Violeta Orozco
“Violeta Orozco offers a deep range of poetic sensibilities inside of plain talk and personal brown body politic. Stillness in the Land of Speed allows us to inhale the Atlantic and wade with the wisdom inside Yemaya’s skirt …
Ali Black
Available on Kindle.
“If It Heals At All defines personal moments that conjure reincarnations of straightforward sensibility with language that names, ‘my black is a heartbeat.’ Ali Black dares metaphors to not get it twisted as she creates …
Open for Submissions October 1 – 31, 2022
The New Voices series is aimed at bringing diverse voices and perspectives to print. We will be looking for work by poets who write outside traditional expectations, from varied ethnic, gender, and …
Just to Say
Just to Say is an internationally-focused, intimate discussion hour with poets globally that takes place the first Wednesday of each month at 2pm EST. It is hosted by Molly Twomey from Cork, Ireland. Past guests include Diane …
August 31 – September 2, 2024 Annual Gathering of PoetsOn Zoom – Not open for registration yetCome back in July
Instructors will be Michelle Bitting, Danusha Lameris , Mary O’Donnell, Ed Pavlic, Claire Wahmanholm
Just $100 for all 5 workshops…
OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONSJULIE SUK AWARD COMPETITIONBEST POETRY BOOK PUBLISHED BY A LITERARY PRESS IN 2024
Any poetry book published by a small, literary, or university press that holds a 2024 copyright is eligible. This contest is not open to commercial …
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Monique-Adelle Callahan D.
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“Anonymous follows vulnerable bodies impelled to service—for work, lust, purgation, and song. Even that last knells from halls where ‘the applause is from the whips.’ This, the caustic art of Monique-Adelle’s often brutal debut: …
Jaki Shelton Green
A ritual of grace and love for what remains in memory after great loss.
I Want To Undie You is Jaki Shelton Green’s unflinching cry of sorrow at the untimely death of her daughter Imani; and Jaki’s insistence, …
Howard Craft
Available on Kindle.
“Raising the Sky is unpretentious, attempts no lofty poetic experiments with heavy themes but rather surges with philosophy caked on the sneaker bottoms of young slickster/trickster wannabes, and top-shelf gold standard prose shuffled across army …