Alice James Books

"Welch embraces that genre-bending creative force, deftly bridging prose poems, long poems, and narrative poems, all while maintaining an intense focus on lyric, on sound, on white space. . . .We need more of this in poetry—flexible form and identity alike." —The Kenyon Review https://bit.ly/2TBu6ic #poem #poems #poet #poets #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #books #book #bookreview #bookstagram #booklovers #bookworm #readinglist #amreading #author #authors #authorsofinstagram #writer #writersofinstagram #booksthatmatter #alicejamesbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu4KsyEH8_N/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1nd3p8l0fl4le

Happy International Women's Day from Alice James Books and the early team that brought to us to where we are today! We continue to proudly seek out and publish poetry by both established and emerging poets, with an emphasis on women. #poem #poems #poet #poets #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #books #book #bookstagram #booklovers #bookworm #readinglist #amreading #author #authors #authorsofinstagram #writer #writersofinstagram #booksthatmatter #alicejamesbooks ##InternationalWomensDay #IWD2019 #womenshistory #womenshistorymonth https://www.instagram.com/p/Buwxy5NHKHY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=kmgi2tt2y1e

"MONSTERS I HAVE BEEN dismantles a canon with tools that the majority of western experimental poets didn’t know existed. These monsters are rocking the foundation and teaching the rubble how to fall." — @rhinopoetry on Kenji C. Liu's forthcoming collection. Gamera invites you to read the full review here: https://bit.ly/2Tz9aY1 #poem #poems #poet #poets #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #books #book #bookreview #bookstagram #booklovers #bookworm #readinglist #amreading #author #authors #authorsofinstagram #writer #writersofinstagram #gamera #monster #monsters #booksthatmatter #alicejamesbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/ButyNceHPPD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4oc1c4ec8byh

Alice James Books is thrilled to welcome Taylor Johnson to the press! Taylor's poetry collection INHERITANCE will be forthcoming in November 2020. Welcome to AJB, Taylor! #poem #poems #poet #poets #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poemaday #dailypoetry #books #book #booklovers #bookworm #newbook #forthcoming #publication #publishing #readinglist #author #authors #authorsofinstagram #writer #writersofinstagram #booksthatmatter #alicejamesbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/Buthq6fnIIF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6ioqwcq8ydri

We're delighted to announce that the latest #poetry collection from prolific #poet Donald Revell will be forthcoming from AJB! Stay tuned for WHITE CAMPION in May 2021. Welcome back, Don! #poem #poems #poet #poets #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poemaday #dailypoetry #books #book #booklovers #bookworm #newbook #forthcoming #publication #publishing #readinglist #author #authors #authorsofinstagram #writer #writersofinstagram #booksthatmatter #alicejamesbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/BuoYLVona4C/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1lsijwcuk4zbd

“Raw and unflinching, the poems of DAYLILY occupy a fraught space between silence and voicing silence, writing and the impossible inadequacies of language, memory and its failures, agency and the moment agency is ripped away.” —@cincinnatireview. Read the full review here: https://bit.ly/2tNGwnt #poem #poems #poet #poets #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #books #book #bookreview #bookstagram #booklovers #bookworm #readinglist #amreading #author #authors #authorsofinstagram #writer #writersofinstagram #booksthatmatter #alicejamesbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/BumelvKn4lg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lxdjz2vxhjq6

"Liu relishes the absurd and the happenstance, that 'tornado gorgeous' that becomes possible with a non-utilitarian approach to language." —Publishers Weekly. Read the full review of Kenji C. Liu's MONSTERS I HAVE BEEN here: https://bit.ly/2SAjJ8X #poem #poems #poet #poets #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #books #book #bookreview #bookstagram #booklovers #bookworm #readinglist #amreading #author #authors #authorsofinstagram #writer #writersofinstagram #toxicmasculinity #monsters #monster #booksthatmatter #alicejamesbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/BueOvUzHdXK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jbt83vgtk3yy

Alice James Books is ecstatic to announce that Kazim Ali will be returning to the press for his next collection! THE VOICE OF SHEILA CHANDRA is forthcoming in October 2020 from AJB. Welcome back, Kazim! #poem #poems #poet #poets #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poemaday #dailypoetry #books #book #booklovers #bookworm #newbook #forthcoming #publication #publishing #readinglist #author #authors #authorsofinstagram #writer #writersofinstagram #booksthatmatter #alicejamesbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/BubiX6OHwLL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=yxypiyhhf3dn

". . . Choi creates an exhilarating matrix of poetry, science, and technology." Check out what Publishers Weekly has to say abut Franny Choi's SOFT SCIENCE in their review: https://bit.ly/2Ehf6LD #poem #poems #poet #poets #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #books #book #bookreview #bookstagram #booklovers #bookworm #readinglist #amreading #author #authors #authorsofinstagram #writer #writersofinstagram #booksthatmatter #alicejamesbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/BuZQzpond3o/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=z1obj08z3ta0

"Unlike twilight, I do not / conclude with darkness. I conclude." If you’re dreaming of spring on a wintry day, we invite you to read these #poetry selections from Jennifer Chang's SOME SAY THE LARK, featured here on poemoftheweek.org: https://bit.ly/2IAemH1 #poem #poems #poet #poets #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poemaday #dailypoetry #books #book #booklovers #bookworm #readinglist #amreading #author #authors #authorsofinstagram #writer #writersofinstagram #winterwarrior #winter #booksthatmatter #alicejamesbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/BuUS4aBnUR-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=78xlb23ie4gt

"Listen first for anyone. Fill your pockets. / Measure the ditch with a wad of gum. Listen." —"first, take a fistful of hair" from PLAY DEAD by @francinejharris. Pick up this award-winning collection this weekend! #blackhistorymonth #poem #poems #poet #poets #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poemaday #dailypoetry #books #book #booklovers #bookworm #readinglist #amreading #awardwinner #author #authors #authorsofinstagram #writer #writersofinstagram #booksthatmatter #alicejamesbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/BuMDykEnxNf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1o44w02yupntw

". . . intense and devastating." — @theharvardcrimson on Andrés Cerpa's BICYCLE IN A RANSACKED CITY: AN ELEGY. Read the full review here: https://bit.ly/2SNwGkz #poem #poems #poet #poets #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #books #book #booklovers #bookworm #readinglist #amreading #author #authors #authorsofinstagram #writer #writersofinstagram #booksthatmatter #alicejamesbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/BuHDJAjHMcx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jku9e3cgyncz

"A storm and so a gift. / Its swift approach / lifts gravel from the road." — “First Words” from THIEF IN THE INTERIOR by @pbw_poet. Happy birthday, Phillip! #poem #poems #poet #poets #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #books #book #booklovers #bookworm #bookaward #awardwinner #awardseason #blackhistorymonth #readinglist #amreading #author #authors #authorsofinstagram #writer #writersofinstagram #booksthatmatter #alicejamesbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/BuEqa2Cnv08/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1m0il6tu235qm

GHOST, LIKE A PLACE by Iain Haley Pollock has been nominated for the 2019 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry category! To view the full list of nominations, visit: https://naacpimageawards.net/nominees/ Congratulations to Iain and to all of the incredible nominees this year! #poem #poems #poet #poets #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #books #book #booklovers #bookworm #award #bookaward #awardwinner #awardseason #blackhistorymonth #readinglist #amreading #author #authors #authorsofinstagram #writer #writersofinstagram #booksthatmatter #alicejamesbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt3hkbYHvrl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6e8yshir4adb

We are delighted and grateful to announce that Alice James Books has received a $35,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support the #publication, promotion and distribution of #poetry collections that matter in 2019! 📚Thank you to the NEA and congrats to our fellow recipients! https://bit.ly/2Gq4rBY @neaarts #booksthatmatter #alicejamesbooks #poem #poems #poet #poets #books #book #booklovers #arts #nationalendowmentforthearts #nea #nonprofit #nonprofits https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt0_D2fH9V2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11icg39bf400u

"Winter is the knife I carry but never use & we’re dying but dying slow & that’s life." Check out Andrés Cerpa's full #poem "For Tim – Newark, DE" from BICYCLE IN A RANSACKED CITY: AN ELEGY, featured here by the @portlandpressherald. https://bit.ly/2WVSitn #poem #poems #poet #poets #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poemaday #dailypoetry #books #book #booklovers #bookworm #readinglist #amreading #author #authors #authorsofinstagram #writer #writersofinstagram #booksthatmatter #alicejamesbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/Bty38VeHCti/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=mhi3l24qa8yt

“There is zinc under your / breastplate, copper in your / throat. I polish your steel / to a shimmer before / even considering / the music.” — “Hum of the Machinist’s Lover” from HUM by Jamaal May. This collection is filled with mechanical #music! #blackhistorymonth #poem #poems #poet #poets #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poemaday #dailypoetry #books #book #booklovers #bookworm #readinglist #amreading #author #authors #authorsofinstagram #writer #writersofinstagram #booksthatmatter #alicejamesbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/BtvzD4sHwmR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=kkf8a72n85b2