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Nonprofit press publishing new and extraordinary voices from the American South. Learn more at hubcity.org/publishing. Shop our catalog at hubcity.org/books.
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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · May 7
On Friday, we received, along with 40+ other independent publishers, a notice that our NEA grant had been terminated. Here's a brief video from Executive Director/Publisher @megireid.bsky.social on how the termination affects us and what you can do to help. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6Be...
NEA Funding and Hub City Writers Project | Update from Meg Reid
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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 13d
THE PAST IS A JEAN JACKET is forthcoming next month from @hubcitypress.bsky.social!

Cloud Delfina Cardona’s debut poetry collection is “a time capsule of a 90s queer, Latinx teenhood.” #HispanicHeritageMonth www.hubcity.org/books/poetry...
the past is a jean jacket | Poetry | Hub City Writers Project
Reminiscent of being in a heavily postered room with rock music blasting, Cloud Delfina Cardona’s debut collection the past is a jean jacket is a time capsule of a 90s queer, Latinx teenhood.
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Wild & Precious Life Series @wplseries.bsky.social · 14d
Ashley M. Jones the WPLS tonight (9/24) at 7:30pm (EST). The Zoom room opens at 7:15pm.

Order LULLABY FOR THE GRIEVING from @hubcitypress.bsky.social: www.hubcity.org/books/poetry...

#poetrysky #poetrynews #writers #poets #poetry
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Wild & Precious Life Series @wplseries.bsky.social · 14d
Tonight (9/24)!!

@taylorbyas.bsky.social, Ashley M. Jones, & @djvorreyer.bsky.social read for the WPLS.

#poetrysky #poetrynews #poets #poetry

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Wild & Precious Life Series @wplseries.bsky.social · 16d
Ashley M. Jones the WPLS on 9/24 at 7:30pm (EST). The Zoom room opens at 7:15pm.

Order LULLABY FOR THE GRIEVING from @hubcitypress.bsky.social: www.hubcity.org/books/poetry....

#poetrysky #poetrynews #writers #poets #poetry
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Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social · 16d
Hey look, @hubcitypress.bsky.social's lead titles, HOTHOUSE BLOOM on the new & noteworthy shelf at McNally Jackson!
HOTHOUSE BLOOM on the new & noteworthy shelf at McNally Jackson! Meg and Kate and their frizzy hair and matching cardigans
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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 19d
Reminder that we'll be at @bkbookfest.bsky.social this Sunday, but if you can't make it, we've got a sale happening on our website right now! 25% off books--no code necessary. Free shipping on orders $50+.
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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 21d
We'll be at the @bkbookfest.bsky.social this Sunday! See you there!
hub city press at the brooklyn book festival, september 21, booth 112, literary marketplace 10am-6pm. Austyn Wohlers signing Hothouse Bloom at 10AM. Books! Totes! Stickers!
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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 21d
We'll be at the @bkbookfest.bsky.social this Sunday! See you there!
hub city press at the brooklyn book festival, september 21, booth 112, literary marketplace 10am-6pm. Austyn Wohlers signing Hothouse Bloom at 10AM. Books! Totes! Stickers!
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Laura Leigh Morris @lauraleighwrite.bsky.social · 21d
Tomorrow at 6pm, join writers from @hubcitypress.bsky.social and @kentuckypress.bsky.social for a short reading and discussion about reading, writing, and the South. Sign up here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Hub City Press and University Press of Kentucky: Reading and Conversation. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meetin...
Join us on September 18th at 6 pm for a virtual reading and conversation with Hub City Press and the University Press of Kentucky.
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Wild & Precious Life Series @wplseries.bsky.social · 22d
Save the date for 9/24!!

@taylorbyas.bsky.social, Ashley Jones, & @djvorreyer.bsky.social read for the WPLS.

