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AWP @awpwriter.org · 09/10/2025

Add this amazing #AWP26 featured event to your schedule in Baltimore: “Rewriting the Archive: Poetic Voices on Who Defines History, Sponsored by @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social” featuring Natalie Diaz, Kondwani Fidel, Tyehimba Jess, Iain Haley Pollock, and @leighsugar.bsky.social, on Friday, March 6!

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Rewriting the Archive: Poetic Voices on Who Defines History, Sponsored by Alice James Books

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Christina Daub @christinadaub.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Someday, if I am Lucky #poetry by Matthew Nienow @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social

Short poem by Matthew Nienow:
Someday, if I am Lucky
From his book, If Nothing
Alice James Books, 2025

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

According to Aracelis Girmay, these poems depict “other past and simultaneous selves changed by injury, intimacy, notions of citizenship, and nation.” Read Janine Joseph’s DECADE OF THE BRAIN (@alicejamesbooks.bsky.social) this #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth: www.alicejamesbooks.org/bookstore/de...

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Decade of the Brain: Poems by Janine Joseph — Alice James Books

Janine Joseph's second poetry collection entitled DECADE OF THE BRAIN: POEMS. Published by Alice James Books.

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Simeon Berry @simeonberry.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

“should I say / you beat us / too / in the shower / in public / on the face / with boots / with a chair leg / chased Vicky / to cut her / awful hair / told us / get work done / more tits / less chin” — @estherwslin.bsky.social, “Up the Mountain Down the Fields” @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social

UP THE MOUNTAIN DOWN THE FIELDS. should I say you beat us too. in the shower, in public, on the face. with boots, with a chair leg. chased Vicky to cut her awful hair. told us, get work done, more tits, less chin, more eyes, less ears. but it’s verging on melodrama. nice people don’t suspend their disbelief. Esther Lin

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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

🎉 Happy Pub Day to ALL THE POSSIBLE BODIES by Iain Haley Pollock 🎉 A candid collection on violence, racial justice, and what it means to be American. 🔗 ORDER NOW: bit.ly/possiblebodies

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Asa Drake @asaldrake.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

I've been rereading @estherwslin.bsky.social's Cold Thief Place since January when I got an early copy from @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social. It's already one of my favorite books.

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Ally Ang @theoceanisgay.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Thanks for sharing this poem from my forthcoming book Let the Moon Wobble (@alicejamesbooks.bsky.social) 🌝

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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

So proud to celebrate @estherwslin.bsky.social and her stunning debut COLD THIEF PLACE, just longlisted for the 76th National Book Awards! 🌟 A rare honor for a first collection + a testament to Esther’s extraordinary voice. Congrats to Esther and all this year’s nominees! 💐📚 #NBAwards

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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Big congrats to DeeSoul Carson, named a 2025 Ruth Lilly & Dorothy Sargent Poetry Fellow! 🎉 And cheers to Sarah Ghazal Ali, a finalist this year—AJB is so proud to publish you both! Learn more: buff.ly/KWx91wz 🌟

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RobertFredeKenter @rfredekenter.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

For the @sealeychallenge.bsky.social Day #4 I read Joan Larkin's latest work Old Stranger. Enigmatic image-driven poems, interior/sense memory, haunting works. From @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social #LGBTQAI #poetics

Cover of OLD STRANGER
POEMS: JOAN LARKIN

a painted enigmatic mask portrait Selbstportrat" by Paula Modersohn-Becker (1906-7)

Mozart Songbook
Outside on Fremont Ave., black
snow and no such thing as a
white wig or a lovestruck violet
who sings his heart out. My lungs
ached, huge with breath and the harsh
sweetness of strange words. Veilchen,
Madchen -- my brother spoke them
to show how my tongue was a gate
that could open secrets. He pressed
keys partway, to draw softest sounds
from the upright, and what he loved
I loved. That was my whole faith then.

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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

📣 We're hiring! AJB seeks a part-time Production Coordinator (20–25 hrs/wk) in New Gloucester, ME. Join our team & help bring books to life! 2–3 yrs experience preferred. Must commute 2+ days/wk. 📚 Details: bit.ly/AJBSubmit #PublishingJobs #MaineJobs #BookJobs

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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

🎉 Happy Pub Day to SAINT CONSEQUENCE by Michael M. Weinstein! A luminous debut exploring transition, illness, and the body as a site of transformation—spiritual, physical, and public. Out now from Alice James Books: bit.ly/saint-conseq...

