Article Archive: News and Trends

Founded in 2014 by Sean Shearer, BOAAT Press publishes both traditional books and handmade chapbooks of poetry by emerging writers.

The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Casting Deep Shade by C. D. Wright and The White Card: A Play by Claudia Rankine.

A graphic memoirist explores issues of race, identity, family, and America through conversations with her six-year-old son.

A poet discusses five journals that published poems from his third collection, As One Fire Consumes Another.

The new executive director of the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses discusses her new role and the importance of independent publishing.

Cofounded by writers Richard Siken and Drew Burk, Spork Press publishes evocative and voice-driven chapbooks and full-length books of poetry and fiction.

An independent press in Greensboro, North Carolina, has been publishing full-length and chapbook-length poetry collections for fifty years.

A roundup of new anthologies, including Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves, edited by Glory Edim.