Copper Canyon Press

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!

Cover Art: SeamlessOo
Cover Design: Gopa and Ted2, Inc.

Learn more about CLOUDWATCHER and preorder your copy at bit.ly/3OTRhRW

. . . Is this what it feels like to discover that ‘until / you crack a bit, you can’t be over-joyed?’ Don’t I actually own that very shirt, replete with wrinkled placket? Yes, yes, yes, and yes.”

“The working title of CLOUDWATCHER was actually 'Autobiography of a Poet,' and when I saw the artwork that became the cover of the book, I heard a ‘Yes’ in my brain along with feeling a ‘Yes’ in my body. Is this my speaker, head in clouds? Is this my mind, replaced by a cloud? . . .

A photo of the Cloudwatcher book cover with text reading Forthcoming April 7

Cover Art: SeamlessOo Cover Design: Gopa and Ted2, Inc.

Forthcoming April 7: CLOUDWATCHER by MICHAEL BAZZETT, winner of the 2025 Stern Prize from The American Poetry Review!

In today's #coverfeature, BAZZETT tells us about the uncanny resemblance—and rightness—between his speaker, self, and cover figure:

Meet Arthur at the Evening Author Reception on February 25 at 5:30 PM ET and receive a SIGNED galley of TRANSIENT WORLDS

We can’t wait to see you next week and celebrate this extraordinary new work together!

Text reads: Winter Institute 2026 with U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze Evening Author Reception and Galley Signing February 25 | 5:30 – 7:00 pm ET Exhibit Hall B, Floor 2, DLCC Meet U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze and receive a signed galley of his forthcoming Laureate project, Transient Worlds: On Translating Poetry (out April 14, 2026).

Attention booksellers! We’re thrilled to share that U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE will be at this year’s Winter Institute Conference to give you a preview of his Laureate project, TRANSIENT WORLDS: ON TRANSLATING POETRY—your passport into 1,500 years of global poetry.

Their collections, I DO KNOW SOME THINGS and THE NEW ECONOMY, are among five finalists for this year's poetry prize. To purchase tickets to the awards ceremony and view a complete list of finalists visit lat.ms/3Midj09. Congrats to all honorees!

Text reads: "Los Angeles Times Finalists." Below, photos of I Do Know Some Things and The New Economy

Congratulations to RICHARD SIKEN and GABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI, finalists for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Poetry!

Preorder your copy of TREAD UPON at bit.ly/4tDKMmb!

I’m deeply grateful to Rayintakath for this piece, and lucky such a stunning work of art captures what I was going for with TREAD UPON." —Christopher Kondrich

. . . how the grass in some are cut off and the grass in others extend beyond their boundaries. This evokes the way the poems of the book-length sequence interact, how themes and ideas get recontextualized, explored from different vantage points.

"This incredible piece by artist Ibrahim Rayintakath captures the urgency I felt writing every page of TREAD UPON, the urgency the book tries to stir in readers. I was also blown away by how the tiles in Rayintakath’s piece interact . . .

A photo of Tread Upon by Christopher Kondrich, with the text "Forthcoming April 28"

Text reads: "This incredible piece by artist Ibrahim Rayintakath captures the urgency I felt writing every page of TREAD UPON, the urgency the book tries to stir in readers. I was also blown away by how the tiles in Rayintakath’s piece interact, how the grass in some are cut off and the grass in others extend beyond their boundaries. This evokes the way the poems of the book-length sequence interact, how themes and ideas get recontextualized, explored from different vantage points." —Christopher Kondrich

Forthcoming April 28: TREAD UPON by CHRISTOPHER KONDRICH!

In today's #coverfeature, KONDRICH tells us how his newest collection's cover art foreshadows the emotional and stylistic sensibilities of the poems within:

A photo of Francis smiling and wearing a blue-striped shirt

Happy #MeettheIntern Monday! Today, it's our pleasure to introduce you to our fantastic communications intern, Francis! Read her full Q&A at https://bit.ly/4kxLHR3, and don't forget that applications for Copper Canyon Press's Fall 2026 internship program open on March 15th!

Preorder ACCIDENTAL DEVOTIONS at bit.ly/4rINC7Y and look for it everywhere May 12th!

Everything fell into place when I saw the full painting—the hands, vines, and hummingbirds—as this book holds that same tension: vulnerable yet deliberate, tender yet wild.”

As I explored further, I noticed Emily Dickinson poems on Fatima’s website (Emily and her ghost appear throughout this book) and even a portfolio titled 'Devotion.'

