PUBLISHING NEW WOMEN POETS SINCE 1997
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*** American Sycamore Available for Pre-Sale! ***
Lisbeth White's new Perugia Press book American Sycamore
is available for pre-sale on our site through September. You can
reserve your copy for a sale price of $15.00, and it will be shipped
to you later this month. Get your copy for this special price,
Photo by Sarah Wright
“The poems in American Sycamore are talismans, and we need them for the long journey toward belonging somewhere and somehow. For White, a Black mixed-race poet, the body is a battleground for myth and action, her 'whole body / a cross-referenced wound.' This is a book of travel and the restlessness of the human spirit to incorporate an inheritance of competing stories. What struck me was the need in this poet to take on the daunting task of healing a legacy of slavery and racism within herself, to find the right apology for all of us. We need to sit up and take notice here. American Sycamore is a fine book.”
—Amber Flora Thomas, author of Eye of Water: Poems
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* Submissions Are Open *
The 2023 Perugia Press Prize contest is open for submissions!
The prize is for a first or second full-length book of poetry by a woman.
Publication of the winning manuscript comes with
$1,000, author copies, and other support from the press.
We're pleased to continue a fee structure for our contest that
gives poets options on how they submit their work and makes
We look forward to reading your work!
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A Conversation with Perugia’s Summer Intern
We were thrilled to have Smith College student Amelia Burton working with us this summer as our intern, sponsored by the Praxis Program at Smith. Read the interview that Jean Blakeman, a Perugia Press board member, conducted with Amelia about the initiatives she was involved in at the press and her own creative work and pursuits. Thank you to Amelia, to Jean, to Matt Donovan, director of Smith College Boutelle-Day Poetry Center, and to Smith College for the partnership of their Praxis Program.
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PERUGIA POET NEWS:
They write, “Anderson movingly describes the growth involved
for all family members and Charlie's success in developing a life distinctively his own. She also celebrates the mystery of the connection beyond language she felt with her non-verbal brother, honestly confronting the limits of her understanding as well.”
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as only she can, to “write that poem about the mud puddle
AND your / tiny big luminous daffodil self” in her poem
“A Note from Your Friendly Poetry Instructor” in Rattle. |
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