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The book LONG EYE poems by KWOYA FAGIN MAPLES. Has a watery cover with a whale swimming between algae or upside down trees and clouds?

A poem by Kwoya Maples: Owed to the Atlantic I began in you, spat you out once born. You cover three-fourths of the earth and own three-fourths of my body. You grin, exuberant with truth. So easily I could be in your belly, limbs in sprawled like an ocean spider, recovered.

AWP haul part 3: Kwoya Maples, one of my favorite local poets and a coworker at UA, released her second book at AWP! I was around while she wrote this, basically sending her related memes (Gemini/Gemini Moon communication), and I’m so proud of her. From @hubcitypress.bsky.social

texas institute of letters lit award winner. winner of the naomi shihab nye award for best first book of poetry. author photo of cloud delfina cardona. picture of the past is a jean jacket book cover over starburst on a dark orange/red background

We are delighted to share that THE PAST IS A JEAN JACKET by Cloud Delfina Cardona is the Award Winner of the Texas Institute of Letters's Naomi Shihab Nye Award for Best First Book of Poetry! Congratulations to Cloud and to all fellow winners. Full list: texasinstituteofletters.org/wp-content/u...

paperback cover of hothouse bloom by austyn wohlers

the 2025 republic of consciousness shortlist: dreaming of dead people, the endless week, the remembered soldier, little lazarus, hothouse bloom

HOTHOUSE BLOOM is coming out in paperback on August 11! Preorder at hubcity.org/hhb. Also, ICYMI, it also made the Republic of Consciousness Shortlist!

Reviewers + booksellers, email julie [at] hubcity [dot] org if you'd like to receive a physical ARC of either fall title (more coming soon!). WORK LUNCH DRCs also currently available on Edelweiss www.edelweiss.plus#keywordSearc...

hcp at awp, baltimore, march 4-7, booth 1153, books pins info high fives

We'll see you in Baltimore in a week! Come say hi, get some (signed!) books (on sale!), and check out our new pins!

The book industry is doom and gloom these days but at @hubcitypress.bsky.social, sales are up 30% over last year because of three national awards for two weird, short novels. Good things still happen to books, y'all. (Also, a reminder to publish what you love and not only what you think might sell.)

Dreaming of Dead People, by Rosalind Belben (And Other Stories) Little Lazarus, by Michael Bible (CLASH Books) The Remembered Soldier, by Anjet Daanje, translated by David McKay (New Vessel Press) The Endless Week, by Laura Vazquez, translated by Alex Niemi (Dorothy, a publishing project) Hothouse Bloom, by Austyn Wohlers (Hub City Press)

Woah! Congrats to Austyn and HOTHOUSE BLOOM @hubcitypress.bsky.social) for making the Republic of Consciousness Prize shortlist with our pals at @clashbooks.bsky.social, @dorothyproject.bsky.social, @andotherstories.bsky.social and other great presses!

www.republicofconsciousnessprize-usa.com/news

Cover for Daytona Teddy riggs by Drew Buxton, coming from Hub City brass and available for pre-order at hubcity.org/dtr

" Granny's right. Is not worth my time. Football isn't my game anymore. Strongman is." Quote from Daytona Teddy Riggs by Drew Buxton, coming from Hub City brass and available for pre-order at hubcity.org/dtr

Set in the mid-90s South Texas, Daytona Teddy Riggs follows a has-been high school football star on his quest to become the world's strongest man. At once an outrageous comedy, abiding satire of the self-help industry, and an Earnest look at the facets of obsession, buxton's riotous debut novel Chronicles how masculinity, privilege, and mental illness interact. Quote from Daytona Teddy Riggs by Drew Buxton, coming from Hub City brass and available for pre-order at hubcity.org/dtr

Teddy goes for the big title. August 25, from @hubcitypress.bsky.social!

Registration is open for the 2026 Piedmont Publishing Symposium: lnkd.in/ekTnh6wS

Join 100+ publishing professionals, authors, allies, & students for conversations about the business of independent publishing. HT @cupress.bsky.social @hubcitypress.bsky.social UNG Press. FYI @aupresses.bsky.social

Ralph Eubanks in Conversation with Allison Vick | Hub City Writers Project Join us for evening with W. Ralph Eubanks in conversation with Dr. Allison Vick. They'll be discussing Eubanks's new book When It's Darkness on the Delta, with a signing following directly afterward.

