A photo of the By the Book Feature and a copy of Transient Worlds
Spotted in Sunday's NYT Book Review: By the Book featuring ARTHUR SZE! This week, Sze takes you through how he selected poems for his new book TRANSIENT WORLDS; which three writers he'd want to have dinner with; and a few of his favorite books!
Read it online now at: https://nyti.ms/4vYrlpJ
I Do Know Some Things by Richard Siken -- Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry
We are pleased to announce that RICHARD SIKEN is the recipient of this year's Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry! SIKEN also won the award in 2006 for his first collection, Crush. Get your copy of I DO KNOW SOME THINGS at https://bit.ly/4pHuoza
Book cover and author photo. Text reads, "Winner of the Kingsley Tufts Award -- An Authentic Life by Jennifer Chang"
Congratulations to JENNIFER CHANG, whose collection AN AUTHENTIC LIFE is the winner of the 2026 Kingsley Tufts Award! AN AUTHENTIC LIFE was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. Get your copy at https://bit.ly/3WHsRwV
A photo of the book cover of TRANSIENT WORLDS
A quote from the introduction: "As language is always evolving, speech patterns, syntax, and vocabulary always shifting, translations are by nature ephemeral. A good translation of a poem finds a voice and shape of language that is fresh and invigorating.”
Through generous and guiding essays, SZE invites readers to write their own translations—as well as original poems inspired by the creative process of translation. Learn more about TRANSIENT WORLDS and purchase your copy at bit.ly/3KBi5VE
Happy pub day to U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE’s newest book and long-awaited Laureate project, TRANSIENT WORLDS! This innovative collection takes readers on a journey across 1,500 years of poetry translated from 13 languages.
What Will We Carry Forward Event Invitation, featuring a photograph of Paisley Rekdal
On May 7, join PAISLEY REKDAL for a virtual poetry reading and benefit for Copper Canyon Press. You'll hear selections from PAISLEY's forthcoming collection, HERITANCE, and have an opportunity to donate to support the Press's entire fall season.
Register now at https://bit.ly/4snYPdS See you then!
We love this review of DEAN YOUNG's surreal and profound collection, CREATURE FEATURE from The New York Times! Read it now at https://nyti.ms/3PWucil and get your copy of CREATURE FEATURE at https://bit.ly/4rLWwCf
Cover of Cloudwatcher
from “The Pair of Us” To forget being forsaken, to beget being forgotten, we replace, we re-pair. We recollect ourselves in the body we share and let it join back together to be re-membered.
Happy pub day to MICHAEL BAZZETT’s CLOUDWATCHER. Winner of the inaugural 2025 Stern Prize, this collection leaves us with a heightened sense of how absurd and wondrous it is to inhabit a temporary body.
Learn more and get your copy at https://bit.ly/3OTRhRW
Creature Feature by Dean Young book cover
from “Extremely Expensive Toy” I don’t know how anyone can survive even a glimpse of the sky nor is it remotely advisable to gaze at the sea, its overwhelming fragility, urgent need.
Happy pub day to DEAN YOUNG's first posthumous collection, CREATURE FEATURE. Brimming with surrealist imagery and horror flick iconography, this collection displays YOUNG’s sharp humor, playfulness, and imaginative power.
Learn more and get your copy at https://bit.ly/3MqL535
Pictures of the best adult poetry books as decided by The New York Public Library
Looking for your next read? New York Public Library recommends MY PERFECT COGNATE by NATALIE SCENTERS-ZAPICO, STAY DEAD by NATALIE SHAPERO, and THE NEW ECONOMY by GABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI!
Check out these collections during you next library visit, or go to https://bit.ly/4rLWwCf for more info!
This event is free to attend, but registration is required! Reserve your spot today at bit.ly/4bSPdS7 We cannot wait to celebrate with you!
Throughout the evening, you'll get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this collection, experience poetry from around the world, and hear about how SZE is bringing the. creative power of translation to classrooms and communities through translation workshops.
Photos of TRANSIENT WOLRDS, Arthur Sze, and Michael Wiegers. Header text reads: You're invited! Join us for a virtual celebration of Transient Worlds with U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze April 20 | 5:15 pm PDT | Registration now open!
On April 20, join U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE and host Michael Wiegers for a celebration of TRANSIENT WORLDS, the first Laureate project to center poetry-in-translation.
Learn more about AIR and preorder your copy at bit.ly/4sHVO9a
. . . with the ghost bridge mimicking the actual one, along with the blood-smear reflection staining the water of the East River. An accidental composition, held together by air, lots of air, the night sky opening above the Brooklyn Bridge, above the lights of Brooklyn."
"I took the photo for the cover of my book. It was not intentioned for the book; I am not a photographer. It was just a photograph I took while looking out my window from the chair where most of the poems in this collection were written. It was a serendipitous iPhone shot, . . .
