In love with this beautiful book and its multimodal environment. Launches tomorrow—preorder now!

Ashley & Nora did such wonderful work. Check out the trailer for my book which drops tomorrow!

Hell, you can order DIRECT FROM SMALL PRESSES 📚💙 Like @riverriverbooks.bsky.social and @juneroadpress.bsky.social and @lightscatterpress.bsky.social and @perugiapress.bsky.social 🔥🔥

"The Nature of Objects", a poem by Anna K. Scotti

"The Nature of Objects", a poem by Anna K. Scotti
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Reading Water: Poems by Derek JG Williams | Lightscatter Press Reading Water is the winner of the Lightscatter Press Prize, chosen by Eduardo Corral (2024). The book considers the elements that make us who we are, and love that’s born then bound by the bonds of f...

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For Derek JG Williams‘ READING WATER, choreographer/dancer Ashley Anderson and videographer Nora Price created a suite of dances in response to poems, accessed via QR codes, part of the printed book.

READING WATER Events!!

Collecting the run of Derek JG Williams’ READING WATER from the printer this cold morning! Preorder your copy of “this mesmerizing book” (Eduardo Corral, prize judge) at the link in our bio.

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Cover of READING WATER, in aqua and green tones, with closely spaced parallel lines to indicate water. The image is a painting by British painter Louise Body.

Preorder Derek JG Williams’ READING WATER at our site, or at the Lightscatter Press booth (#1009) at AWP!

book promo materials from Reading Water with flowers in the background

No #AWP for me this year. But @lightscatterpress.bsky.social will be there with a bunch of materials from Reading Water--perfect time to preorder.

& you can read poems from the collection at the book fair in the latest issues from @sugarhousereview.bsky.social & Barrow Street.

Congratulations to Willy Palomo, whose manuscript MERCURY IN REGGAETÓN was selected by Yesenia Montilla for the Lightscatter Press Prize. Read more at lightscatterpress.org.

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I'm thrilled to have @lightscatterpress.bsky.social publish my debut collection of poems next year, & I'm honored Eduardo Corral chose Reading Water as winner of the 2023 prize.

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Congratulations to @derekjgwilliams.bsky.social!

Derek J..G Williams is the author of Poetry Is a Disease (Greying Ghost Press 2022). He holds a doctorate in English and Creative Writing from Ohio University, and an MFA from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He lives in Germany with his family. Learn more about him at derekjgwilliams.com.

Corral also named two finalists, Rachel Zavecz, for SIX, and Max Schleicher, for DREAM OF LOW HOUSES.

“Memory, here, is the ‘strongest /
of the senses’ and its strength is amplified by a deft shaping of the line and a startling imagination rippling in the phrasing, in the imagery.”

Corral says this of the manuscript: “In this mesmerizing book, the ‘rich vanishing seasons’ of life are rendered beautifully. Each poem about family, each about travel, each poem about love is fluid and precise and memorable.…

We’re delighted to announce the 2023 Lightscatter Press Prize winner: Derek J.G. Williams, for his manuscript READING WATER. The manuscript was chosen by our judge, Eduardo Corral. Read more at www.lightscatterpress.org

Screenshot of Lightscatter Press website. Image of a multicolored glass optic from a lighthouse, with Lightscatter Press logo in white. Text reads: Call for Proposals: Lightscatter Press seeks artist to create works in response to an upcoming book of poems, Jennifer Whalen's Eveningful. DATE for initial proposals: September 30. Finished Art Work: December 31.

Call for proposals: seeking an artist to create works in response to Jennifer Whalen's upcoming book of poems, *Eveningful.*

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Lightscatter Press Prize open until 9/17. Eduardo Corral judges. We'd love to see your manuscript! Details & submission portal: www.lightscatterpress.org/submit