Copper Canyon Press Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Copper Canyon Press is a nonprofit, independent press which fosters the work of emerging & established poets. We believe poetry is vital to language & living.

Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems of June Jordan
June Jordan
Read @strategist's list of gifts for poetry lovers that include THE ESSENTIAL JUNE JORDAN, DIRECTED BY DESIRE: COLLECTED POEMS by JUNE JORDAN, and INCARNATE: THE COLLECTED DEAD MAN POEMS by MARVIN BELL (recommended by NIKKI WALLSCHLAEGER (@nikkimwalls): https://t.co/TIKo7q1GGQ
Paperback, 2007
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
To 2040
Jorie Graham
"To 2040 isn’t just cautionary or prophetic; rather, it’s cavernous, resonant with haunting questions surrounding erasure and aftermath." @nehamulaypoet writes about @jorie_graham's poetry collection, TO 2040, for @adroitjournal: https://t.co/pXusNEbmDJ
Hardcover, 2023
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Your Face My Flag
Julian Gewirtz
Celebrate the winter solstice with poetry! @ColoradoStateU's Center for Literary Publishing recommends and reviews three poetry books for solstice reading including YOUR FACE MY FLAG by @JulianGewirtz: https://t.co/JVOlZiLyEJ
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dissolve
Sherwin Bitsui
Happy Native American Heritage Month! Enjoy @CLMPorg's reading selections to celebrate this month, including DISSOLVE by SHERWIN BITSUI (@SherwinBitsui): https://t.co/RFsAYS5gcT
Paperback, 2018
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Snakedoctor
Maurice Manning
"I was from, and who my people were, / and how they named the world around them." @BestAmPo features "The Slate" from MAURICE MANNING's forthcoming collection, SNAKEDOCTOR: https://t.co/3oi5K4rxvF
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Tradition: Civic Dialogue Edition
Jericho Brown
To celebrate the publication of THE TRADITION: CIVIC DIALOGUE EDITION by @jerichobrown, we are giving away free copies to BIPOC reader communities. If your organization would be interested in receiving copies of this book, fill out the survey link: https://forms.gle/R3wzdxVjV4PVMu7L7 https://t.co/OGpPytElZ7
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
To 2040
Jorie Graham
@FinancialTimes recommends TO 2040 by @jorie_graham and CONTENT WARNING: EVERYTHING by AKWAEKE EMEZI (@yungdeadthing) for your 2023 Summer reading list: https://t.co/u9PsZDN1gK
Hardcover, 2023
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Before the Borderless: Dialogues with the Art of Cy Twombly
Dean Rader
"Twombly loved the marriage of text and image. I want my book—and these poems—to celebrate that love." @deanrader talks about his process writing his recent collection, BEFORE THE BORDERLESS: DIALOGUES WITH THE ART OF CY TWOMBLY for @PeriodicityJ: https://t.co/Hy3Ygl5RMc
Hardcover, 2023
$36.00$18.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bright Shade
Chelsea Harlan
Congratulations to @AmPoetryReview/ Honickman winner CHELSEA HARLAN (@czelseaharlan) for the publication of her debut poetry collection, BRIGHT SHADE. The poems speak through the liminal space between the body and its relationships to other bodies: https://t.co/KK1oq22VU2 https://t.co/TMUywPBpi9
Paperback, 2022
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Things I Didn't Do with This Body
Amanda Gunn
@BookRiot celebrates recently published books, including AMANDA GUNN's (@amandathegunn) debut poetry collection, THINGS I DIDN'T DO WITH THIS BODY: https://t.co/1cLgfyTI6b
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book