Perugia Press
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Founded in 1997, Perugia is a nonprofit feminist press celebrating & supporting women poets, inclusive of gender-expansive identities, in print & beyond.
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Meadowlark Press is holding a virtual book launch for Catherine Anderson’s new book, the Birdy Poetry Prize-winning AFLOAT, on December 15 via Zoom at 7pm (CT). Catherine will read & discuss the origin & process behind some of the poems with Meadowlark Editor Linzi Garcia. DM us for the Zoom link!
December 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Meadowlark Press is holding a virtual book launch for Catherine Anderson’s new book, the Birdy Poetry Prize-winning AFLOAT, on December 15 via Zoom at 7pm (CT). Catherine will read & discuss the origin & process behind some of the poems with Meadowlark Editor Linzi Garcia. DM us for the Zoom link!
Holli Carrell is reading with Freda Epum & Eliza Guerra at Conveyor Belt Books in Covington, KY on Monday, December 15 at 7:30. @hollicarrell.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Holli Carrell is reading with Freda Epum & Eliza Guerra at Conveyor Belt Books in Covington, KY on Monday, December 15 at 7:30. @hollicarrell.bsky.social
Lynne Thompson will be helping to “deck the halls with words of holly” this Sunday, December 14, at the Strong Words Holidays Show at the Autry Museum in Griffith Park, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027. For more info, see strongwordslive.com/events/
December 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Lynne Thompson will be helping to “deck the halls with words of holly” this Sunday, December 14, at the Strong Words Holidays Show at the Autry Museum in Griffith Park, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027. For more info, see strongwordslive.com/events/
Thank you to Two Sylvias Press and the Weekly Muse team for featuring an interview with Joan Kwon Glass about her Perugia book Daughter of Three Gone Kingdoms in the latest issue. Here are some excerpts, and you can read the whole at the link in Perugia’s bio. @joankwonglass.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Thank you to Two Sylvias Press and the Weekly Muse team for featuring an interview with Joan Kwon Glass about her Perugia book Daughter of Three Gone Kingdoms in the latest issue. Here are some excerpts, and you can read the whole at the link in Perugia’s bio. @joankwonglass.bsky.social
Here’s a Friday writing prompt from Perugia Press, drawn from the poetry collection THE BOOK EATERS by Carolina Hotchandani. Find more prompts, poems & discussion questions in our reading companions & check out Hotchandani’s book & others in our bookshop (linktree in bio). @chotchandani.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Here’s a Friday writing prompt from Perugia Press, drawn from the poetry collection THE BOOK EATERS by Carolina Hotchandani. Find more prompts, poems & discussion questions in our reading companions & check out Hotchandani’s book & others in our bookshop (linktree in bio). @chotchandani.bsky.social
Abby E. Murray has a new poem, “The Problem with Gratitude,” up at Rattle. Listen to Abby read their poem, and check out the whole text, at rattle.com. @rattlepoetry.bsky.social 💛🪁
December 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Abby E. Murray has a new poem, “The Problem with Gratitude,” up at Rattle. Listen to Abby read their poem, and check out the whole text, at rattle.com. @rattlepoetry.bsky.social 💛🪁
The Manhattanville U. Fall Poetry Fest is coming up on Sat, 12/6! Feat. readings, craft discussions, book signings & more by Joan Kwon Glass, Carlie Hoffman, Abi Pollokoff & Phylisha Villanueva, Panel disc. & craft exercises 1-3:30. Readings & book signings 3:30-5. 🎉📚🌟 @joankwonglass.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The Manhattanville U. Fall Poetry Fest is coming up on Sat, 12/6! Feat. readings, craft discussions, book signings & more by Joan Kwon Glass, Carlie Hoffman, Abi Pollokoff & Phylisha Villanueva, Panel disc. & craft exercises 1-3:30. Readings & book signings 3:30-5. 🎉📚🌟 @joankwonglass.bsky.social
Thank you for considering Perugia Press today as you support nonprofit orgs you love on #GivingTuesday! Donations are integral to the work we do, and we appreciate our community so much. Thanks for being part of our circle! See Linktree in bio to support Perugia or visit perugiapress.org/support/ ♥️
