64 years ago, on the 27th of September 1962, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published. It handled the environmental harm caused by the pesticide DDT and the disinformation spread by the chemical industry. Carson managed to sway public opinion and even policy. #otd #history 🗃️

Announcing the work & poets we’re showcasing at our first virtual 30th anniversary event: Sunday, October 4, 4pm ET/3pm CT/1pm PT! Register today - links to register for this event & our event on 10/25 are in Linktree. We’re looking forward to sharing our catalog with you at these readings! 🎉📚🎉

Here’s a Friday writing prompt from Perugia Press, drawn from the poetry collection THE WORK OF HANDS by Catherine Anderson. Find more prompts, sample poems, and discussion questions in our reading companions, and check out Anderson’s book and others in our bookshop (linktree in bio).

Shout-outs for our editor/director @rholanderpoet.bsky.social and board member @jenjblackburn.bsky.social from @swwim.bsky.social! Thanks, SWWIM team! 🌊🌟🙏

SWWIM@swwim.bsky.social · 3d ago

Happy Weekend! Join us in celebrating this week's SWWIM #Shoutouts! #SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #WomenWriters #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #Intersex #GenderExpansive #Inclusive #Community #WeeklySpotlight #ShoutOuts

Register today! Celebrate with Perugia Press & our poets during two virtual milestone readings featuring our authors from over the years & work from all 30 Perugia collections: 10/4 & 10/25, both at 4pm ET. We look forward to sharing our catalog with you! Links to register for each in Linktree. 🎉📚🎉

Current Los Gatos PL William Butler interviews former Los Gatos PL Jen Siraganian on Mon. 9/28 at the Los Gatos Library in the Fireplace Room at 5pm. 🎤📖🔥 Jen will discuss writing her debut, read some poems from the book & there will be a Q&A. @jsiraganian.bsky.social @williamwardbutler.bsky.social

Many thanks to our Perugia Press community for considering a nomination for Perugia for this award - noms due by 10/31. 🙏📚💞 awpwriter.org/AWP/AWP/Cont...

AWP@awpwriter.org · 2w ago

The 2026 Small Press Publisher Award went to Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora. The 2027 award will go to a press. Submit your nominations by 11:59 p.m. ET on October 31.

Please check out our blog (linktree in bio) to read more about the work of teri elam and her book Digging Beneath Bones (Finishing Line Press, 2026). @finishinglinepress.bsky.social

This month we’re celebrating the work of teri elam in our “Emerging BIWOC Poet Spotlight.” Here’s a piece from her book Digging Beneath Bones (Finishing Line Press, 2026), and you can learn more about this poet on our website (Linktree in bio). @finishinglinepress.bsky.social

This month we're celebrating the work of teri elam in our "Emerging BIWOC Poet Spotlight." Check it out to read one of her poems and learn more about this poet. @finishinglinepress.bsky.social

Emerging BIWOC Poet Spotlight: teri elam - Perugia Press

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Tonight! 🎉📚🎤

Rebecca Hart Olander@rholanderpoet.bsky.social · 3w ago

Coming up on Tuesday, 9/22 at 6pm at the TidePool Bookshop: Rebecca Hart Olander, Kali Lightfoot, and Carla Panciera will be reading from their latest collections. Hope you can join us at this wonderful Worcester community bookstore. See you soon, Central MA friends! ♥️📚♥️ @carlapanciera.bsky.social

As part of winning the 2025 Last Syllable Book Award, Holli Carrell is presenting on the craft of poetry & is headlining in the Point Loma Nazarene University’s M.A. in Writing program’s Visiting Writers Series. Carrell will read at PLNU this Thursday, 9/24, at 7pm. 🎤📖🎉 @hollicarrell.bsky.social

Many thanks to CLMP for featuring Jen Siraganian’s EVERYTHING HAS BEEN MOVED, EVEN THE DEAD in their September showcase of books launching this month. Check out all the fantastic new collections at CLMP.org. 🌟📚🌟 @jsiraganian.bsky.social @asterismbooks.bsky.social @clmporg.bsky.social

Free registration links are live in our Linktree! Hope you can join us! ♥️📚🎉

Perugia Press@perugiapress.bsky.social · 2w ago

Save the dates to celebrate Perugia & our poets with two virtual anniversary readings featuring our poets from over the years & work from our 30 Perugia collections: Sundays, October 4 & 25, both at 4pm ET/1pm PT. We’re looking forward to sharing our catalog with you! More info & links soon. 🎉📚🎉

Abundant gratitude to Broadside Books for showcasing Perugia in their window this Sept. as the local “Nonprofit of the Month”! Thanks for being an amazing community institution & partner in uplifting indie lit & authors in the Valley & beyond. ♥️📚🙏 @jsiraganian.bsky.social @gthomaspoet.bsky.social

Here’s a Friday prompt from Perugia, drawn from the collection EVERYTHING HAS BEEN MOVED, EVEN THE DEAD by Jen Siraganian, as we celebrate its release week! 🎉 Find more prompts, poems & questions in our reading companions & check out our books in our shop (linktree in bio). @jsiraganian.bsky.social

Listen to this wonderful exploration of feminist and family trauma in therapist Leila Farjami’s newly released debut collection, Daughter of Salt, available anywhere books are sold and in e-book formats!