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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Seattle: Join us Aug 12 at Hugo House for "Towards Collective Liberation"—a live poetry event celebrating FREELAND by @leighsugar.bsky.social, with readings by @theoceanisgay.bsky.social & Shelby Handler. ✨ 6–8pm PT | Theater Lobby 📍 Register: buff.ly/9VT0osq #SeattlePoetry #LiveLit #HugoHouse

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

SAINT CONSEQUENCE by Michael M. Weinstein is on our #DisabilityPrideMonth reading list! This collection from @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social is “a book of 21st century transits … towards the culture and language of Russia, out of one gender and into another.” www.alicejamesbooks.org/bookstore/sa...

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Saint Consequence by Michael M. Weinstein — Alice James Books

Michael M. Weinstein's poetry collection, SAINT CONSEQUENCE, published by Alice James Books

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Simeon Berry @simeonberry.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

“My petitioner is interested in sex. / His distinguishing feature is a hibiscus tattoo. / My petitioner’s mother dislikes me. / Her son would never marry someone like me.” — @estherwslin.bsky.social, “Ms. L— Describe Your Petitioner” @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social hyperallergic.com/536048/two-p...

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Two Poems by Esther Lin

Our poetry editor, Wendy Xu, has selected two poems by Esther Lin for her monthly series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Leigh Sugar’s debut poetry collection “dramatizes what it’s like to stand on the outside looking in ... to live within a love confined by the state.” —Edward Hirsch FREELAND (@alicejamesbooks.bsky.social) is on our reading list for #DisabilityPrideMonth: www.alicejamesbooks.org/bookstore/fr...

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FREELAND by Leigh Sugar — Alice James Books

Leigh Sugar's poetry collection, FREELAND, published by Alice James Books.

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ONLY POEMS @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

R. A. Villanueva

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Ally Ang @theoceanisgay.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

@alicejamesbooks.bsky.social is currently having a 30% off and buy-two-get-one-free sale through tomorrow if you want to preorder Let the Moon Wobble! www.alicejamesbooks.org/bookstore/le...

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Let the Moon Wobble by Ally Ang (Alice James Books) — Alice James Books

Ally Ang's poetry collection, LET THE MOON WOBBLE (Alice James Books)

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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

#BefriendaBook to support 1 of 11 upcoming AJB titles by funding editorial, production, or promotion 📚 Each donation enters you to win signed copies of all 11 books — a full shelf of poetry from debut and award-winning voices! Give now → bit.ly/BefriendaBook

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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Sneak peek from Andrés Cerpa's THE PALACE, coming in Jan 🌟

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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Look who’s in Poets & Writers! 🎉 Honored to see @leighsugar.bsky.social‬'s FREELAND featured in “Page One” alongside such powerful new work. More: buff.ly/pJwoIUW 💫

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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Thrilled to welcome @rosebudbenoni.bsky.social‬ back to Alice James Books for her newest collection, THE LAST GREAT ADVENTURE IS YOU, out June 2027 🙌 Expansive poems on memory, theory & time. 🔗 buff.ly/CEUXRXc

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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Grateful for early love for ‪@leighsugar.bsky.social‬'s FREELAND: ✨ @electricliterature.com interview on love, prison & poetry buff.ly/T6ZFunM ⭐ Bear Review: “a work of obsession & analysis” buff.ly/AgcCkvj 📝 @phillychapbook.bsky.social:‬ “Ars Poetica” + note buff.ly/HLEIIzB Thanks for reading 📖

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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

@estherwslin.bsky.social‬'s essay, “I Was Undocumented for 21 Years,” is now in TIME Magazine. Her story of living without status from age 4 to 27 arrives at a crucial moment. Esther is the author of COLD THIEF PLACE, published by AJB in March 💛 📰 buff.ly/F7vc223

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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

FREELAND by @leighsugar.bsky.social‬ is out today from Alice James: bit.ly/FREEL4ND 🖤🤍 A fierce, inventive debut tracing a love across prison walls and the systems of mass incarceration. Poems on race, memory, mental illness, and freedom. Available now wherever books are sold 📚

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Philly Chapbook Review @phillychapbook.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

"[C]ould there be a poetry that does investigate the body without explosion?" Read an excerpt from @leighsugar.bsky.social's book, FREELAND, from @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social, along with words from the author. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/book-excerpt...

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Book Excerpt: Ars Poetica by Leigh Sugar

Read the featured Excerpt Poem of the Month for June 2025, “Ars Poetica” from Freeland by Leigh Sugar, along with a few words from the poet.