I’ll be inSpartanburg, SC, Thursday February 26 at Converse University in conversation with Allison Vick. Thanks you, @hubcitypress.bsky.social for the invitation . www.hubcity.org/events/640/r...

30% off midwinter sale feb 20-28, 2026. sale applies to books published prior to 2026. no code required. free shipping on orders $50+. hubcity.org/books

photo of hub city press books

We're having little midwinter sale over at hubcity.org/books! Runs now through the end of Feb, so it's a great time to snag any 2025 (or older) titles that have been on your TBR 😉

plum in paperback with la times book prizes finalist seal on cover. paperback out 4.14.26. hubcity.org/plum

To celebrate, we are releasing a paperback edition of Plum with the LA Times seal. Copies will hit shelves on April 14, but you can preorder your copy now at hubcity.org/plum

la times book prizes finalist. finalist in the art seidenbaum award for first fiction category. photo of author andy anderegg + book Plum on blue background with a yellow burst in the background. hub city press train logo at bottom.

🎉 We are excited to announce that PLUM has been named an LA Times (@latimes.com) Book Prize Finalist in the Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction Category! Congratulations to Andy Anderegg and all fellow finalists!
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

TONIGHT! With @hubcitypress.bsky.social, @andotherstories.bsky.social, @newvesselpress.bsky.social, @clashbooks.bsky.social, @charcopress.com, @transitbooks.bsky.social, @bookhugpress.bsky.social, et al.

king cake surrounded by the ritz of the bayou arcs

Getting into the THE RITZ OF THE BAYOU mood and celebrating Mardi Gras with King Cake! ⚜️🎉

An incredible fall debut to keep on your radar, available for preorder ✨

my humblebrag for the 2020s: my copy of THE RITZ OF THE BAYOU is from Tom Verlaine's book sale.

but why not prepare a humblebrag for the generations yet to come?

Come By Here: A Memoir in Essays from Georgia’s Geechee Coast | Nonfiction | Hub City Writers Project In Come By Here, Powell-Ingabire reckons with their home’s collective history and their own history as a truth-telling exercise in line with Audre Lorde’s advice: “It is better to speak.”

In COME BY HERE, Neesha Powell-Ingabire “chips away at coastal Georgia’s facade of beaches and golden marshes to recover undertold Black history alongside personal and family stories.”

Read a memoir from @hubcitypress.bsky.social this #BlackHistoryMonth: www.hubcity.org/books/nonfic...

small talk by acie clark book cover featuring a print-making textured cover with light blue dog silhouettes running in a circle. title + author name in colorful sans serif font. text below reads september 22, 2026 hubcity.org/smalltalk

"small talk" The coffee was good. The morning is still young. I am making eye contact with the red dog as he shits under a pink magnolia tree. People on the internet inform me that this (the shitting, with the sustained eye contact) is a demonstration of animal trust, is vulnerability in its most practical iteration: a question. Will you come watch me while I write these poems? Can I bear to let you see me change? Pink blooms fall around the red dog. February is April in Alabama. I am trying to remember I have something to say.

☕🌱 Cover reveal for SMALL TALK by Acie Clark, winner of our New Southern Voices Poetry Book Prize, selected by @paradiselaust.bsky.social! Read "Small Talk" and preorder the book, out 9/22, at hubcity.org/smalltalk

Writing “the Necessary Poems”: An Interview with Lolita Stewart-White An interview with Lolita Stewart-White about her poetry collection, “black frag/ments.”

Happy pub day to Lolita Stewart-White's collection, BLACK FRAG/MENTS, out today from @hubcitypress.bsky.social! Learn more about these poems in her interview with @croptopassassin.bsky.social.

black frag/ments | Poetry | Hub City Writers Project Lolita Stewart-White's black frag/ments is a breathtaking series of narrative-lyric poems about the fragmentation of the Black body, family, and community facilitated by the historic and ongoing racis...

Purchase copies of black frag/ments on hubcity.org/blackfragments with free shipping through next Tuesday, 2/10

Writing “the Necessary Poems”: An Interview with Lolita Stewart-White An interview with Lolita Stewart-White about her poetry collection, “black frag/ments.”

