Copper Canyon Press
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Copper Canyon Press is a nonprofit, independent press which fosters the work of emerging & established poets. We believe poetry is vital to language & living.
Port Townsend, WA
Joined April 2009
We are delighted to announce the publication of eight new books of poetry in fall 2024 and winter 2025 from a renowned list of authors đź“š Look for their books everywhere this fall and winter: @DanushaLameris @JennyGeorge123 @OurLadyOfNod @duanalla
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We strive to keep Black voices centered year-round, and we're honored to celebrate just a few we love this February. We shout-out the talents of: DANUSHA LAMÉRIS, JERICHO BROWN, CAMILLE RANKINE, and ROGER REEVES. Browse our full BHM selection here:
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We remain grateful for the Black poets whose work enriches, shapes, and challenges our poetry landscape. This week we feature NIKKI WALLSCHLAEGER, PATRICIA SPEARS JONES, KEITH S. WILSON, and JUNE JORDAN. Discover more incredible Black voices here:
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Hungry for more poetry by incredible Black poets? We cannot put down the works of DIANNELY ANTIGUA, TYREE DAYE, ALISON C. ROLLINS, and CHRIS ABANI. Discover more collections by Black voices who have changed our poetry landscape here:
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This February, we're excited to celebrate just a few of the essential Black voices who have found a home at Copper Canyon Press. This week we honor AMANDA GUNN, NIKI HERD, NICHOLAS GOODLY, and LUCILLE CLIFTON. Explore our full list of selections here:
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RT @laypay: This year’s bringing something exciting…! ❄️ WILDNESS BEFORE SOMETHING SUBLIME, my second full-length collection of poems, will….
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#GivingTuesday, a day of global generosity, is here! . Your donations, up to a collective $5K, will be generously matched dollar-for-dollar by a member of our Board of Directors. Please give generously today!. Make your gift here:
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A @jorie_graham interview @nybooks! "One needs to keep trying—one needs to work to stay open, to show up to witness. And we have the imagination as a tool—we can ask art to keep rinsing the soul, keep helping it stay lucid and awake and raw enough."
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Jorie Graham’s poem in our December 5, 2024, issue begins: The Killing Spree whizzed past, we liked the look of it, it liquefieddeath, it was here to
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Friends, tune in this Sunday, December 1st for a wonderful interview with @PhilipMetres at @radioboise
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Election day @slowdownshow - a poem so meaningful to us it titles our anniversary anthology! Check out MAJOR JACKSON (@MajorJacksons) talking about ALBERTO RĂŤOS's "A HOUSE CALLED TOMORROW": "The most fitting words we can take in today."
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Loving this essay by the wonderful @randallmannpoet up at @PoetryFound "I’ve always admired poems that dare me not to be there, as if my being there was of no consequence; poems that fail to notice me; poems that even actively deride me." Oh my!
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Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.
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We've done it! Thanks to 200 donors like you, we have reached our goal of raising $25,000 to support the publication of THE ESSENTIAL C.D. WRIGHT. Thank you so much for your generosity! . There's still time to give! Donate here:
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Over 175 members of your fellow community members have already donated, and we are only $1.5K away from achieving our goal to raise $25K by November 1st–will you help us cross the finish line? . Support THE ESSENTIAL C.D. WRIGHT today:
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Do you remember your first encounter with C.D. WRIGHT's poetry? . We have only one week left in our THE ESSENTIAL C.D. WRIGHT campaign, and we're less than $5K away from our goal to raise $25K by November 1st. Please help us bring this book to life:
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C.D. WRIGHT's poetry does not keep to itself. Like its author, it is interested in the other and remains inherently selfless and justice-oriented. That’s what makes her work truly essential. Show your support for THE ESSENTIAL C.D. WRIGHT today:
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Happy pub day to BLADE BY BLADE by DANUSHA LAMÉRIS (@DanushaLameris)! These poems are luminous missives tossed on the wind asking us to re-enter the world we’ve forsaken, to set foot, as if for the first time, on the green earth and begin again.
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We are halfway through our campaign, and you have helped us raise $18K for THE ESSENTIAL C.D. WRIGHT. Thank you!. We are only $7K away from our goal to raise $25K by Friday, November 1st. Please help us cross the finish line by making your gift:
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"I [feel] like in her poetry—it’s like having the beginning light of all things there.” —ARTHUR SZE. Donate to support The ESSENTIAL C.D. WRIGHT to you ensure that all readers can experience the light shines through C.D.'s poetry. Make your gift today:
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Happy pub day to AN AUTHENTIC LIFE by JENNIFER CHANG (@iamtherealchanginator)! Sprawling yet urgent, meditative yet lucid, the poems in An Authentic Life offer a bold examination of a world shaped by war and patriarchy.
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We'll have much more to share in the coming months. For now, an announcement of an important new collection, edited and translated by TAYSEER ABU ODEH (@odehtayseerabu) and SHERAH BLOOR.
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Learn about C.D. Wright, the incredible woman behind the poetry, in THE ESSENTIAL C.D. WRIGHT, which features a moving introduction by Forrest Gander and archival photographs and materials. Make your gift to support this enlightening book today:
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