Join Melissa Grunow, Author of Realizing River City at AWP 2018!
About Realizing River City by Melissa Grunow Tumbleweed Books Purchase "A deeply rich meditation on what it means to be a woman in a sometimes uncertain and complicated world, in relationship to men, but ultimately, and more importantly, to oneself. Melissa Grunow's REALIZING RIVER CITY raises just as many questions as ... Read More
Join Bernard Grant, Author of Puzzle Pieces at AWP 2018!
About Puzzle Pieces by Bernard Grant Paper Nautilus Press Purchase PRAISE Like the identities he addresses in each of his essays, Bernard Grant’s Puzzle Pieces is full of shifts and movement. Whether he’s looking at gender, race, class, or ability, Grant uses language in an honest and fierce way to engage ... Read More
Join Ashley Inguanta, Author of Bomb at AWP 2018!
About Bomb by Ashley Inguanta Ampersand Books Purchase "You will feel chills throughout your entire body. Read this book." -- Francesca Lia Block "Ashley Inguanta's Bomb explodes across the page, rendering to rubble what we think we understand about love, loss, and the self. Calling out to the ghost of Amelia ... Read More
Join Monika Zobel, Author of An Instrument for Leaving at AWP 2018!
About An Instrument for Leaving by Monika Zobel Sippe Editions Purchase "Just as the Bertolt Brecht the book invokes, Monika Zobel's AN INSTRUMENT FOR LEAVING sings to us of the dark and abundant pain of living, the very sadness of being, the wonder of the colorful objects of life, and everything ... Read More
Join Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach, Author of The Bear Who Ate the Stars at AWP 2018!
About The Bear Who Ate the Stars by Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach Split Lip Press Purchase "There's a wonderful range to Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach's poems, rendered all the more remarkable by their consistent depth and polish. These poems feel meticulously crafted, despite a certain primal, sometimes sensual quality often falsely seen as ... Read More
Join Raegen Pietrucha, Author of An Animal I Can’t Name at AWP 2018!
About An Animal I Can't Name by Raegen Pietrucha Two of Cups Press Purchase Book “Raegen Pietrucha’s devastatingly moving chapbook, An Animal I Can’t Name, is a collection of well-crafted and language-rich poems. ... Pietrucha’s work is graphic and gorgeous without falling over the cliff of sentimentality.” —Lori Desrosiers, publisher ... Read More
Join David Atkinson, Author of Apocalypse All the Time at AWP 2018!
About Apocalypse All the Time by David Atkinson Literary Wanderlust Purchase [Apocalypse All the Time] combines absurdism, science fiction, and sly commentary on our current neuroses induced by the twenty-four news cycle, to create something reminiscent of Orwell, Kafka, and Swift, while being entirely its own animal. - Joseph Hirsch, ... Read More
Join Jacqueline Doyle, Author of The Missing Girl at AWP 2018!
About The Missing Girl by Jacqueline Doyle Black Lawrence Press Purchase Book “In these dark and edgy stories, Jacqueline Doyle has made a dispassionate study of the degradation of girls and the twisted hearts of those who harm them. Most chilling is the ease with which these characters fall prey to ... Read More
Join Ross McMeekin, Author of The Hummingbirds at AWP 2018!
About The Hummingbirds by Ross McMeekin Skyhorse Purchase “With sly wit and piercing intelligence, Ross McMeekin’s novel traverses the classic terrain of California noir and manages, almost miraculously, to render it anew. Echoes of Cain, echoes of West, and yet even as the lush, light-struck world of swimming pools and starlets ... Read More
Join Jacob M. Appel, Author of Millard Salter’s Last Day at AWP 2018!
About Millard Salter's Last Day by Jacob M. Appel Simon and Schuster Purchase In an effort to delay the frailty and isolation that comes with old age, psychiatrist Millard Salter decides to kill himself by the end of the day—but first he has to tie up some loose ends. These ... Read More
Join Meg Eden, Author of Post-High School Reality Quest at AWP 2018!
About Post-High School Reality Quest by Meg Eden California Coldblood / Rare Bird Books Purchase "Entertaining yet thoughtful look at figuring out who you are. The format and concept behind this book is refreshingly unique. It’s told as a command-based video game, but the story is a contemporary coming of age ... Read More