Delighted to see @johnfadely.bsky.social, his poetry, and his new press Fifth Stanza featured in fyi50+ magazine! fyi50plus.beehiiv.com/p/a-second-a...

A second act that began in his sixties

39 rejections, one prize, and a new press for poets who start late — plus your next chapter.

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Starting in 15 minutes! Not too late to join us!

Wandering Aengus Press@wapress.bsky.social · last mo.

Dahlings, join us for a fab reading with @chrysbuckley.bsky.social author of Invisible Violets and Kate Carroll de Gutes author of Objects in Mirror Are Closer than They Appear, winner of the Lambda Literary Award. July 9 6p Pacific, 9p Eastern Pre-register on Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Dahlings, join us for a fab reading with @chrysbuckley.bsky.social author of Invisible Violets and Kate Carroll de Gutes author of Objects in Mirror Are Closer than They Appear, winner of the Lambda Literary Award. July 9 6p Pacific, 9p Eastern Pre-register on Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Woo hoo! L. Annette Binder's moving memoir, Child of Earth and Starry Heaven, won Foreword Indies' Silver Award for Grief/Grieving. Reviewer Aerin Toskas calls it a "sensitive, grounded, and hopeful memoir" that "examines dementia’s fallout with compassion." www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books...

Delighted to be featured over at the mighty Poetry Daily. Thank you for having me and this poem from “In the House of Modern Upbringing for Girls” #poetry #Bosnia

Poetry Daily@poetrydaily.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Today's Feature: "In Maryland, Before the Dayton Accords" by @majda.bsky.social from In the House of Modern Upbringing for Girls published by @wapress.bsky.social Read here: poems.com/poem/in-mary...

Today's Feature: "In Maryland, Before the Dayton Accords" by @majda.bsky.social from In the House of Modern Upbringing for Girls published by @wapress.bsky.social Read here: poems.com/poem/in-mary...

In Maryland, Before the Dayton Accords

The hiccup of a baby bounced on a knee. Generations of women sit on white lawn chairs arranged in a gentle crescent.

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You don't want to miss this powerhouse #poetry salon with @vkornberg.bsky.social reading from her debut, Strange Gift, and @kelliagodon.bsky.social reading from her 2-day old collection, Accidental Devotions. Tonight at 6p Pacific, 9p Eastern. Register on Zoom here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Please join us in congratulating these fine writers--the Finalists & Winners of the Wandering Aengus and Trail to Table Book Awards. The winning titles will be forthcoming in 2027!

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A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you.

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Majda Gama’s IN THE HOUSE OF MODERN UPBRINGING FOR GIRLS “vividly chronicles girlhood, womanhood, personhood, humanhood, the passage of time,” and more. Read poetry from @wapress.bsky.social for #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth! wanderingaenguspress.com/in-the-house...

In the House of Modern Upbringing for Girls

Winner of the 2024 Wandering Aengus Book Award in Poetry In the House of Modern Upbringing for Girls  vividly chronicles girlhood, womanhood, personhood, humanhood, the passage of time, the...

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For timely poetry that offers hope & reminds us what's worth protecting in this life, join us on Zoom. this Thursday. Hear @johnfadely.bsky.social read from his debut collection, Before Leaving the Island, and Holly J. Hughes read from her American Book Award winning Passings plus new works!

Despite the angst of the world today, we share this gift of poetry. Introducing Strange Gift, the debut #poetry collection from Veronica Kornberg and winner of the Wandering Aengus Book Award in Poetry. Congratulations, @vkornberg.bsky.social! Your release comes just when we need it most!

Two new poetry releases from @wapress.bsky.social, Strange Gift by @vkornberg.bsky.social and Before Leaving the Island by @johnfadely.bsky.social, are featured in the Hasty Booklist this week! www.hastybooklist.com/blog/weekly-...

Unboxing My Latest Book Haul - April 6

A fresh stack of book mail has arrived—featuring buzzworthy new releases across literary fiction, thrillers, romance, fantasy, and memoir—discover the titles I can’t wait to dive into and add to your ...

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Thank you to @merliterary.bsky.social for featuring @vkornberg.bsky.social's poetry book, Strange Gift, in the March MER Bookshelf! The debut collection releases April 7! merliterary.com/2026/03/19/m...

MER Bookshelf - March 2026 - MER - Mom Egg Review

Curated by Melissa Joplin Higley   Laurie D. Graham, Calling It Back to Me, McClelland & Stewart, March 2026, poetry In these searching, spare, and resonant poems, Laurie D. Graham traces the story of...

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Portland Peeps! Don't miss the release of @chrysbuckley.bsky.social's powerful debut, Invisible Violets: A Mixtape in Lyric Essays, 7p tonight @boldcoffeeandbooks.bsky.social! Chrys will read excerpts and be in conversation with Domi Shoemaker of Corporeal Writing. Musical guest: Tracy McFarland

So proud to share that Daniel Meltz’s poetry collection, It Wasn’t Easy to Reach You, that we published last year is one of five Finalists for Foreword Reviews’ INDIES LGBTQ Award. @wapress.bsky.social

Jill McCabe Johnson@jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · last yr.