“I was struggling to find cover art for Accidental Devotions when I saw a lover’s-eye image on Pinterest and instantly knew it fit this desire-filled book. The artwork was painted by Fatima Ronquillo in 2020, which surprised me—it felt late-eighteenth century to me.

Cover photo of Accidental Devotions. Text reads Forthcoming May 12

Artist credit with photo of book cover. Text reads: “The artwork was painted by Fatima Ronquillo in 2020, which surprised me—it felt late-eighteenth century to me. As I explored [Fatima’s website], I noticed Emily Dickinson poems (Emily and her ghost appear throughout this book) and even a portfolio titled ‘Devotion.’ Everything fell into place when I saw the full painting—the hands, vines, and hummingbirds—as this book holds that same tension: vulnerable yet deliberate, tender yet wild.” –Kelli Russell Agodon

Forthcoming May 12: ACCIDENTAL DEVOTIONS by KELLI RUSSELL AGODON ( @kelliagodon.bsky.social ).

For today's #coverfeature, Kelli describes the felicitous discovery of her latest collection's cover art:

Caroline wearing a red bandana and smiling

Happy #MeettheIntern Monday! Today, it's our pleasure to introduce you to the spectacular Caroline! Read their full 60-second Q&A at: https://bit.ly/3ZR3r09!

Interested in interning with Copper Canyon Press? Applications open on March 15th! Learn more at: https://bit.ly/39xP30I!

Cover Art: Collage by DEAN YOUNG, image provided by Lilly Library, Indiana University
Cover Design: Phil Kovacevich (@philkovacevich)

. . . as big, gorgeous, playful, and dangerous as the poems inside. We’re so grateful to Copper Canyon Press and Dean’s long-time designer Phil Kovacevich for bringing this vision to life. Anyone who knew Dean knows he’d be thrilled.” —Dobby Gibson

Preorder your copy at: bit.ly/3MqL535

“Matt Hart and I found this collage among Dean’s things while cleaning out his apartment in the days after he died. Standing knee-deep among books and boxes, we knew instantly we held the book cover in our hands. We began to imagine the creature prowling all the way around the spine . . .

The book cover for Creature Feature. Text reads "Forthcoming April 7"

Text reads: “Matt Hart and I found this collage among Dean’s things while cleaning out his apartment in the days after he died. . . . We knew instantly we held the book cover in our hands. We began to imagine the creature prowling all the way around the spine—as big, gorgeous, playful, and dangerous as the poems inside.” —Dobby Gibson

Forthcoming April 7: CREATURE FEATURE by DEAN YOUNG

For this #coverfeature, Dobby Gibson and Matt Hart, friends of DEAN YOUNG, take us behind the cover art of YOUNG'S first posthumous collection:

"Praise for Richard Siken and I Do Know Some Things | London Review of Books" “I Do Know Some Things is not just a set of prose poems but a book about disability advocacy. Siken’s new work shows him coming to terms with his changed body. . . . A poet who once used language to rip the world apart now sees the way simple words can put it together.” —Stephanie Burt, London Review of Books

Read the full review online at London Review of Books

Out now from the London Review of Books! Stephanie Burt unpacks RICHARD SIKEN'S unconventional path into poetry, the surprising nimbleness of his prose poems, and disability advocacy in I DO KNOW SOME THINGS.

Read the full piece at: https://bit.ly/4rv3732

Photos of Tread Upon by Christopher Kondrich, The Man in 119 by Kazim Ali, Cloudwatcher by Michael Bazzett, and Creature Feature by Dean Young in the snow.

Photos of I Was Bonnie & Clyde by Laura Kasischke, Transient Worlds by Arthur Sze, Accidental Devotions by Kelli Russell Agodon, and A Third Commonness by Robert Hass in the snow.

Photos of Breathe by Bob Hicok and Air by Daniel Halpern in the snow. Text reads "Learn more about our Spring/Summer collections (and preorder your copies) at coppercanyonpress.org

There may be six more weeks of winter ahead, but our Spring/Summer 2026 galleys have arrived, bringing the promise of warm days and illuminating poetry!

We can't wait to share these collections with you starting in April. For now, cozy up and browse the full catalog at https://bit.ly/4qXxgIE!

A photo of Ernie in a neon green shirt and smiling.

Four brilliant new interns have joined the Copper Canyon Press team! This #MeettheIntern Monday, it's our pleasure to introduce you to Ernie!

Read Ernie's full 60-second Q&A at https://bit.ly/3ZR3r09, and stay tuned here to meet each of the spectacular Spring 2026 interns!