PUBLISHING NEW WOMEN POETS SINCE 1997

* 2024 Perugia Press Prize is OPEN *

Publication of the winning manuscript comes with
$2,000, author copies, and other support from the press.

 

We look forward to reading your work!

L. I. Henley on Starshine Road (Perugia, 2017)
 
Published periodically, “The Story of My Book” posts bring
our collections to life through a series of five questions we ask
all of our poets that highlight what makes every book unique
and why Perugia is the right home for each of them
(and may be for you and your book too).
 
 
To read L. I. Henley's feature, check out our blog.

* Carolina Hotchandani's The Book Eaters *

The Book Eaters was officially released on September 15!

 
In September, Carolina Hotchandani presented The Book Eaters
at Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago, at Morningside University
in Sioux City, and at Dundee Book Company in Omaha.
In October, Hotchandani will be sharing her book here:
 
 
We're thrilled to share that the Perugia online launch for
The Book Eaters held on Wednesday, October 11
will feature Catherine Barnett, who wrote in support of
Carolina Hotchandani's debut collection, and fellow
 Register for this free event here (4:30 PT/6:30 MT/7:30 PT)
 
 
Here's what Catherine Barnett wrote about The Book Eaters:
 

Emerging BIWOC Poet Spotlight

September 2023 Poet: Sahar Muradi

Photo by Christopher Lucka
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In the room / trying on clothes / the three girls / straighten their shirts / and part their hairs / What Must Change / in the mirror / a mustard of body / they have nothing to say to each other / who speaks in poetry / I have nothing to say to them / except the distance / one must not forget / I won’t talk / can never be a colorless matter / I just want to move my hair / from one side / to the Other / in staggered language / and see my reflection        change


From [ G A T E S ] (Black Lawrence Press, 2017)

To read more about this poet and her work, check out our blog.

* Perugia Poet News *
 
Perugia poet Carolina Hotchandani's The Book Eaters was featured in CLMP's list "Books Launching in September." 
 Hotchandani's poem "Wormholes" was Poem of the Day
at SWWIM Every Day. And her poem “Self-Portrait as
a Woman Halved” was featured as Poem of the Week at
 Missouri Review. The Book Eaters was also featured as a
"New & Noteworthy Book" in the Open Books newsletter,
and in the MER Bookshelf at Mom Egg Review. 
 
 
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Perugia poet Lisa Allen Ortiz's poem "Seed"
was featured at Verse Daily.
 
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Perugia poet Lisbeth White was on “The Wildstory: A Podcast of Poetry and Plants" from The Native Plant Society of New Jersey, hosted by Ann E. Wallace, Poet Laureate of Jersey City. White talked about American Sycamore (Perugia, 2022), read poems, discussed ancestry, the land, the ocean, and the story
of how her collection was born and woven and layered. 
 
 
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Perugia poet L.I. Henley's nonfiction piece 
"A Blur on the Spine" is featured in the current issue 
 
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Perugia poet Gail Thomas's poem "Forgiveness, I am still working on it" made the "Most-Read Poets" list at ONE ART. Thomas's poem "Aubade between Seasons" 
was featured at Verse Daily.
 
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hosted an interview with Dorothy Barresi on Poetry.LA.
And, Thompson was honored with a George Drury
Smith Award from Beyond Baroque.
 
 
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Perugia poet Rebecca Pelky was featured in a "Poetry
with Purpose" event at the Potsdam Public Library,
a series that highlights a local author and literature that
links activism, advocacy, and local history. Pelky was
also honored with a 2023 Alumni of the Year Award
from Indiana University South Bend! And, Pelky has four
 
 
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Perugia poet Abby E. Murray's poem "Every Poem
I Didn't Write" won a 2023 Desert Rat Poetry Prize,
for which she was awarded a Desert Rat Residency. And,
Murray's poem "Supermoon" was published in Rattle.
 
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in Kansas City with Hyejung Kook and Aisha Sharif
in an event in partnership with Kundiman Midwest. 

Aisha Sharif, Hyejung Kook & Melody S. Gee
 
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