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Four brilliant new interns have joined the Copper Canyon Press team! This #MeettheIntern Monday, it's our pleasure to introduce you to Ernie!

Read Ernie's full 60-second Q&A at https://bit.ly/3ZR3r09, and stay tuned here to meet each of the spectacular Spring 2026 interns!
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February 2, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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Congratulations to U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE, whose collection INTO THE HUSH was named a finalist for the PEN / Jean Stein Book Award!

This prestigious award from honors a groundbreaking work of any genre for its originality, merit, and impact. A winner will be announced on March 31st!
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January 29, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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Congrats to YUKI TANAKA whose debut, CHRONICLE OF DRIFTING (https://bit.ly/4cv9vkE), is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award!

A livestreamed reading will take place on March 25th at 6:30 pm ET, followed by an awards ceremony on the 26th. Congrats to all finalists and honorees!
A photo of Yuki Tanaka. Text reads: "National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist" "Yuki Tanaka, Chronicle of Drifting" A press quote for Chronicle of Drifting beside a photo of the book cover: "These poems offer a mesmerizing triangulation of imagery, intellect, and invention. . . . Read [them]." —Lit Hub
January 20, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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We're delighted to share that KELLI RUSSELL AGODON and KEVIN PRUFER are Guest Poets for this year's Stafford Challenge!

The Stafford Challenge invites poets to commit to writing one poem each day for a year. Join the challenge and register for Guest Poets' events at https://bit.ly/4qvyxGw!
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January 16, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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Join T.S. Eliot Prize shortlister NATALIE SHAPERO and her fellow honorees for a special livestream reading!

SHAPERO is recognized for STAY DEAD, which examines performance, comedy, and despair through the lenses of method acting and abstract expressionism. Watch live via at: https://bit.ly/3ZdwoDi
Text reads: 2025 T.S. Eliot Prize Shortlist Readings featuring Natalie Shapero and Stay Dead, shortlisted for the 2025 T.S. Eliot Prize Livestreamed Sunday January 18 | 11:00 am PT
January 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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Next Thursday, join U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE and Mandana Chaffa of the National Book Critics Circle for a virtual conversation about poetry in translation—and a chance to learn more about ARTHUR SZE's new book and Laureate project, TRANSIENT WORLDS.

Reserve your spot: https://bit.ly/4svV3R3
Photos of Arthur Sze and Mandana Chaffa. Information reads: "Join us for a Conversation About Poetry in Translation" January 15, 2026 7 PM ET / 4 PM PT
January 9, 2026 at 12:07 AM
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We love this essay by YUKI TANAKA on how translation inspires creativity and makes the familiar seem new. Recalling the surprise of so-called “mistranslations,” Tanaka shows us how the “wrong” word can reveal what the “right” one can’t.

Read it now at: shorturl.at/BOOao
A photo of Yuki Tanaka. Text reads: "Out now from the Poetry Foundation" "Huffing Like a Horse" "Yuki Tanaka on translation" “Translating a tanka by . . . Shizuka Omori, I encountered the word mizu aoi (水葵), which, translated literally, means ‘water hollyhock,’ and is the name for a plant with bluish-purple flowers. But I didn’t like the sound—the h’s in ‘hollyhock’ huffed like a horse. Aoi is also a homonym for ‘blue,’ and when I hear mizu aoi, I picture blue water. I chose a mistranslation: ‘water hyacinth.’” A photo of the article's cover illustration, of two faces in profile with a pink globe overlayed. Text says: "Read the full essay at poetryfoundation.org"
January 8, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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Ring in the new year with poetry! Tonight, join U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE and Simon Ortiz for a free, livestreamed reading from the IAIA campus in Santa Fe!

Join the livestream at shorturl.at/Mw2oG! We hope to see you there!
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January 6, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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We highly recommend this brilliant interview with LISA OLSTEIN and Alina Stefanescu from the Poetry Foundation on the archival sources, erasure, and mythology in OLSTEIN’S latest collection, DISTINGUISHED OFFICE OF ECHOES!