This beautiful, funny, frank, profound, irreverent, heartbreaking, uplifting, gay af, debut poetry collection from Daniel Meltz releases like a cocoon of butterflies today! It Wasn’t Easy to Reach You 📚💙 wanderingaenguspress.com/uploads/1/2/...

Simply delighted to share that L. Annette Binder's touching #memoir, Child of Earth and Starry Heaven, is a Finalist for the Foreword Reviews INDIES Book Award for Grief/Grieving. www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/chil...

Huge congrats to @majda.bsky.social whose collection, In the House of Modern Upbringing for Modern Girls is a finalist for the Da Vinci Eye Eric Hoffer Award. The poems serve as tribute and elegy to a girlhood spread across Islamic & Western worlds and are now more poignant than ever.

Last day to submit! Send us your gorgeous, brilliant, amazing full-length literary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry manuscripts. We can't wait to read your future books!

Wandering Aengus Press@wapress.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Are you hunkered down getting your manuscript ready to submit for the Wandering Aengus & Trail to Table Book Awards? We're eager to read full-length mss of *literary* fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. One submission fee ($30USD) -- up to four prize winners published. duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

Well, some crazy coincidences with FLOOD PATTERNS being re-released and this 100-yr flood. There is still more rain to come, but farm and family are safe. Thanks to all the great friends and neighbors that helped out. #skagitstrong #wafloods #poetry @wapress.bsky.social

Are you hunkered down getting your manuscript ready to submit for the Wandering Aengus & Trail to Table Book Awards? We're eager to read full-length mss of *literary* fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. One submission fee ($30USD) -- up to four prize winners published. duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

Over 120 publications re-opened today, including @cincinnatireview.bsky.social @marshhawkpress.bsky.social @electricliterature.com @kenyonreview.bsky.social @wapress.bsky.social @allegropoetry.bsky.social @natflashfictionday.bsky.social https://duotrope.com...

Our annual contest opens today for literary #fiction, #nonfiction, and #poetry manuscripts. Up to 4 books published with Wandering Aengus Press and our imprint, Trail to Table Press. Would love to see some short fiction &/or #flash fiction collections this year! duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

Our Pushcart Noms! Barret Baumgart: The Refusal to Be Useful L. Annette Binder: The Residents of the Second Floor @majda.bsky.social: Ode to One Thousand @jessicagigot.bsky.social: Territory Amanda Hawkins: Bears Ears National Monument and Other Diminishing Lands Daniel Meltz: Intrinsic Marimbas

The last reading of our 2025 series will come to you from the Portland Book Festival #portlandbookfestival with poets Christopher Martin & Portland's own Amanda Hawkins. Please join us on Zoom, Thursday, November 6, 4-5 pm Pacific, 7-8 pm Eastern Pre-register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

At Wandering Aengus, we love the idea of being a home for our authors, so we're super excited to re-issue @jessicagigot.bsky.social first #poetry collection, a beautiful meditation on nature (and living in the Anthropocene). wanderingaenguspress.com/flood-patter...

Flood Patterns

A re-issue of Jessica Gigot's acclaimed poetry debut The poems [in Flood Patterns ] are informed by the determined if contested optimism of someone who knows the ground she walks on and its potential....

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The fine art of the book review is alive and thriving with @writerstevens.bsky.social! Check out his thoughtful, beautiful review of L. Annette Binder's memoir, Child of Earth and Starry Heaven...

Mark Stevens@writerstevens.bsky.social · 11mo ago

REVIEW: @wapress.bsky.social markhstevens.wordpress.com/2025/09/21/l...

Drop everything and join us for this fab reading today with Jan Shoemaker reading from her essay collection, Slow Learner, and Peter Ludwin reading from his poetry collection, An Altar of Tides! 4p Pacific, 7p Eastern on Zoom. Pre-register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Super excited for this online reading with master-of-the-essay, @marciaaldrich.bsky.social, and eco-poet extraordinaire, Benjamin Cutler. Thursday, Sept 11, 4-5p Pacific, 7-8p Eastern Click here for details and the link to pre-register: wanderingaenguspress.com/events.html

Less than an hour until this powerhouse reading with @humbleessayist.bsky.social Steven Harvey and Martha Gies. Come get a literary (and socio-political) boost! wanderingaenguspress.com/events.html

Events

Join us for a powerhouse reading from Martha Gies' highly acclaimed memoir in essays,  Broken Open , a CLMP featured title, and Steven Harvey's essay collection, The Beloved Republic , winner of the.....

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Wandering Aengus Press@wapress.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Don't miss this online reading with @humbleessayist.bsky.social & Martha Gies! Thursday, August 21. If you're feeling discouraged about the state of affairs in the world, Steven and Martha's words are perfect for this moment in history. Come be inspired! wanderingaenguspress.com/events.html