December 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Thank you for considering Perugia Press today as you support nonprofit orgs you love on #GivingTuesday! Donations are integral to the work we do, and we appreciate our community so much. Thanks for being part of our circle! See Linktree in bio to support Perugia or visit perugiapress.org/support/ ♥️
Corrie Williamson will give the 2025 Stephen Ambrose Memorial Lecture, “Revery Will Do: Imagination and Conservation on Montana’s Great Plains,” at the Lewis & Clark Library in Helena, MT on 12/3. www.lclibfoundation.org/stephen-ambr... 💚
December 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Corrie Williamson will give the 2025 Stephen Ambrose Memorial Lecture, “Revery Will Do: Imagination and Conservation on Montana’s Great Plains,” at the Lewis & Clark Library in Helena, MT on 12/3. www.lclibfoundation.org/stephen-ambr... 💚
Tonight at Smith: janan alexandra ‘13 & Joan Kwon Glass ‘98 will read at 7pm on 12/2 & poet & editor Rebecca Hart Olander MAT ‘96 will be in conversation w/them afterwards. In person in Weinstein & streaming on YouTube. @boa-editions.bsky.social @rholanderpoet.bsky.social @joankwonglass.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Tonight at Smith: janan alexandra ‘13 & Joan Kwon Glass ‘98 will read at 7pm on 12/2 & poet & editor Rebecca Hart Olander MAT ‘96 will be in conversation w/them afterwards. In person in Weinstein & streaming on YouTube. @boa-editions.bsky.social @rholanderpoet.bsky.social @joankwonglass.bsky.social
Celebrating the poems we nominated for a Pushcart Prize from Holli Carrell’s APOSTASIES (Perugia Press, 2025). Congratulations, Holli! 🌟📖🎉 @hollicarrell.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Celebrating the poems we nominated for a Pushcart Prize from Holli Carrell’s APOSTASIES (Perugia Press, 2025). Congratulations, Holli! 🌟📖🎉 @hollicarrell.bsky.social
Behold these beautiful poem cards from Daughter of Three Gone Kingdoms (Perugia Press, 2024) & come from (BOA Editions, 2025), created by the Boutelle-Day Poetry Center to celebrate Joan Kwon Glass & janan alexandra’s reading 12/2 @ 7pm @ Smith. @joankwonglass.bsky.social @boa-editions.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Behold these beautiful poem cards from Daughter of Three Gone Kingdoms (Perugia Press, 2024) & come from (BOA Editions, 2025), created by the Boutelle-Day Poetry Center to celebrate Joan Kwon Glass & janan alexandra’s reading 12/2 @ 7pm @ Smith. @joankwonglass.bsky.social @boa-editions.bsky.social
Brava, L.I. Henley, on earning a Pushcart Prize nomination from the Mississippi Review for your nonfiction piece “Return of the Maker” from the Art Issue, 52.3! 🌟📖🎉 @mississippireview.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Brava, L.I. Henley, on earning a Pushcart Prize nomination from the Mississippi Review for your nonfiction piece “Return of the Maker” from the Art Issue, 52.3! 🌟📖🎉 @mississippireview.bsky.social
Looking for a great book to gift this season? Perugia Press has a bookshop of award-winning collections that are beautiful inside & out. We’re having a holiday sale now through 12/31 - 25% off your entire cart with the code WINTERREADS. Thanks for supporting small press poetry publishing! 🎁📚❄️
November 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Looking for a great book to gift this season? Perugia Press has a bookshop of award-winning collections that are beautiful inside & out. We’re having a holiday sale now through 12/31 - 25% off your entire cart with the code WINTERREADS. Thanks for supporting small press poetry publishing! 🎁📚❄️
Here’s a Friday writing prompt from Perugia Press, drawn from the poetry collection HOW TO LIVE ON BREAD AND MUSIC by Jennifer K. Sweeney. Find more prompts, sample poems, and discussion questions in our reading companions, and check out Sweeney’s book and others in our bookshop (linktree in bio).
November 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Here’s a Friday writing prompt from Perugia Press, drawn from the poetry collection HOW TO LIVE ON BREAD AND MUSIC by Jennifer K. Sweeney. Find more prompts, sample poems, and discussion questions in our reading companions, and check out Sweeney’s book and others in our bookshop (linktree in bio).
Submissions to the Perugia Press Prize have closed & we send our appreciation to all the poets who sent their work our way. We’ll have results in March & we look forward to a winter of reading your poetry & choosing the 2026 winner. Gratitude to each & all of you, in this season & beyond. ♥️📚🍁
November 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Submissions to the Perugia Press Prize have closed & we send our appreciation to all the poets who sent their work our way. We’ll have results in March & we look forward to a winter of reading your poetry & choosing the 2026 winner. Gratitude to each & all of you, in this season & beyond. ♥️📚🍁
Sending thanks to our awesome distributor Asterism for their Thanksgiving post highlighting Indigenous stories, including Through a Red Place by Rebecca Pelky (Perugia, 2021). Check out all these amazing books at asterismbooks.com. 🍁📚♥️ @asterismbooks.bsky.social @rebeccapelkypoet.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Sending thanks to our awesome distributor Asterism for their Thanksgiving post highlighting Indigenous stories, including Through a Red Place by Rebecca Pelky (Perugia, 2021). Check out all these amazing books at asterismbooks.com. 🍁📚♥️ @asterismbooks.bsky.social @rebeccapelkypoet.bsky.social
Congratulations, Patricia Smith, on winning the National Book Award in Poetry for Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems! Here she is with Perugia poet Lynne Thompson and Cornelius Eady (Cave Canem board president and co-founder, respectively). ♥️📖⚡️🏆👑
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Congratulations, Patricia Smith, on winning the National Book Award in Poetry for Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems! Here she is with Perugia poet Lynne Thompson and Cornelius Eady (Cave Canem board president and co-founder, respectively). ♥️📖⚡️🏆👑
We’re overjoyed for Patricia Smith on her National Book Award in Poetry win for Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems! Here, she’s with Perugia poet and bestie Lynne Thompson at the NBA ceremony. Sending love & gratitude to Patricia, for her work & her spirit in our poetry community. ♥️📖⚡️🏆👑
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
We’re overjoyed for Patricia Smith on her National Book Award in Poetry win for Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems! Here, she’s with Perugia poet and bestie Lynne Thompson at the NBA ceremony. Sending love & gratitude to Patricia, for her work & her spirit in our poetry community. ♥️📖⚡️🏆👑
This month, Holli Carrell read four poems from APOSTASIES for the DMQ Virtual Salon, in which poets read work from their new books. Thanks for showcasing Holli’s work, DMQ! Listen at the link in our linktree or visit: www.dmqreview.com/salon 🎤📖🎬 @hollicarrell.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This month, Holli Carrell read four poems from APOSTASIES for the DMQ Virtual Salon, in which poets read work from their new books. Thanks for showcasing Holli’s work, DMQ! Listen at the link in our linktree or visit: www.dmqreview.com/salon 🎤📖🎬 @hollicarrell.bsky.social
Thanks to the Boutelle-Day Poetry Center at Smith College for showcasing Rebecca Pelky’s Through A Red Place (Perugia, 2021) in such beautiful company on its rotating display shelf this November for Native American Heritage Month! 🧡📚♥️ @rebeccapelkypoet.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Thanks to the Boutelle-Day Poetry Center at Smith College for showcasing Rebecca Pelky’s Through A Red Place (Perugia, 2021) in such beautiful company on its rotating display shelf this November for Native American Heritage Month! 🧡📚♥️ @rebeccapelkypoet.bsky.social
Here’s a Friday writing prompt from Perugia Press, drawn from the poetry collection HAIL AND FAREWELL by Abby E. Murray. Find more prompts, sample poems, and discussion questions in our reading companions and check out Murray’s book and others in our bookshop (linktree in bio).
November 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Here’s a Friday writing prompt from Perugia Press, drawn from the poetry collection HAIL AND FAREWELL by Abby E. Murray. Find more prompts, sample poems, and discussion questions in our reading companions and check out Murray’s book and others in our bookshop (linktree in bio).
We’re set up and ready for visitors at the Northampton Book Fair at 33 Hawley in Northampton, MA! Hours are 5-8 tonight (11/21) and 10-4 tomorrow (11/22). Hope to see you there! ♥️📚✨
November 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
We’re set up and ready for visitors at the Northampton Book Fair at 33 Hawley in Northampton, MA! Hours are 5-8 tonight (11/21) and 10-4 tomorrow (11/22). Hope to see you there! ♥️📚✨
Please check out our blog (linktree in bio) to read more about the work of janan alexandra and her book come from (BOA Editions, 2025).🌟 @boa-editions.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Please check out our blog (linktree in bio) to read more about the work of janan alexandra and her book come from (BOA Editions, 2025).🌟 @boa-editions.bsky.social
This month we’re celebrating the work of janan alexandra in our “Emerging BIWOC Poet Spotlight.” Here’s a piece from her book come from (BOA Editions, 2025), and you can learn more about this poet on our website (linktree in bio). @boa-editions.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This month we’re celebrating the work of janan alexandra in our “Emerging BIWOC Poet Spotlight.” Here’s a piece from her book come from (BOA Editions, 2025), and you can learn more about this poet on our website (linktree in bio). @boa-editions.bsky.social