River River Books

01/11/2025

More shenanigans from the RRB editors who just can't stop finding amazing books to publish.

12/23/2024

If you’re interested in hearing River River’s editors talk about the goings-on at the press, check out this episode of the Of Poetry Podcast— https://ofpoetrypodcast.com/2024/12/19/episode-63-river-river-books-of-writing-the-rural-new-book-news-and-the-cahaba-river/

12/21/2024

So yesterday we mentioned the in-progress presales for our next two books. But that's NOT ALL WE HAVE HAPPENING. This week we announced the acquisition of TWO MORE BOOKS OF POETRY to join our 2026 lineup: Scythe by Elizabeth Sylvia and The Visible Field by Zoe Ryder White. The editors are dancing with delight over here, y'all.

12/20/2024

We have SO MUCH to tell you about all the things going on at River River books right now. Let's start with our two books currently on presale, publishing in January: Your Mother's Bear Gun by Corrie Williamson and Pastoral, 1994 by Joe Wilkins. https://riverriverbooks.org/store/

08/23/2024

Our four selections from the 2024 open reading period are AMAZING books, and we can't wait to share them with you.

08/21/2024

We are both delighted to announce the finalists from our 2024 opening reading period. Although these weren't our selections, these are all amazing manuscripts and we're certain they'll find their homes soon.

https://riverriverbooks.substack.com/p/2024-reading-period-finalists

08/18/2024

We are SOOOO delighted to share the covers of our upcoming books! Corrie Williamson's Your Mother's Bear Gun and Joe Wilkins' Pastoral, 1994 are both due in January. Here are the glorious covers designed by Alban Fischer.

06/23/2024

Final week to send your full-length poetry manuscript our way! Full guidelines on our website: https://riverriverbooks.org/

06/14/2024

16 days left in June! That means you have plenty of time to send us your amazing poetry manuscript during our open reading period (tip jar optional, pay what you can or pay nothing).

https://riverriverbooks.org/editors/submissions/

05/03/2024

We're open! Send us your poetry manuscript!

04/01/2024

Today, River River is launching a Kickstarter to help us fund the transition to a new distributor in the wake of SPD's abrupt closure last week. We are not the only small press impacted by this event, and many presses might be in worse shape than we are. Please support the publishers that make books you love, whether it's us or some other small indie press.

Help us ship poetry to independent bookstores, libraries, and readers.

03/18/2024

March is the month of our second birthday! Celebrate with us by listening to us talk about our work on this episode of the Of Poetry Podcast:

Amorak Huey, author of Dad Jokes from Late in the Patriarchy (Sundress Publications, 2021) Han VanderHart, author of What Pecan Light (Bull CIty Press, 2021) Listen: On Apple, Spotify, Google, and …

02/14/2024

Our banks overfloweth with joy here at River River. We had a such a fulfilling time at the AWP conference in Kansas City, connecting with our poets and getting their books in the hands of readers. And now Lauren Camp's AN EYE IN EACH SQUARE has been reviewed in Rain Taxi: https://raintaxi.com/an-eye-in-each-square/

01/23/2024

Our two new books officially are in the world today! Believe us when we say you want to read these poems.

Debut titles from Edelman, Ferreira officially join River River Books catalog

12/28/2023

We've made our selections from our summer reading period, and y'all are going to flat adore these two books as much as we do. Forthcoming in early 2025!

12/22/2023

We are one month and one day from the publication date of our next two poetry collections! A GEOGRAPHY THAT DOES NOT HURT US by Carla Sofia Ferreira and DEAR MEMPHIS by Rachel Edelman are available for preorder -- and aren't these covers (designed by Alban Fischer) amazing?

Preorder: https://riverriverbooks.org/store/

12/15/2023

Our next two books are so, so, so good, y'all! They're coming out in just over a month!

And now you can get our limited (25 in total), pre-release broadside bundle that includes TWO signed 6x6 poetry broadsides and a preorder copy of both Rachel Edelman's DEAR MEMPHIS and Carla Sofia Ferreira's A GEOGRAPHY THAT DOES NOT HURT US.

Claim your BROADSIDE+BOOK BUNDLE today! https://riverriverbooks.org/store/Rachel-Edelman-and-Carla-Sofia-Ferreira-Broadside-Book-Bundle-p613228514