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Philly Poetry Chapbook Review @phillychapbook.bsky.social · 24d

New #poetry #books from University of Iowa Press, @redhenpress.bsky.social, Tin House Books, Persea, @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social, Nightwood Editions, Coach House Books, @boa-editions.bsky.social, New Directions & more. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

New Poetry Titles (9/16/25)

Check out new poetry books for the week of 9/16 from McGill-Queen's University Press, Plamen Press, Lithic Press, Black Sun Lit, Caitlin Press, University Of Iowa Press, Morgan James Publishing, Red H...

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Winning Writers @winningwriters.com · 21d

"Owed to My Father's Accent", a poem by Ally Ang
https://spare.poems.com/poem/owed-to-my-fathers-accent/
via @poetrydaily.bsky.social and @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social

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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · 24d

🎉 Happy Pub Day to ALL THE POSSIBLE BODIES by Iain Haley Pollock 🎉 A candid collection on violence, racial justice, and what it means to be American.
🔗 ORDER NOW: bit.ly/possiblebodies

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Asa Drake @asaldrake.bsky.social · Aug 29

I've been rereading @estherwslin.bsky.social's Cold Thief Place since January when I got an early copy from @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social. It's already one of my favorite books.

The Rumpus @therumpus.net · Aug 29

“Each version of the self is at once grounded in the present and oracular, speaking as the prophet of a past life.”

@asaldrake.bsky.social reviews @estherwslin.bsky.social’s Cold Thief Place (@alicejamesbooks.bsky.social).

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Ally Ang @theoceanisgay.bsky.social · Sep 7

Thanks for sharing this poem from my forthcoming book Let the Moon Wobble (@alicejamesbooks.bsky.social) 🌝

Poetry Daily @poetrydaily.bsky.social · Sep 7

Today's Featured Poem:

"Owed to My Father's Accent" by Ally Ang from Let the Moon Wobble published by @theoceanisgay.bsky.social

Read here:
spare.poems.com/poem/owed-to...

Owed to My Father's Accent

The way I train my tongue to imitate his, words clumsy and labored in my imposter mouth.

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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · Sep 10

So proud to celebrate @estherwslin.bsky.social and her stunning debut COLD THIEF PLACE, just longlisted for the 76th National Book Awards! 🌟 A rare honor for a first collection + a testament to Esther’s extraordinary voice. Congrats to Esther and all this year’s nominees! 💐📚 #NBAwards

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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · Aug 14

Big congrats to DeeSoul Carson, named a 2025 Ruth Lilly & Dorothy Sargent Poetry Fellow! 🎉 And cheers to Sarah Ghazal Ali, a finalist this year—AJB is so proud to publish you both! Learn more: buff.ly/KWx91wz 🌟

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RobertFredeKenter @rfredekenter.bsky.social · Aug 5

For the @sealeychallenge.bsky.social Day #4 I read Joan Larkin's latest work Old Stranger. Enigmatic image-driven poems, interior/sense memory, haunting works. From @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social #LGBTQAI #poetics

Cover of OLD STRANGER
POEMS: JOAN LARKIN

a painted enigmatic mask portrait Selbstportrat" by Paula Modersohn-Becker (1906-7)

Mozart Songbook
Outside on Fremont Ave., black
snow and no such thing as a
white wig or a lovestruck violet
who sings his heart out. My lungs
ached, huge with breath and the harsh
sweetness of strange words. Veilchen,
Madchen -- my brother spoke them
to show how my tongue was a gate
that could open secrets. He pressed
keys partway, to draw softest sounds
from the upright, and what he loved
I loved. That was my whole faith then.

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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · Aug 5

📣 We're hiring! AJB seeks a part-time Production Coordinator (20–25 hrs/wk) in New Gloucester, ME. Join our team & help bring books to life! 2–3 yrs experience preferred. Must commute 2+ days/wk.

📚 Details: bit.ly/AJBSubmit
#PublishingJobs #MaineJobs #BookJobs

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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · Aug 5

🎉 Happy Pub Day to SAINT CONSEQUENCE by Michael M. Weinstein! A luminous debut exploring transition, illness, and the body as a site of transformation—spiritual, physical, and public. Out now from Alice James Books: bit.ly/saint-conseq...

