Grayson Books News & Events

 We are pleased to nominate the following poems for the Pushcart Prize:

"The Ache" by D. Walsh Gilbert (From the Altar of the Land)

"Sister Psalm" by Katherine Lo (Ledger of Tiny Losses)

"McRant" by Erin Murphy (Human Resources)

"Teaching Tragedy in High School (Occasional Grace)

"The Half-Life of Facts" by Marjorie Stelmach (The Saints of Repetition)

"The Ravens of Mendocino" by JP White (Rough Sea)

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Enjoy this nice article ruminating on Wallace Stevens and our book Of Hartford in Many Lights here .

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Rattlecast, a poetry podcast run by Rattle, did a feature on Erin Murphy, author of Fluent in Blue. It's available here.  The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ran an article on her work which can be found here.

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Emily Tuszynska, author of Surfacing, has an essay up on Poetry Daily about her poem "Floodplain," and a review of her book at Mom Egg Review.

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A couple of fine reviews of Yoni Hammer-Kossoy's The Book of Noah have appeared recently. Links to reviews are here and here.

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Congratulations to Eleanor Berry, who has been awarded Soapstone's Bread
and Roses award!
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Tree Lines Review
Our anthology Tree Lines is featured in a book review by Rachel Hadas in the Los
Angeles Review of Books.

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Shake & Tremor Review
The Adroit Journal features an excellent book review of Deborah Bacharach's
Shake & Tremor.

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Congratulations to Steve Straight whose book Affirmation was awarded the 2023 William Meredith Award in Poetry!