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11/02/2024
Thanks so much to Literary Hub and Rebecca Morgan Frank for including Eduardo Martínez-Leyva's Cowboy Park in this month's recommended poetry collections. . . . "A standout debut" 🎉
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It seems fitting that as we enter the zone between Halloween and election day, we encounter Zombie Vomit Mad Libs, The Ghost Forest, and Field Guide to Accidents. Throw in Cowboy Park, the one debu…
11/01/2024
11/12: Join us in celebration of Lory Bedikian, Saba Keramati, Megan Pinto, and Eduardo Martínez-Leyva with readings from their new books.
11/01/2024
We’re excited to announce the publication of two more books publishing in spring 2025!
Learn more about Anthony Bukoski's new story collection (THE THIEF OF WORDS, publishing in May) and Hedgie Choi's new poetry collection (SALVAGE, publishing in April) here: https://tinyurl.com/53mcpypv
10/29/2024
Thanks so much to Foreword Reviews for covering Eduardo Martínez-Leyva's forthcoming debut poetry collection, Cowboy Park, in the November/December issue!
Cowboy Park: For q***r Latinx Eduardo Martínez-Leyva, raised in El Paso by Mexican immigrants, piecing together a suitable cloak of masculinity is as much about survival as it is identity. His brother’s detainment and deportation serves as a uniquely cruel...
10/29/2024
Congratulations to Jennifer Eastman Attebery, whose book "As Legend Has It: History, Heritage, and the Construction of Swedish American Identity" is a finalist for the 2024 Wayland D. Hand Prize from the American Folklore Society (AFS)! 🎉
The History and Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society (AFS) announces the finalists for the 2024 Wayland D. Hand Prize. The winners will be announced at the AFS annual meeting in Albuquerque, November 6–9, 2024, and communicated in TFH: Journal of History and Folklore.
10/29/2024
NYC: mark your calendars! Bluestockings Cooperative will host Eduardo Martínez-Leyva and Deborah Paredez on Thursday, November 7. Eduardo's poetry collection, COWBOY PARK, is this year's winner of the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry. Event details:
Celebrate the debut poetry book from Eduardo Martinez-Leyva, focusing on self-acceptance and self-discovery on the U.S./Mexico border
10/28/2024
Spring Green, WI: Arcadia Books will host Betsy Draine and Michael Hinden on November 23, in celebration of the release of their latest mystery novel, THE BONES OF BASCOM HALL!
If you're out and about in Milwaukee tomorrow, please join Mike Leckrone and Doug Moe - Author at Boswell Book Company for what is sure to be a fantastic event!
Thanks to all who joined us at last night's reception at American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) in Milwaukee! We were so pleased to celebrate the forthcoming publication of WHAT S*X IS DEATH?, Peter Covino's translation of Dario Bellezza's poetry, which will be published in February. And it was such a delight to visit with friends old and new.
10/27/2024
If you're at American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) in Milwaukee, we hope you'll join us this evening for a reception featuring Peter Covino, translator of Dario Bellezza's What S*x Is Death? (forthcoming Feb. 2025). Peter will be introduced by Geoffrey Brock.
5 PM, Atrium, 2nd Floor, Hyatt!
10/25/2024
If you're out and about in Boston this weekend, you don't want to miss these Goethe-Institut Boston events with Fatma Aydemir, whose novel DJINNS is newly available in English!
10/23/2024
Milwaukee, WI: 🗓️ reminder! Boswell Book Company will host Mike Leckrone and Doug Moe - Author on October 29 at 6:30 PM, in celebration of MOMENTS OF HAPPINESS: A WISCONSIN BAND STORY!
Madison, WI: reminder! Betsy Draine and Michael Hinden will launch their new mystery novel, THE BONES OF BASCOM HALL, in conversation with Doug Moe - Author, on November 19 at Mystery to Me!
This Wednesday, The Publishing Triangle will host the OUTspoken Reading Serie featuring seven writers, including Gary Zebrun, author of the new novel Hart Island! 7 PM at Bureau of General Services-Q***r Division and streaming online; details here:
The Publishing Triangle continues our successful monthly LGBTQ+ Reading Series, OUTspoken, on Wednesday, October 23. OUTspoken is held monthly at the Bureau of General Services – Q***r Division, the not-for-profit Manhattan bookseller located within the LGBTQ Community Center […]
10/16/2024
Thanks to Fabulous Wisconsin for featuring Heather Kerrigan, author of the forthcoming book BEER, BRATS, AND CHEESE, publishing in February!