Literary Mama@literarymama.bsky.social · 2w ago

***NEW EPISODE!*** Leila Farjami: Healing the Mother Wound Amanda Fields and @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social with Leila Farjami, author of the poetry collection Daughter of Salt (@triohousepress.org) about breaking the chain of familial obligations and healing from being a child of war:

TONIGHT! 🎉 @ktlandon.bsky.social @carlapanciera.bsky.social @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social

Rebecca Hart Olander@rholanderpoet.bsky.social · 3w ago

In person at Brookline Booksmith (279 Harvard St)! Join us on 9/17 at 7pm for Third Thursdays Poetry w/ the Good Harbor Poets. Reg is req. not req. - this is a free event. See Linktree to register & for livestream. 🎤📚♥️ @ktlandon.bsky.social @carlapanciera.bsky.social @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social

Here's our latest newsletter - celebrating Jen Siraganian's Everything Has Been Moved, Even the Dead, out TODAY, & Holli Carrell's Apostasies, turning one today! Plus our October 30th Anniversary kick-off events & info on the 2027 Perugia Prize. @jsiraganian.bsky.social @hollicarrell.bsky.social

Congratulations to contributor Jen Siraganian on the release of "Everything Has Been Moved, Even the Dead" with @perugiapress.bsky.social!

TONIGHT! Tuesday September 15, 7pm, Jen Siraganian will be reading with Amber Coverdale Sumrall at Bookshop Santa Cruz, hosted by the Hive Poetry Collective. Save the date to celebrate the release of Everything Has Been Moved, Even the Dead. 🎉📚🎉 @jsiraganian.bsky.social

Happy birthday, APOSTASIES! Sending flowers today to Holli Carrell on the first book birthday for her debut, APOSTASIES (with thanks to @susanlleary.bsky.social for the pic). It’s been a joy and honor to help bring this book into the world. 🎉🥳💐 @hollicarrell.bsky.social

Happy publication day to EVERYTHING HAS BEEN MOVED, EVEN THE DEAD & its author, Jen Siraganian! We’re honored to be part of this book’s story & to share it with all of you. Gratitude to all who have supported the collection along the way at Perugia Press. Brava, Jen! 🌟♥️🎉 @jsiraganian.bsky.social

So grateful to Farnaz Fatemi & The Hive Poetry Collective of Santa Cruz, CA for feat. Jen Siraganian on their podcast! Take a listen to hear poems from Everything Has Been Moved, Even the Dead & their convo about the book. Episode link in bio. 🎤📖🐝 @jsiraganian.bsky.social @farnazfatemi.bsky.social

Save the dates to celebrate Perugia & our poets with two virtual anniversary readings featuring our poets from over the years & work from our 30 Perugia collections: Sundays, October 4 & 25, both at 4pm ET/1pm PT. We’re looking forward to sharing our catalog with you! More info & links soon. 🎉📚🎉

This afternoon!

Perugia Press@perugiapress.bsky.social · 3w ago

Join Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry on Sun. 9/13 @ 3pm ET for a New Books Showcase featuring editor-poets & poets they’ve published: Mary Meriam & Ellen Miller-Mack of Headmistress & Rebecca Olander & Holli Carrell of Perugia. Link in Linktree. @rholanderpoet.bsky.social @hollicarrell.bsky.social

We’re so grateful to poet Major Jackson for supporting Jen Siraganian’s debut collection EVERYTHING HAS BEEN MOVED, EVEN THE DEAD with this praise. This book is out on 9/15, and you can preorder in our bookshop or at Asterism (linktree in bio). @jsiraganian.bsky.social @asterismbooks.bsky.social

Here’s a Friday writing prompt from Perugia Press, drawn from the poetry collection APOSTASIES by Holli Carrell. Find more prompts, sample poems, and discussion questions in our reading companions, and check out Carrell’s book and others in our bookshop (linktree in bio). @hollicarrell.bsky.social

In person at Brookline Booksmith (279 Harvard St)! Join us on 9/17 at 7pm for Third Thursdays Poetry w/ the Good Harbor Poets. Reg is req. not req. - this is a free event. See Linktree to register & for livestream. 🎤📚♥️ @ktlandon.bsky.social @carlapanciera.bsky.social @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social

Join Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry on Sun. 9/13 @ 3pm ET for a New Books Showcase featuring editor-poets & poets they’ve published: Mary Meriam & Ellen Miller-Mack of Headmistress & Rebecca Olander & Holli Carrell of Perugia. Link in Linktree. @rholanderpoet.bsky.social @hollicarrell.bsky.social