A photograph of the book cover for AIR and the text "forthcoming May 26"
Cover Art: Photo by Daniel Halpern Cover Design: Phil Kovacevich “I took the photo for the cover of my book. . . . It was a serendipitous iPhone shot, with the ghost bridge mimicking the actual one, along with the blood-smear reflection staining the water of the East River. An accidental composition, held together by air, lots of air, the night sky opening above the Brooklyn Bridge, above the lights of Brooklyn.” —Daniel Halpern
Forthcoming May 26: AIR by DANIEL HALPERN
In today's #coverfeature, HALPERN tells us how a spur-of-the-moment photograph became the face of his latest poetry collection:
Preorder your copy of A THIRD COMMONNESS at bit.ly/4c3T0gH
A photo of A Third Commonness by Robert Hass
A description by Robert Hass: “When I set out to gather work from various prose projects, mostly undertaken in the last decade, I was surprised to see the range of it. . . . Thinking about American poetry, I remembered some lines by Wallace Stevens about the Connecticut River. He called it ‘a third commonness with light and air.’ Also ‘a curriculum’ and ‘an unnamed flowing,’ so it’s clear that he was also conceiving of poetry as this third commonness, which gave me a title for this gathering.”
Forthcoming May 5: A THIRD COMMONNESS: ESSAYS ON POETRY, POETICS, AND THE NATURAL WORLD by former U.S. Poet Laureate ROBERT HASS.
Today, HASS gives us a first look at his sprawling exploration of poetic heritage and the inspired lines by Wallace Steven that gave this collection its name.
Lammy Award in Gay Poetry: FINALIST. Pádraig Ó Tuama.
Congratulations to PÁDRAIG Ó TUAMA whose collection KITCHEN HYMNS is a finalist for Lambda Literary’s 2026 Lammy Award in Gay Poetry!
To get your copy of KITCHEN HYMNS, visit https://bit.ly/3RFKXfI Winners will be announced on June 12th. Congrats to PÁDRAIG and all finalists!
Armitage brings his new translation of the epic poem Gilgamesh (forthcoming from Liveright).
This spectacular conversation will conclude National Poetry Month on April 30th and take place at the Library of Congress’s Coolidge Auditorium—livestreamed for all to attend! Sign up at: bit.ly/40K2Z4C
An event flyer for the Live! at the Library event.
Save the date! On April 30, U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE returns to the Library of Congress with U.K. Poet Laureate Simon Armitage to discuss their forthcoming collections!
SZE celebrates TRANSIENT WORLDS, which encourages readers to unlock their poetic creativity through the art of translation.
Congratulations to this year’s finalists! Get your copy of I DO KNOW SOME THINGS at bit.ly/4pHuoza
Photo of I Do Know Some Things with accompanying text: "Finalist: Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry"
Please join us in congratulating RICHARD SIKEN, whose most recent collection I DO KNOW SOME THINGS is a finalist for the Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry!
This award celebrates outstanding LGBTQ poetry, honoring the legacy of the poet Thom Gunn. SIKEN’s first book, CRUSH, won the prize in 2006.
Please join us in congratulating PATRICIA SPEARS JONES, and visit bit.ly/4bf4VIr to learn more about JONES’s work!
Award announcement featuring a photograph of Patricia Spears Jones
Congratulations to PATRICIA SPEARS JONES, recipient of the Rauschenberg Centennial Award for Writing and a $100,000 prize!
This one-time prize has been awarded to four participants of the Captiva Residency, in honor of artist Robert Rauschenberg’s one hundredth birthday.
Book cover of An Authentic Life and author photo of Jennifer Chang
Congratulations to JENNIFER CHANG whose collection AN AUTHENTIC LIFE is a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award! This award honors a mid-career poet whose work demonstrates exceptional literary achievement. A winner will be announced on March 28.
Congrats to all finalists!
The Copper Canyon Press bookfair booth
The Copper Canyon Press bookfair booth with four staff members
#AWP2026 is officially here! Find Copper Canyon Press at booths #1038 and #1040. We have collections from our forthcoming spring/summer season, classics from seasons past, and an array of author signings to look forward to! We hope you'll drop by!
AWP 2026 Author Signings
Thursday March 5th: Leila Chatti at 10:30 – 11:30 am I.S. Jones at 1:30 – 2:30 pm Friday March 6th: Kelli Russell Agodon at 10:30 – 11:30 am Christopher Kondrich at 1:30 – 2:30 pm Saturday March 7th: Natalie Scenters-Zapico at 10:30 – 11:30 am Michael Bazzett at 1:30 – 2:30 pm
Who else is excited for the AWP 2026 bookfair?! While you're there, don't miss these author signings at the Copper Canyon booths 1038 and 1040 on March 5–7!
Check out our complete author-signing schedule and stay tuned here for more updates on where to find Copper Canyon Press poets at #AWP2026!
A photo of Lili holding a book.
Welcome to our final #MeettheIntern Monday of the Spring 2026 season! Today, it is our pleasure to introduce you to our incredible production intern, Lili! Read their 60-second Q&A and learn more about interning with the Press at https://bit.ly/3ZR3r09