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new words {press} is dedicated to the elevation of trans & gender-expansive voices. our focus is poetry, experimental poetry, & hybrid work. we publish a journal, chapbooks, books, & special projects.
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August 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is the most various of poetry books I’ve ever read.Jodi Lin has done it all and this book of theirs, The Tenderness of Glass, is such a gift.”

~ Eileen Myles
July 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Jodi identifies as a gender-expansive poet, filmmaker and a person who hears voices. Taiwanese of the Seediq Tribe, they are currently based in Manhattan.

“Rapturous, ornate, straight-shooting, dirty and fun, contemporary AND ancient.
July 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Birch trusts his readers, pushing them to settle into places of honest discomfort and transgression despite ancient source material. The poems range from deeply funny, like with a complicated “God bless [...] picket fence queers joining PTA
July 16, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"Wiley’s erotic lyricism wields the metaphor of myth to ground queer and trans lives among gods and folklore, offering readers a satisfying journey through a wide scope of Greco-Roman allusions.
July 16, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Greco-roman mythology like you’ve never experienced it. Spoiler. It’s queer af!

Get your copy now. Support a brilliant trans poet who will, no doubt, have an impact on the poetry landscape.

July 16, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Birch trusts his readers, pushing them to settle into places of honest discomfort and transgression…” - Mya / Ma
June 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“Wiley’s erotic lyricism wields the metaphor of myth to ground queer and trans lives among gods and folklore, offering readers a satisfying journey through a wide scope of Greco-Roman allusions.
June 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Reconsidering the stories of Greco-Roman mythological figures, these poems don’t just retell these stories in a contemporary queer context, but consider how, reimagined and renewed over millennia, they resonate with our lives now.

June 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
How do we make sense of the way violence, transformation, and passion impact queer selves and lives?
June 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM