News & Blog

The Story of My Book: Gail Martin

Published periodically, “The Story of My Book” posts bring our collections to life through a series of five questions we ask all of our poets that highlight what makes every book unique and why Perugia is the right home for each of them (and may be for you and your book too).

Gail …

Read more

Emerging BIWOC Poet Spotlight: Hera Naguib

This monthly series features poems by women of color in the early stages of their publishing careers. It is our intention to create more space at Perugia for the work of poets who are Black, Indigenous, and women of color (BIWOC). We hope using our platform to …

Read more

A Look Inside the Perugia Press Prize

We opened our annual national contest for submissions on August 1, and we’ll remain open, as always, until November 15. Editor/Director Rebecca Olander has been doing lots of press this year to show what goes on behind the scenes here …

Read more

A Conversation with Perugia’s Intern: Kate Hayes

In August, Kate Hayes completed a summer internship at Perugia Press, sponsored by the Praxis Program at Smith College. This is the seventh summer Perugia has been able to offer this internship, as a partnership between Perugia and Smith College. Jean Blakeman, Perugia Press board president, conducted an interview with Kate about her experience as a Perugia intern and as a poet.

Q: …

Read more

Emerging BIWOC Poet Spotlight: teri elam

This monthly series features poems by women of color in the early stages of their publishing careers. It is our intention to create more space at Perugia for the work of poets who are Black, Indigenous, and women of color (BIWOC). We hope using our platform to highlight this work will expand the readership of the …

Read more