His second collection, Kenji C. Liu’s Monsters I Have Been (Alice James Books, released in April) vigorously grapples with our shared concepts of cannon, masculinity, and authorship. “Liu is at the vanguard,” The Rumpus says, “and many people will read…
As a platform for emerging poets, our mission is to provide practical help for serious writers. The community lifts itself up together or not at all. In that light, we’ve been asking some great editors from around the literary community…
Winner of the 2018 Frontier Chapbook Contest, Xiao Yue Shan chats with us about the process of getting her work out into the most possible hands (digital and otherwise). Shan’s chapbook, How Often I Have Chosen Love, won $2000 and publication…
As a platform for emerging poets, our mission is to provide practical help for serious writers. The community lifts itself up together or not at all. In that light, we’ve been asking some great editors from around the literary community…
Named as one of Book Riots 50 Must-Read 2019 Poetry Collections, Lee Ann Roripaugh’s tsunami vs the fukashima 50 (Milkweed Editions, released today) interrogates the 2011 disaster with unswerving gaze. “The elemental force of Lee Ann Rorigpaugh’s latest collection will sweep…
As a platform for emerging poets, our mission is to provide practical help for serious writers. The community lifts itself up together or not at all. In that light, we’ve been asking some great editors from around the literary community…
Loves You is “simply Gambito’s finest work yet,” Aimee Nezhukumatathil says, “a remarkable folksong and jubilee of the heart—and stomach.” The book brims with family as Sarah Gambito turns unique American struggle into song. We’re honored to have the chance to…
As a platform for emerging poets, our mission is to provide practical help for serious writers. The community lifts itself up together or not at all. In that light, we’ve been asking some great editors from around the literary community…
As a platform for emerging poets, our mission is to provide practical help for serious writers. The community lifts itself up together or not at all. In that light, we’ve been asking some great editors from around the literary community…
Selected by Rick Barot as the winner of the 2018 Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry, Claire Wahmanholm’s Wilder is a stunning debut from Milkweed Editions. “These poems spring not only from the end,” Maggie Smith says, “but from the imagined after, excavating…
