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We Call to the Eye & the Night
Love Poems by Writers of Arab Heritage
Exquisitely curated and introduced by acclaimed authors Hala Alyan and Zeina Hashem Beck, We Call to the Eye & the Night gathers nearly two-hundred vibrant English-Language love poems by contemporary writers of Arab descent. Featured are evocative explorations of love and of the beloved, friendship and family, heritage and homeland, transporting us from city centers to the depths of the sea and to the stars above.
“We Call to the Eye & the Night is an exciting new resource, granting access to a myriad of Arab writers writing in English today.” —Los Angeles Review of Books
NeW & Forthcoming
American Analects by Gary Young
“There’s no word for what Young does, only for what he accomplishes—the capturing of small, daily miracles.” —Dorianne Laux
by Alexandra Teague
“With urgency and skill, Teague captures the dangers and disillusionment of contemporary America.“—Publishers Weekly
Glass Jaw by Raisa Tolchinsky
Winner of the 2023 Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in Poetry
“An astonishing, unforgettable collection.”― Laura van den Berg
Where Will We Live If the House Burns Down? by Allison Blevins
Winner of the 2023 Lexi Rudnitsky Editor’s Choice Award
“Allison Blevins guides us into the space between agency and pain with extraordinary intimacy.”—Cass Donish
Once Out of Nature by Joy Ladin
This compassionate, constructive volume collects eleven essays written between 2008, on the cusp of what Time called America's “transgender tipping point,” and 2021, as anti-trans laws began metastasizing around America.
Also forthcoming by Joy Ladin is Family: Poems.
Bound by Jubi Arriola-Headley
“In poem after poem Arriola-Headley shows how to plumb into the very heart of feeling through poetry’s unique means, with a lyric assurance, formal variety, captivating sensibility, and lambent humor distinctly his own. Bound confirms he is one of our best!”—John Keene
Updates
Congratulations to Michelle Peñaloza, whose forthcoming collection, All the Words I Can Remember Are Poems (Persea, 2025), has won the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets!
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We are currently accepting entries to the Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in Poetry. The winner receives publication, $1,000.00, and the option of an expenses-paid, six-week residency at the Civitella Ranieri Foundation in Umbertide, Italy. Previous winners include Molly McCully Brown, Kimberly Grey, Anni Liu, Valencia Robin, Alexandra Teague, and many others.