PUBLISHING NEW WOMEN POETS SINCE 1997

Nevertheless, Poetry Persists

Dear Perugia Community,

We don't yet have all the words we want or need to say in the wake of this last election cycle, but "we do language," as Toni Morrison said, and we can and will use that to respond and to resist. We've been remembering gathering to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Perugia in November of 2016 - what a balm it was then to be together in our community that is rooted in listening to, celebrating, uplifting, and trusting women's voices. Our November 15 contest deadline always coincides with elections. You may not be ready for hope and feathers yet, but as submissions keep winging in here at Perugia, I want to take a moment to say thank you. Gratitude to all the poets entrusting us to hold space for your important, beautiful work, and to the team who shares in the work and joy of reading those manuscripts. It's a gift to be part of this powerful, necessary, and productive labor, and, if you are reading this, you are part of that enterprise too. Thank you.

And, in case you didn't know, each year we donate a percentage of our book sales to organizations that support the lives and work of Black, Indigenous, and women of color. So your Perugia bookshop picks support the press and our mission and also have a ripple effect; The Care Center, Torch Literary Arts, and We Are Not Numbers are the 2024/2025 recipients. 

In Solidarity,
Rebecca Olander, Editor/Director

The 2025 Perugia Press Prize is OPEN
through tomorrow - November 15!

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

 

We look forward to reading your work!

Praise & Readings for Joan Kwon Glass's
* Daughter of Three Gone Kingdoms *

MER Literary and the New Haven Arts Council Arts Paper:

 
 
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Daughter of Three Gone Kingdoms is the November Book Club selection at Brooklyn Poets, which starts today:
 
 
Joan Kwon Glass's next reading will be with Christian J. Collier,
also for Brooklyn Poets, on November 22:
 

* Perugia Poet News *
 
* A SELECTION OF RECENT POET PUBS & HONORS *
 

Carolina Hotchandani's The Book Eaters was named a finalist for the 2024 Housatonic Book Award in Poetry (as was Karisma Price, whom we featured in our Emerging BIWOC Poet Spotlight) 
 
 
Rebecca Pelky's Through a Red Place is being showcased in CLMP's Native American Heritage Month reading list
 
Lynne Thompson did an interview with the U. of Arizona Poetry Center and had a poem featured in Frontier Poetry's LINE LEVEL: Craft Lessons from Poets of Color. She's reading on November 15 w/Morgan Parker for Torch Literary (one of the orgs we support) & reading w/Anastacia-Reneé and in conversation w/Morgan Parker at the Texas Book Fest on November 16
 
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