The Gulf Tower Forecasts Rain: Pittsburgh Poems
ISBN 978-1-964277-20-2
“The Gulf Tower Forecasts Rain is an anthology that celebrates poetry inspired by Pittsburgh places, history, colloquialisms, and quirks.”
Edited by Doralee Brooks
Savor: Poems for the Tongue
ISBN 979-8-990433-00-7
“…a feast of words, a banquet laid out across the pages where each poem is a dish to be relished. This unique anthology brings together the voices of 72 poets from around the globe, each adding their own flavor to the theme of food. From the sweet memories of grandmother’s kitchen to the spicy tang of street food in bustling cities, from the bitter taste of loss to the umami of love rekindled over shared meals, this collection plates up a spectrum of human experiences.”
Edited by Brennan Breeland & Stan Galloway
Memory Vending Machine
“Memory is a vending machine. Somewhat but not entirely randomized. Fragmented. Encapsulated. Object-oriented. Meant to be shared […] Memory: a Vending Machine is a publishing project operated out of the English Department at the University of Arizona. It publishes memories dispensed by vending machines operable for a quarter…”
Edited by Yvette Saenz & Ander Monson
They Rise Like a Wave
ISBN: 978-0-997504-03-3
A Blue Oak Press anthology, They Rise Like a Wave “…captures the dynamic and shifting landscape of Asian American poetry, a poetics that continues to grow and transform, a poetics that continues by breaking boundaries, experimenting with language, and revitalizing a historically narrow and oppressive Western canon…”
Edited by Christine Kitano & Alycia Pirmohamed
Atelier of Healing: Poetry About Trauma & Recovery
Boutique Squircle Line Press, in an online anthology launched during the 2021 Poetry Festival Singapore, asks “What kind of personal suffering have you endured and weathered? If one were to navigate such trauma, what are some of the coping mechanisms? How, then, will you render your personal experience into lyric and narrative, to transform the pain into something of profound beauty?”
Edited by Eric F. Tinsay Valles & Desmond F.X. Kon ZC-MD
Wild Gods: The Ecstatic in Contemporary Poetry and Prose
ISBN: 978-0-898234-04-6
“Though ‘ecstatic’ is often used as a synonym for ‘joy,’ our application of the term embodies the entire emotional palette […] Profound grief or outrage can access the ecstatic—as can experiences of extreme pleasure, pain, and wonder. It can explore the profane as much as the sacred and is often an expression of both.”
Edited by Joel Peckham & Robert Vivian
The World I Leave You
ISBN: 978-1-949039-05-4
“The first anthology of its kind, The World I Leave You: Asian American Poets on Faith and Spirit spotlights poets of Asian descent, representing many cultures and religious traditions, including Islam, Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, and Zoroastrianism. Among these poets are active religious practitioners, recent converts, and those who do not follow a religious tradition but practice a personal devotion in the negative space of the unknown.”
Edited by Leah Silvieus & Lee Herrick