Congratulations to Floating Bridge Press author Claudia Castro Luna who recently took over as Washington State Poet Laureate. We are over the moon for Claudia and the State of Washington! We can’t wait to see the waves she makes in her new role bringing poetry to every valley and seaside town of our state. Get…
It’s the month of love and we love books & their readers! So this month we are giving you a free book for every book you purchase. Give the extra book away to someone you love (even if that someone is you). Let’s spread some book love this month. No need for a coupon code,…
“Pluck what glints. Fold it into home.” Check out three poems by Floating Bridge author Ben Cartwright over at Pontoon Poetry. If you love these poems, grab Ben’s chapbook, The Meanest Things Pick Clean. (And remember, until the end of January get 25% off your order by using code ‘RESOLUTION’ at checkout.
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Attention Washington State poets! We are ready to read your chapbooks! Our annual chapbook competition is open to submissions. Floating Bridge Press’s Poetry Chapbook Competition began in 1995 with the publication of Joannie Kervran’s A Steady Longing for Flight. Our annual competition is an open competition for Washington State poets in which manuscripts are judged anonymously. The winning…
Looking for a new book of poems to fall in love with? Lucky for you our 2017 chapbook authors are here with their recommendations! Katy E. Ellis, author of Night Watch, recommends… Night Sky With Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong (Copper Canyon Press, 2016) I love the huge range of form in these poems and…
Have you heard of Moss? They’ve graced us with beautifully presented Pacific Northwest literature since 2014. They have featured some of our favorite writers (including former Floating Bridge Press President Kathleen Flenniken) and introduced us to some amazing new writers. If you haven’t heard of them yet, it’s time to dig in! A little more…
Michael can’t wait to read The Undressing by Li-Young Lee in February 2018. Meghan is excited for the release of Paige Lewis’ Reasons to Wake You from Tupelo Press in 2018. John is waiting with bated breath to read Jenny George’s The Dream of Reason coming April 2018 from Copper Canyon Press. Ron couldn’t contain his…
We loved the cover for The Myth of Man by Alex Vigue as soon as our cover artist, Rob Nance, sent it along. (That color! That tattoo!) But when we started seeing all the bookfaces we loved it even more! Show us your #bookface on Twitter & Facebook. Check out all these mustachioed bookfaces…
“In the dark, the night before, under constellations, you held yourself in an arc above me.” Read the entirety of “The Following Sea” by Tom Schabarum here.