It’s sort of a marriage of my beloved zine culture and the indie press world. Zines are a huge influence on my life, I thought I invented them when I put out my first “Question Authority” zine in high school. I am always inventing things that already exist.
Exiting The Mantrap * Ayeh Bandeh-Ahmadi is a writer and economist based in Washington, D.C. In 2018, her literary work was short-listed for Redivider’s Beacon Street Prize and for the…
One of the worst things is when people tell you that you look okay. People you hoped would know “I’m fine” means I’m scared, and “I’m OK” warrants a hug.…
Website Submission Guidelines Interview with Josh Dale, Editor-in-Chief How did Thirty West Publishing House start? It was in my 3rd year of undergrad at Temple University. I recently switched my…
As a non-profit, mission-driven press, our goal is to ensure US culture includes, values, and reflects Hispanic contributions. Arte Público began publishing Latino authors of the US, including Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street, and works by Ana Castillo, Denise Chávez, and Gary Soto.
The bottom line: I want poetry to open me up, to awaken or reawaken me in some way, to make me have to stop and read and ponder it even though so much else demands my attention. I expect the best poetry to do nothing less than expand consciousness in a way that will ultimately change the world.
JuanGa (en vivo) Studded white mariachis pluck the canary yellow tassels ‘cross your breast. Dim spotlight shimmers on your golden sequin— a man-made halo. And you glisten,…
from goodwifthing (click images to enlarge) Pattie McCarthy is the author of six books of…
I named it Under a Warm Green Linden after an image in one of my favorite poems, “The Day of My Death” by Pier Paolo Pasolini. With time—admittedly slowly—the project grew into the journal and press today, which publishes two digital issues a year, broadsides, chapbooks, reviews, and interviews.
BLOOD MOON I watch a lover act corny on the internet & my Cloud swells w/ new knowledge There’s a recent photo of me in burnished Southwest sunlight, looking relaxed,…
From China Mary San Francisco, California, 1855. Three weeks on the boat. I don’t know where I am. I count the days by counting the meals they give…
Website Submission Guidelines Interview with Kate Partridge and Alyse Knorr, Editors How did Switchback Books start? Switchback Books was founded in 2006 by the amazing poets and editors Hanna Andrews,…
We want to be troubled and inspired by the work. If there is anything explicitly outside our aesthetic, it is work that does not trouble us. We also want to be challenged by the distinct and diverse aesthetics of the various editors working together in this collective press.
E. Hughes is a poet from San Jose, California. She is the first annual winner of the Mireyda Barraza Martinez Poetry Prize for Social Justice and a 2019 Pushcart…