.” That ongoing publication trail helps explain why a short social-media excerpt could resonate with readers already familiar with his broader catalog. ### Why do these daily poem posts keep surfacing? The July 9 social briefing placed Kelly’s post alongside other poetry shares, suggesting that short-form circulation on X remains one route by which individual poems and excerpts find readers outside journals and books. (poetryfoundation.org) The same briefing listed other poets and poem posts from that day, indicating that “Reading” appeared within a larger stream of literary recommendation and commentary. (poetryfoundation.org) ONE ART’s events page and other literary listings also show Majmudar continuing to appear in reading-related contexts, including a featured reading in 2025 and broader poetry programming in 2026. Those listings do not tie directly to Kelly’s post, but they show Majmudar remains active in the live and online poetry ecosystem from which such shares often draw attention. (x.com) ### Where can readers look next? The July 9 post remains on Kelly’s X account under status ID 2075172822192705835, according to the source briefing and linked reference. Majmudar’s broader bibliography and author background are available through the Poetry Foundation and other literary-author pages that track his books through 2026. (x.com) (oneartpoetry.com)