Heather Kerrigan is the owner of River Horse Communications and author of Beer, Brats, and Cheese: A Wisconsin Road Trip..
10/16/2024
Thanks so much to Poetry Northwest for including Eduardo Martínez-Leyva's COWBOY PARK (coming November 12) in the Autumn 2024 Favorites feature!
Book Reviews Published on October 15, 2024 PoNW’s Favorites | Autumn 2024 written by Nanya Jhingran Amid these first days of school and turns in the trees, a wealth of new poetry collections are arriving this fall. Two impressive debut collections, Good Dress by Brittany Rogers (Oct., Tin House) a...
10/14/2024
Bellingham, WA: save the date! On November 13, Village Books in Fairhaven will host the launch event for Caitlin Roach's poetry collection, Surveille, in conversation with Jane Wong!
If you're out and about in Salt Lake City this evening, we hope you'll stop by Ranjan Adiga's launch event at The Neighborhood Hive, hosted by The King's English Bookshop, at 6 pm, in conversation with author Ukamaka Olisakwe! Free registration: https://tinyurl.com/y4wpt6wv
10/08/2024
If you're at the Heartland Fall Forum in Milwaukee today, we hope you'll stop by the University of Wisconsin Press booth (513/514). Patricia Skalka, author of the Dave Cubiak Door County Mystery series, will be signing books this afternoon!
10/07/2024
From The Salt Lake Tribune: "This Utah author and professor is publishing a collection of short stories about the immigrant experience. 'Diversity Quota' is out Tuesday: https://tinyurl.com/yeypx7av
The King's English Bookshop in Salt Lake City will host the book launch TOMORROW, at The Neighborhood Hive at 6 pm. Ranjan Adiga will be in conversation with Ukamaka Olisakwe. Details and free registration: https://www.kingsenglish.com/events/881720241008
Ranjan Adiga brings the experience of immigrants to life in a new book.
09/30/2024
New Book Review! A Year of Plenty: A Family’s Season of Grief by B.J. Hollars reviewed by Emily Webber.
"B.J. Hollars’s emotionally charged memoir, A Year of Plenty: A Family’s Season of Grief, explores the impact of a terminal cancer diagnosis and death on his family."
Link to the full review in the comments.
09/25/2024
📚 NOW AVAILABLE! The English-language edition of Fatma Aydemir's novel, Djinns, translated by Jon Cho-Polizzi, was published yesterday!
Congratulations to Patricia Skalka, author of the Dave Cubiak Door County Mystery series (https://uwpress.wisc.edu/series/davecubiak.html), who has won a 2024 Notable Wisconsin Author Award from the Wisconsin Library Association!
Madison, WI: reminder! A Room of One's Own Bookstore will host Black Feminisms: An Evening with Reagan E J Jackson, Stanlie James, and Craig Werner TONIGHT!
Madison: 🗓️ reminder! On Tuesday 9/24, A Room of One's Own Bookstore will host Black Feminisms: An Evening with Reagan E J Jackson, Stanlie James (author of Practical Audacity), and Craig Werner.
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There are two weeks left in the submission period for the Wisconsin Poetry Prizes!
Check out the announcement for more information on the Wisconsin Poetry Series, the judges, and the prizes (including the new translation prize!): https://tinyurl.com/bdhtc738
Jerry McGinley's A DRIFTLESS MURDER was recently honored with gold in Fiction: Mystery/Thriller at the Midwest Independent Publishers Association - MiPA's Midwest Book Awards! Jerry joined the ceremony virtually to accept the award; here's a clip of his speech. Congratulations, Jerry!
Learn more about A DRIFTLESS MURDER: https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/5949.htm
Congratulations also to Jim Guhl (SOUTH OF LUCK) and Anthony Bukoski (THE BLONDES OF WISCONSIN), both gold winners, and Carlina Duan (ALIEN MISS), silver winner.
The submission period is now open for the Wisconsin Poetry Prizes! Check out the announcement for more information on the Wisconsin Poetry Series, the judges, and the prizes (including the new translation prize!): https://tinyurl.com/bdhtc738
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