Read the full piece at shorturl.at/XyBlR
December 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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As we look back at 2025, we remember celebrating ARTHUR SZE’s Laureateship, seeing GABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI and RICHARD SIKEN recognized as National Book Award finalists, and, most recently, congratulating National Book Critics Circle longlist honorees NATALIE SHAPERO, YUKI TANAKA, and ARTHUR SZE.
December 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Please join us in congratulating YUKI TANAKA, NATALIE SHAPERO, and U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE who are longlist honorees for the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry!
December 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Announcing the Copper Canyon Press Spring/Summer 2026 catalog!
Copper Canyon's Spring/Summer 2026 catalog Transient Worlds by U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze Third Commonness: Essays on Poetry by Robert Hass I Was Bonnie & Clyde by Laura Kasischke
December 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Announcing U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE’s newest collection: TRANSIENT WORLDS.

Part critical analysis, part writing prompt, TRANSIENT WORLDS invites monolingual and multilingual readers alike to travel 1,500 years of global poetry—and create their own poems inspired by the act of translation.
A photo of the front cover of Transient Worlds: On Translating Poetry by Arthur Sze. Text reads: "Coming April 2026 from U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze; available for preorder now!" Published by Copper Canyon Press in association with the Library of Congress.
December 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Last night, U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE delivered his remarkable inaugural reading. His poems called us to dissolve the boundaries we imagine or impose between ourselves and our world. Line by line, ARTHUR's distinctive generosity as poet, translator, and now Poet Laureate unfolded.
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December 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Tonight! Join U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE and New York State Poet Laureate Kimiko Hahn for Words Bridging Worlds, a not-to-be-missed reading and conversation!

Reserve your spot here: https://bit.ly/4a5esla
or join the livestream here: https://bit.ly/4ptqlWO

We hope to see you there!
A photo of U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze. Text reads: Queens College Presents Words Briding Worlds: A reading and conversation with U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze and New York Poet Laureate Kimiko Hahn
December 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Please join us for Poetry on the Salish Sea, a reading and celebration of Copper Canyon Press hosted by Centrum on December 13th.

The extraordinary poets JENNIFER CHANG, LEILA CHATTI, and JENNY GEORGE will grace the Chapel’s stage with readings. Admission is free— donations accepted at the door!
A yellow graphic reads: "Poetry on the Salish Sea: A Reading and Celebration of Copper Canyon Press" Below, three photos of participating poets: Jennifer Chang, Jenny George, and Leila Chatti. Below that, event details read: December 13th, 2025 | 6:30 pm PT The Chapel at Fort Worden State Park
December 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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As we enter the second half of #GivingTuesday, we want to thank you for the love you’ve shown to Copper Canyon Press today and throughout 2025 with a poem.

Please enjoy this special reading of “One Bright Room” from GABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI’s THE NEW ECONOMY at the link here: bit.ly/4pecd3p.
December 2, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Today is #GivingTuesday, an invitation to embrace our communities, near and far, through acts of generosity.

Poets give us the language to endure every heartbreak, savor every celebration, and commemorate all seasons of life—and today, we hope you’ll join #CopperCanyonPress in giving back to them.
December 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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We're delighted to share that NATALIE SHAPERO's STAY DEAD and GABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI's THE NEW ECONOMY are among the books NPR loved in 2025!

Browse these spectacular collection at https://bit.ly/3julfHb and view the full list at https://n.pr/4oz5sbr!
Text reads: Stay Dead and The New Economy among NPR's best books of 2025
December 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Electric Lit named three Copper Canyon Press collections Best Poetry in 2025: WILDNESS BEFORE SOMETHING SUBLIME by LEILA CHATTI, THE NEW ECONOMY by GABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI, and I DO KNOW SOME THINGS by RICHARD SIKEN.

Check out the full list from Electric Lit at https://bit.ly/3XDVgUd.
Text reads: "Electric Lit's Best Poetry Collections of 2025." Three books below: WILDNESS BEFORE SOMETHING SUBLIME by LEILA CHATTI, THE NEW ECONOMY by GABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI, and I DO KNOW SOME THINGS by RICHARD SIKEN.
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Out now from NPR! We love this book review of by Craig Morgan Teicher on the surprising sources of refuge in GABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI's National Book Award finalist THE NEW ECONOMY.

