Mission
Perugia Press publishes one collection of poetry each year, by a woman at the beginning of her publishing career. Our mission is to produce beautiful books that interest long-time readers of poetry and welcome those new to poetry. We also aim to celebrate and promote poetry whenever we can.
All Perugia poets are available for readings. Please contact the press to schedule an event.
2012 Winner
THE WISHING TOMB
By Amanda Auchter
Winner of the 2012 Perugia Press Prize
The Wishing Tomb is a love letter to New Orleans, that quintessential city of jazz and yellow fevers, of hurricanes and Creole cuisine. The poems show how we all are connected to our homes, how history sometimes escapes us, and how even in our tragedies, we can be made whole again by rebuilding and moving forward. The collection creates a portrait of America’s cultural, urban, and historical landscape, and Auchter finds those moments in a long history that magnify irony and wonder to create a morally serious whole. The writing has momentum, formal attention, and is obsessive in the best way.
The Wishing Tomb will be released in September 2012.
2011 Winner
GLOSS
By Ida Stewart
Winner of the 2011 Perugia Press Prize
Like the Appalachian mountain setting from which GLOSS arises, the language in this collection is in flux, full of paradox and thresholds, each word and line a peak or a range. “Ida Stewart’s marvelous debut is pitch-perfect,” says Terrance Hayes.
Manuscript reviews
Pulling it All Together:
Preparing Your Poetry Manuscript for Publication
Personal Manuscript Reviews by Perugia Press Editor Susan Kan
“Such valuable feedback, from the general to the specific!” — Andrea Fry
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