Read an interview with Lolita and her editor Jae Nichelle on @southrevbooks.bsky.social southernreviewofbooks.com/2026/02/03/b...

copy of black frag/ments in the sun

photo of black frag/ments open to poems definition of blue and oncology elegy

black frag/ments by Lolita Stewart-White is out today! This collection is a winner of our Deep Line Poetry Series, selected by Ashley Jones. Lolita's breathtaking collection focuses on fragmentation of the Black body, family, + community by the historic and ongoing racism in the US healthcare system

republic of consciousness prize us and canada longlist. hothouse bloom by austyn wohlers

Republic of Consciousness Prize, US & Canada Announces Its 2025 Longlist FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2026 10 Books from Small, Independent Presses Acknowledged for Literary Merit The Republic of Consciousness Prize, United States and Canada, has announced its fourth annual longlist of 10 titles from independent presses, celebrating the commitment of small presses to exceptional works of literary merit. The 10 longlisted titles for 2025 are: Dreaming of Dead People, by Rosalind Belben (And Other Stories) Little Lazarus, by Michael Bible (CLASH Books) The Remembered Soldier, by Anjet Daanje, translated by David McKay (New Vessel Press) On Earth As It Is Beneath, by Ana Paula Maia, translated by Padma Viswanathan (Charco Press) Little World, by Josephine Rowe (Transit Books) Iris and the Dead, by Miranda Schreiber (Book*hug Press) Small Scale Sinners, by Mahreen Sohail (A Public Space Books) The Endless Week, by Laura Vazquez, translated by Alex Niemi (Dorothy, a publishing project) Hothouse Bloom, by Austyn Wohlers (Hub City Press) Unfinished Acts of Wild Creation, by Sarah Yahm (Dzanc Books)

Belatedly, but with no less excitement, sharing that HOTHOUSE BLOOM by Austyn Wohlers made the longlist for The Republic of Consciousness Prize, an award granted to 10 books from small, independent presses! www.republicofconsciousnessprize-usa.com/news

ala/yalsa alex award winner teen readers and adult books. plum by andy anderegg

The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. The winning titles are selected from the previous year's publishing. The Alex Awards were first given annually beginning in 1998 and became an official ALA award in 2002. The award is sponsored by the Margaret A. Edwards Trust. Edwards pioneered young adult library services and worked for many years at the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore. Her work is described in her book Fair Garden and the Swarm of Beasts, and over the years she has served as an inspiration to many librarians who serve young adults. The Alex Awards are named after Edwards, who was called “Alex” by her friends.

Thrilled to share that PLUM by @andyanderegg.bsky.social is a winner of the the American Library Association's Alex Awards! Congratulations to Andy and to all fellow winners. Full list americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-sc...

The Ritz of the Bayou | Nonfiction | Hub City Writers Project In this “unjustly neglected” masterpiece, Nancy Lemann gives an atmospheric account of the New Orleans trial of the Governor of Louisiana for racketeering, fraud, and bribery. This 40th anniversary ed...

Preorder RITZ at hubcity.org/ritz!

holding ARCs of THE RITZ OF THE BAYOU, LIVES OF THE SAINTS, THE OYSTER DIARIES

ARCs of THE OYSTER DIARIES, LIVES OF THE SAINTS, AND THE RITZ OF THE BAYOU

Get ready for Hub City's first big reissue project: acclaimed novelist Nancy Lemann’s only work of nonfiction, The Ritz of the Bayou. @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social is publishing Lives of the Saints & The Oyster Diaries, so we're taking a tandem publication approach and all books are coming out April 7!

The virtual book launch for SINGING FROM THE DEEP END will be hosted by @cavankerrypress.bsky.social on 2/3 at 7pm EDT. So excited to celebrate my book’s release & the beautiful LONG EYE by @kwoyafagin.bsky.social, out from @hubcitypress.bsky.social on 3/10. Hope you can join us! (link in bio).

Any Lee Bains fans over here?!

Art direction by me.
Cover photo by Matt White (using a sign we dug out of a barn in Arkansas)

In his debut poetry collection, Alabama poet and musician Lee Bains draws on his own experience at the intersection of work and food—the daily ritual of a workday lunch.

cover of work lunch by lee bains. out oct 13, 2026. hubcity.org/worklunch

i have told this story before, in a song, but who really listens to songs these days? and who reads poems? hell, whose buttjointed thoughts and terrors have enough daylight between them to receive or release much of anything? (The old carpenters say that, with every gap caulked, every crack sealed, every fiber synthetic, every panel square, the new houses rot because they can't breathe.) from Work Lunch

🥪 Cover reveal for Alabama poet and musician Lee Bains's debut collection, WORK LUNCH, out 10/13! Read this excerpt and preorder it at hubcity.org/worklunch