Monthly Archives: October 2023

New chapbook release: Asani Charles, Wordsongs for Grandmas [Allison Joseph Series]

Our nineteenth release this year is Asani Charles‘s Wordsongs for Grandmas, selected by Allison Joseph as Number 2 in our Allison Joseph Series. We are delighted to launch this chapbook just as we prepare to open the November reading period for this series by BIPOC women poets. The first title in the series, by Paloma Martínez-Cruz, was launched October 25. Please join us in celebrating these vibrant women’s voices!

New chapbook release: Paloma Martínez-Cruz, Other Bombs [Allison Joseph Series]

Our eighteenth release this year is Paloma Martínez-Cruz‘s Other Bombs, selected by Allison Joseph as Number 1 in our Allison Joseph Series. We are delighted to launch this chapbook just as we prepare to open the November reading period for this series by BIPOC women poets. The second title in the series, by Asani Charles, will launch October 28. Please join us in celebrating these vibrant women’s voices!

Call for manuscripts: The Rane Arroyo Series

It’s October, and we’re reading manuscripts for our annual Rane Arroyo Chapbook Series. Recent chapbooks in this series include Kelly Rowe’s Child Bed Fever, Caroyn Oliver’s Night Ocean, Jon Conley’s House Hunters International, Cameron Gearen’s Sorry, Wept the Littered Riverbed, and–publishing soon–Craig Beaven’s In Arcadia and Tim Moder’s American Parade Routes. Please click here to read full guidelines for our this series. We look forward to reading your poems!