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Simeon Berry @simeonberry.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

“I lived, / the coal of my heart on a slow / burn, no time to lose, no such / thing as time, eyes tuned / to the lack of light, skull / locked tight, crowned alive, the King / of Lost Keys.” —Matthew Nienow, “What Luck” @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social

WHAT LUCK. I lived. Lived again. Wrecked, hungover. Swerved in the dark from river back to bunk and never hit a tree. Never was pulled over when my only tongue was Swamp. Locked my keys in the trunk in a thunder storm, done hotboxing the Cimarron with can’t remember, car halfway in the road. Aura of blunt, pungent as roadkill skunk. Always made it home. Always stumbling thick-tongued, lucky if I didn’t get the spins,

mumbling if I had to speak, numb thing dumb in the truest sense. Floor was floor and I was on it, gone wind in a way. Also stone. Somehow sang even undone. Almost alone, even throned among future tombs, I lived, the coal of my heart on a slow burn, no time to lose, no such thing as time, eyes tuned to the lack of light, skull locked tight, crowned alive, the King of Lost Keys. Matthew Nienow

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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

We’re thrilled to welcome Olatunde Osinaike to Alice James Books for his second collection, IMAGE + LIKENESS, out August 2027 🙌 🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/4kwud76 📚 Preorder 20% off: bit.ly/imglikeness

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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

🎉 Exciting news! AUTOBIOMYTHOGRAPHY OF by Ayokunle Falomo has won the 2025 Maine Literary Award for Excellence in Publishing! 💙 Huge thanks to the MWPA! 📖 Out Sept 2024 from Alice James Books 🔗 buff.ly/85oIsGD #MaineLiteraryAwards #AliceJamesBooks

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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Bay Area readers—this one’s for you! 🌟 Don’t miss acclaimed poet Mia Ayumi Malhotra, author of MOTHERSALT, as the featured reader at the Burlingame Public Library Poetry Open Mic on June 11 at 6 PM. 📍 Full event details at buff.ly/4xLuPsS

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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

ICYMI: We’re thrilled to share that @sarahali.bsky.social‬ has won the Gold Medal in Poetry at the #CaliforniaBookAwards for her stunning debut, THEOPHANIES! 🏅✨ Check out the full list of honorees at buff.ly/GDMcaLB

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

In FREELAND, Leigh Sugar “obsessively searches form and language to communicate what happens in the U.S. mass incarceration system.” Preorder a forthcoming poetry collection from @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social this #JewishAmericanHeritageMonth: bookshop.org/a/500/978194...

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Read THE HOLY & BROKEN BLISS by Alicia Ostriker (@alicejamesbooks.bsky.social) this #JewishAmericanHeritageMonth: The poems in this collection “are grounded in daily existence, human tenderness, the rituals of a long marriage, and the poet’s ongoing spiritual quest.” bookshop.org/a/500/978194...

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Emily Mohn-Slate @mohnslate.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

🔵 New interview up with poet, artist and teacher Mia Ayumi Malhotra 🔵 Mia’s new poetry collection, Mothersalt, is out TODAY from @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social(!!!) emilymohnslate.substack.com/p/holding-my...

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"Holding my net out, moving toward beauty"

poet, artist and teacher Mia Ayumi Malhotra on chasing beauty, staying grounded in routine and ritual, and tuning into one's internal landscape 🐚🔵✨

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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

📣 We’ve lost our NEA funding, and the future is uncertain. But we’re still here—and still committed to publishing bold, beautiful books that amplify unheard voices. 💡 Give. Share. Connect. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/AJBNEAFund #SupportIndiePublishing #AliceJamesBooks

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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Thrilled to launch MOTHERSALT by Mia Ayumi Malhotra—a lyrical exploration of motherhood & matrilineal memory. Out now from Alice James Books: bit.ly/Mothersalt 💛 📍 SF friends: Join us at Green Apple Books on the Park tomorrow 5/14, 7PM for a reading & signing! buff.ly/E21bgRT

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9th Ave: Mia Malhotra

Join us on Wednesday, May 14 at 7pm when we welcome Mia Ayumi Malhotra for the launch of her new collection, Mothersalt, at 9th Ave!Presented in proud partnership by Green Apple Books on the Park and…

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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

We’re celebrating the release of Leigh Sugar’s powerful debut, FREELAND, with a multi-city book tour—starting with a launch at Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor and closing out at Singapore Unbound in NYC. See the graphic for more details! Hope to see you at a stop near you 🫶

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