You won't want to skip this article! Read the full piece at https://n.pr/4ptQ3tS
A photo of the front cover of The New Economy. A header reads "The New Economy as reviewed by NPR" A quote below the header reads: "Hopelessness is a beloved enemy in these poems, a necessary muse. . . . Calvocoressi is at home in the dark, they live there, even if light is their element. They're wise because they're wary." —Craig Morgan Teicher, NPR A screenshot of the article posted on NPR's website; it reads "New poetry stresses that our stories are more precious and urgent than ever" by Craig Morgan Teicher
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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We are honored to have received a grant from the Poetry Foundation! These vital funds will sustain Press operations and validate the power of poetry to do good—to strengthen our connections to each other and our world.

Thank you to the Foundation for stewarding poetry and nonprofit publishing!
Graphic reads: "Poetry Foundation awards $20,000 to Copper Canyon Press and $1.3 million to support poetry-based literary nonprofits." The top of the graphic is white and includes the Poetry Foundation's logo—a pegasus in flight—against a white background. The bottom half of the graphic is a pink-tinged shelf of books.
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Congrats to ALISON C. ROLLINS, winner of the Maya Angelou Book Award for BLACK BELL!

BLACK BELL navigates what it means to be both invisible and spectacle Integrating metalwork, sonics, and more, this book is a meditation on freedom seeking.

Purchase your copy at https://bit.ly/4o3lFFt
A photo of Alison Rollins and her book, Black Bell, against a yellow and green background. Text reads "Black Bell by Alison C. Rollins wins Maya Angelous Book Award" Text reads: from "Black Bell" Sound can give things a color, the way eyes can smile. To give yourself back to yourself, you must increasingly fold inward at the etched creases of your palms. To turn black is to join the fold. To turn back is to face the music of the shotgun’s open mouth. We watch to see how black bell’s holding up. By a thread? A string? A hook? A rope? She sleeps a sleep of the sleepless— a bell’s body is never at rest.
November 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Thank you to the National Book Foundation and our Press community for an unforgettable night of literary community at the 76th National Book Awards!

Congrats to ROBIN MYERS, winner of the NBA for Translated Literature, and Patricia Smith, winner of the NBA in Poetry!
Text reads "Copper Canyon Press at the 76th National Book Awards!" Below, a photo of Gabrielle Calvocoressi's THE NEW ECONOMY in the event space. Pictures of Copper Canyon Press poets Kelli Russel Agodon and Shangyang Fang in the event space, and Claretta Holsey, Managing Editor. A collage of photos, including pictures of Richard Siken, I DO KNOW SOME THINGS, Gabrielle Calvocoresi, Kelli Russel Agodon, and Robin Myers The photos come to an end, with images of Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Shangyang Fang, Robin Myers, Michael Wiegers, and others. Text reads "Thank you to the National Book Foundation, our poets, and our Press community for an unforgettable evening!"
November 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Out now! In this thoughtful profile by Urja Upadhyaya, U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE emerges as "a translator who treats languages as meeting places [and] a naturalist whose fieldwork is attention itself."
Read it now at https://bit.ly/48aa8hY

🎨 Multimedia artwork by Isabella Luna Damberger-Sheldon
A multimedia portrait of Arthur Sze with ginkgo leaves against a purple background. Text reads "Cal Alumni Association" and "Arthur Sze's Berkeley: Attention, Translation, and the Joy of Making" A quote reads: "As a student editor with a key, [Sze] wrote . . . at night with the scent of eucalyptus in the air and water as metronome. That ritual, solitude, sensory detail, and a tool that answers to touch, prefigures the poet he became." A quote reads: "Sze looks for 'silence inside of sound;' on campus it was the creek, in life it might be a café table or the bark of a eucalyptus. The discipline is to notice until noise yields texture."
November 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM