Inspired by the Greek myth of Alcestis, this poetry collection brings to life myriad voices who venture beyond the known world and exist between realities.
The Alcestis Machine
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Bad Mexican, Bad American
This collection of poems by Jose Hernandez Diaz showcases the unique style that has made him a rising star in the poetry community.
Dual
A poetry collection examining masculinity, aggression, and violence.
Survivor’s Notebook
A collection of prose poems that chronicles the family life of two cancer survivors.
Metabolics
In this debut poetry collection, a single speaker tries to control her body and negotiate her time with digital devices, all the while navigating identities, impulses, and relationships that are often in tension.
Manatee Lagoon
The third full-length collection from physician and poet Jenna Le blends traditional form and the current moment.
Headless John the Baptist Hitchhiking
The coming-of-age chronicle of a queer Latinx Southerner.
Our Cancers
Poet and playwright Dan O’Brien chronicles the year and a half during which both he and his wife were treated for cancer.
Persephone in the Late Anthropocene
Through lyric verse, magical-realist prose poems, and speculative crypto-studies of the Anthropocene, this ecopoetic collection explores both environmental crisis and the nature of story itself.
The Tilt Torn Away from the Seasons
This poetry collection imagines a human mission to Mars, a consequence of Earth’s devastation from climate change and natural disaster.