PUBLISHING NEW WOMEN POETS SINCE 1997
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* Please Consider a Gift to Perugia Press *
Dear Friends of Perugia Press,
Now in its twenty-eighth year, Perugia Press continues to publish one outstanding poetry book by a woman each year. We also maintain a strong commitment to diversity and outreach. Help us celebrate our vibrant community, of which you are a part, with a donation this year.
Here are some highlights:
- The option of fee-free contest submissions to poets who are Black, Indigenous, and women of color has been a huge success.
- We partner with other organizations, such as The Care Center, which helps young mothers and women with limited financial resources go to college.
- Our monthly "Emerging BIWOC Poet Spotlight" is going strong. We highlight poets of color, most recently Dorsía Smith Silva and Roya Marsh.
Donations are an integral part of how we fulfill our mission.
*** This year, we are encouraging donors to consider a recurring donation. Recurring donations, of any amount, are especially helpful to our operations. For example, a donation of $10 per month would cover four fee-free submissions to our annual contest. On our donation page, choose the “Monthly” option to make a sustaining contribution. ***
- A donation in any amount is deeply appreciated.
- For donations of $100 or more, or for donors who sign up to give monthly at any rate, we’ll send you a copy of Joan Kwon Glass’s amazing book, Daughter of Three Gone Kingdoms, winner of the 2024 Perugia Press Prize.
- All gifts to the press are tax-deductible, and you can give securely on our website.
Thank you for considering a year-end gift to Perugia Press.
With gratitude,
Jean Blakeman, President of the Board
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Praise for Joan Kwon Glass's
* Daughter of Three Gone Kingdoms *
The Care Center, Torch Literary Arts, and We Are Not Numbers.
Here's celebrated poet Diane Seuss on what makes
Joan Kwon Glass's Perugia Press book so special:
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Emerging BIWOC Poet Spotlight
December 2024 Poet: Roya Marsh
in broad dayliGht black girls look grave
name one thing you can't find buried in the core of a black
woman...
I'll wait...
The scariest thing is the way we hate ourselves. How we
are taught this. How we oblige. Where we let them burrow
falsehoods into our notion of self-love and sow a name on
it—watch it grow. And watch us reap. And watch us weep.
No cedarwood box. Our living corpse casket enough.
Mummified in misogynoir. A dark place to hide the weight
of the world. They gon' throw dirt on our name. They gon'
throw dirt on us. Each grain of soil another tale they told.
Another foot dug. Deep. Deeper. Sorry. Silent. Sister.
Small. Sexy. Slut. Solemn. Sick. Sadness. Sanity. Sinner.
Sinking. You clawing your way out. Or trying. They keep
on shoveling.
Who knew SOS meant save ourselves.
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* Perugia Poet News *
* A SELECTION OF RECENT POET PUBS & HONORS *
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at The Betsy Hotel.
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book The Book Eaters was reviewed by Erica Goss in Sticks & Stones. And Carolina and The Book Eaters were featured in
their article "Reflection: Twenty Years of Debut Poets":
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Recovery Commands, won the Richard-Gabriel Rummonds
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Your Mother's Bear Gun, is out in January and is
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chapbook, Dear Question: A Conversation,
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Board President in a term that begins in January 2025.
Lynne was also the featured writer in Torch Literary Arts’
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