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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · Jul 23

Seattle: Join us Aug 12 at Hugo House for "Towards Collective Liberation"—a live poetry event celebrating FREELAND by @leighsugar.bsky.social, with readings by @theoceanisgay.bsky.social & Shelby Handler.
✨ 6–8pm PT | Theater Lobby
📍 Register: buff.ly/9VT0osq
#SeattlePoetry #LiveLit #HugoHouse

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Rose Knapp 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @roseknapp.bsky.social · Jul 17

Odes to Lithium by Shira Erlichman @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social

#poetry

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · Jul 20

SAINT CONSEQUENCE by Michael M. Weinstein is on our #DisabilityPrideMonth reading list!

This collection from @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social is “a book of 21st century transits … towards the culture and language of Russia, out of one gender and into another.”
www.alicejamesbooks.org/bookstore/sa...

Saint Consequence by Michael M. Weinstein — Alice James Books

Michael M. Weinstein's poetry collection, SAINT CONSEQUENCE, published by Alice James Books

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Simeon Berry @simeonberry.bsky.social · Jul 21

“My petitioner is interested in sex. / His distinguishing feature is a hibiscus tattoo. / My petitioner’s mother dislikes me. / Her son would never marry someone like me.” — @estherwslin.bsky.social, “Ms. L— Describe Your Petitioner” @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social hyperallergic.com/536048/two-p...

Two Poems by Esther Lin

Our poetry editor, Wendy Xu, has selected two poems by Esther Lin for her monthly series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.

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Rose Knapp 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @roseknapp.bsky.social · Jul 22

I Don’t Want To Be Understood by @sadqueer4life.bsky.social @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social ‬⁩

#poetry #transpoetry

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · Jul 12

Leigh Sugar’s debut poetry collection “dramatizes what it’s like to stand on the outside looking in ... to live within a love confined by the state.” —Edward Hirsch

FREELAND (@alicejamesbooks.bsky.social) is on our reading list for #DisabilityPrideMonth: www.alicejamesbooks.org/bookstore/fr...

FREELAND by Leigh Sugar — Alice James Books

Leigh Sugar's poetry collection, FREELAND, published by Alice James Books.

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · Jul 15

Matthew Nienow, If Nothing / @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/07/matt...

Matthew Nienow, If Nothing

WHAT LUCK I lived. Lived again. Wrecked, hungover. Swerved in the dark from river back to bunk and never hit a tree. Never was pulled ...

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ONLY POEMS @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social · Jul 9

R. A. Villanueva

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Ally Ang @theoceanisgay.bsky.social · Jul 10

@alicejamesbooks.bsky.social is currently having a 30% off and buy-two-get-one-free sale through tomorrow if you want to preorder Let the Moon Wobble! www.alicejamesbooks.org/bookstore/le...

Let the Moon Wobble by Ally Ang (Alice James Books) — Alice James Books

Ally Ang's poetry collection, LET THE MOON WOBBLE (Alice James Books)

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Katherine Indermaur @kgindermaur.bsky.social · Jul 8

New book mail! @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social @milkweededitions.bsky.social @blacklawrence.bsky.social

Three books on a paisley print chair: FISH WIFE by Alysss Kathleen McCanna, MAKING A LIVING by Rosalie Moffett, and MOTHERSALT by Mia Ayumi Malhotra

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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · Jul 1

"I hear what we are meant for
outside this room."

#TodaysPoem #poetry
Here by Jean Valentine from Light Me Down - The New & Collected Poems of Jean Valentine (2024 @AliceJamesBooks.bsky.social) tinyurl.com/dex2wank

Light Me Down: The New & Collected Poems of Jean Valentine (Alice James Books) — Alice James Books

The new & selected poetry collection, Light Me Down: The New & Collected Poems of Jean Valentine by Jean Valentine (Alice James Books)

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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · Jul 1

#BefriendaBook to support 1 of 11 upcoming AJB titles by funding editorial, production, or promotion 📚 Each donation enters you to win signed copies of all 11 books — a full shelf of poetry from debut and award-winning voices! Give now → bit.ly/BefriendaBook

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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · Jul 1

Sneak peek from Andrés Cerpa's THE PALACE, coming in Jan 🌟

Stephanie Burt @notquitehydepark.bsky.social · Jun 28

This is good @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social www.alicejamesbooks.org/bookstore/th...

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · Jun 30

Leigh Sugar, Freeland / @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/06/leig...

Leigh Sugar, Freeland

INHERITANCE In 1920, my grandfather received an American name: Zucker to Sugar , now my own last name. The Third Reich never tatto...

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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · Jun 24

Look who’s in Poets & Writers! 🎉
Honored to see @leighsugar.bsky.social‬'s FREELAND featured in “Page One” alongside such powerful new work.
More: buff.ly/pJwoIUW 💫

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