#poetrysky #poetrynews #poets #poetry

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Poets & Writers @pw.org · 22d
"I wish all writers the audiences they desire and the acclaim they deserve." In this week's #TenQuestions, Ashley M. Jones shares a behind-the-scenes look at the writing process for her new collection, Lullaby for the Grieving, out now from @hubcitypress.bsky.social. Read more: at.pw.org/10qjones
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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 22d
See Ashley on tour, or if you can't catch her in person, order her book at hubcity.org/lullaby. We have free shipping on LULLABY through next Tues (9/23).
Ashley M. Jones on tour. 9/23 wild and precious life series, virtual/zoom at 7:30pm et. 9/25 NewSouth Bookstore in Montgomery, AL at 5:30pm. 10/4 Decatur Book Fest in Decatur, GA. 10/18 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, TN. Ashley M. Jones on tour, continued. 10/23 MUW Welty Symposium, keynote, 7:30pm. 11/1 Center Point Public Library in center Point, AL at 11am. More events TBA!
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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 22d
Ashley had her launch at Bham Museum of Art with @thankyoubooks.bsky.social. Head over to their instagram to check out the photos! www.instagram.com/p/DOmYr8QjYj...
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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 22d
Listen to an interview with Ashley on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/lullaby-for-...
Ashley M. Jones, "Lullaby for the Grieving" (Hub City Press, 2025) - New Books Network
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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 22d
LULLABY was included on several most-anticipated lists including @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/entert..., @publisherswkly.bsky.social's Fall preview www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/..., and @gardenandgun.com's Great Big Summer Reading List gardenandgun.com/list/the-gre...
New must-read poetry from Joy Harjo, Ada Limón, Tracy K. Smith and more
Poetry isn't as scary as you think. These 14 collections of poems tackle everything from grief and race to family and love.
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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 22d
Javacia Harris Bowser for the Birmingham Times said, "Even if you’re not a lover of literature, even if you can’t name the different poetic devices and forms that Jones masterfully employs in this collection, these poems are for you." www.birminghamtimes.com/2025/09/book...
‘Lullaby for the Grieving’: Ashley M. Jones’s Most Personal Poetry Collection to Date
By Javacia Harris Bowser | For The Birmingham Times Four years ago, Ashley M. Jones was selected as Alabama’s first Black and youngest poet laureate. Four years ago, Jones lost her father, a man sh…
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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 22d
Another review in Bear Review called it "a sorrowful and jubilant song of adoration for her people!" www.bearreview.com/bear-reviews...
Bear Review | Review of Lullaby for the Grieving
Review (by Richard Hamilton) of Lullaby for the Grieving by Ashley M. Jones in Bear Review. Bear Review is a journal of poetry and art based in Kansas City.
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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 22d
@southrevbooks.bsky.social reviewed LULLABY and said Ashley M. Jones is "working at her peak" and that "[s]uch optimism, tempered by realism and emboldened with inner strength, is not easy to come by." southernreviewofbooks.com/2025/09/12/l...
Fierce Love in “Lullaby for the Grieving”
A review of Ashley M. Jones’ new poetry collection, “Lullaby for the Grieving.”
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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 22d
Read "Snow Poem" on @salvationsouth.com www.salvationsouth.com/ashley-m-jon...
Snow Poem
Read “Snow Poem,” an elegiac Heroic Crown of Sonnets by Alabama’s Poet Laureate Ashley M. Jones, excerpted from "Lullaby for the Grieving."
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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 22d
LULLABY FOR THE GRIEVING by Ashley M. Jones is out today! Read "In the Beginning, There was the Word," a poem from the collection, in @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
In the Beginning, There Was the Word
A poem
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Southern Review of Books @southrevbooks.bsky.social · 25d
“This collection is filled with love, caution, correction, and ferocity.”

@duffusmatthew.bsky.social reviews LULLABY FOR THE GRIEVING by Ashley M. Jones. @hubcitypress.bsky.social

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Fierce Love in “Lullaby for the Grieving”
A review of Ashley M. Jones’ new poetry collection, “Lullaby for the Grieving.”
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Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social · 28d
In better news! Today we announced a program to give local kids a free book of their choosing, so they can see themselves as readers and bookstore shoppers.

Open to schools, community groups, shelters, and more. Named for our resident bookshop cat, Zora!
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INTERLOCUTOR Magazine @interlocutor-mag.bsky.social · 28d
Writer Austyn Wohlers in conversation with Nirica Srinivasan about her ambitious & acclaimed new novel HOTHOUSE BLOOM @hubcitypress.bsky.social #interlocutorinterviews interlocutorinterviews.com/new-blog/202...
AUSTYN WOHLERS INTERVIEW HOTHOUSE BLOOM — Interlocutor
Writer Austyn Wohlers in conversation with Nirica Srinivasan about her ambitious & acclaimed debut novel Hothouse Bloom
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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 28d
Head over to www.hubcity.org/zorabucks to learn more and support the Zora Bucks fund.

This program was inspired by the incredible Golden Ticket initiative from Brainfood Books helped shape our commitment to joy-filled, choice-driven literacy experiences.

Zora Bucks Illustration by Julie Jarema
Zora Bucks | Hub City Writers Project
Zora Bucks Program Gives Spartanburg Kids the Power to Choose— and the Chance to See Themselves as Readers The Hub City Writers Project is thrilled to announce its Zora Bucks initiative, a bo...
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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 28d
Children who are not reading proficiently by third grade are up to three times more likely to experience poor health outcomes later in life. Zora Bucks meets that challenge head-on—offering early, joyful, self-directed reading experiences that can alter a child’s trajectory.
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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 28d
These vouchers are distributed to young readers across Spartanburg County who may otherwise lack access to high-quality reading material at home. The result is more than just a free book: it’s a transformative experience that fosters dignity, choice, and a lifelong love of reading.
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