MAYA: In writing, I'm one of the most courageous women in disclosing Palestinian reality. In reality, I'm a big coward...I survived bc of this space, allowing me to live bw lies & truth, making me believe I swing bw the 2 undetected. Cleveland State University Poetry Center arablit.org/2025/02/05/may…

Attended a wonderful talk today with Maya Abu Al-hayyat and Hazem Jamjoum, hosted by the poet Dot Devota. They discussed Maya's No One Knows Their Blood Type, translated from Arabic into English by Hazem Cleveland State University Poetry Center. It ended with a reading of Sara Elkamel's poem, Because of My Mother.

🎉The Cleveland Poetry Festival is BACK April 25-27. Three days of readings, workshops, panel discussions, open mics, plus a new POETRY CRAWL on indie bookstore day. Space is limited so get your tickets early: litcleveland.org/events-program… #ClePoetryFest

"I want to start by saying I sometimes think about returning to Cleveland." from "I want to start by saying" by Samuel Ace (Cleveland State University Poetry Center) clereviewofbooks.com/writing/samuel…

New poetry from Stacy Szymaszek coming in 2026! csupoetrycenter.com/news-1/2025/2/…

Marketing. Pictured: A spray painted stencil reading “XAVIER CAVAZOS / THE DEVIL’S WORKSHOP / NYC POETRY” recently spotted on a NYC sidewalk.

For your AWPlanning. Should you go, won’t you join us with our pals @dorothyproject, Rescue Press, @fictioncollective2, @cwruenglish, Community Mausoleum and more writers than we can currently justify tagging for a very fine offsite on 3/28? Yep, you’re invited.

New episode of 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙭 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚, out today! In ep. 22 we interview kirsty jean dunlop and 𝔐𝔞𝔯𝔦𝔞 𝔖𝔩𝔢𝔡𝔪𝔢𝔯𝔢 of SPAM zine, waxing variously on pamphlet culture, transmedial experiments, and small press infrastructures. We're global now. csupoetrycenter.com/index-for-cont…

Come see us at AWP, Table 211 with Rescue Press. Lots to do and hear and know. Very nice deals on all our books. Famous tote bags and famous Cleveland charm. Use the code 2025MAILIT for 40% off any order thru our website at any time during the conference (and also a bit after).

Forgot to tweet during AWP

It’s National Poetry Month and we’re thrilled to be hosting the kickoff reading of the 2025 Cleveland Poetry Festival. (cc: Literary Cleveland) Join us Friday 4/25 at 7 pm at Transformer Station for an incredible reading by poets Xan Forest Phillips, Ali Black, and Delilah McCrea.

Delighted to see 𝙉𝙤 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙆𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝘽𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙏𝙮𝙥𝙚 among the finalists for a Big Other Award for Translation! bigother.com/2025/04/22/ann…

& Samuel Ace’s 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙗𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 for Nonfiction! bigother.com/2025/04/23/ann…

Lo Kwa Mei-en’s THE BEES MAKE MONEY IN THE LION is on our reading list for #APAHeritageMonth! This Cleveland State University Poetry Center collection is “a journey across a dizzying landscape of immigrants and androids, of alien romance and ele­gies,” according to Timothy Yu. csupoetrycenter.com/books/the-bees…

“We want to make Cleveland a literary capital in the Midwest.” Joey Rooney interviews Literary Cleveland’s Executive Director, Matt Weinkam. exclamationsgauntlet.com/home/matt-wein…

Cover Reveal: Colleen O’Brien’s 𝙍𝙚𝙚𝙡. Coming this fall. Colleen O’Brien | 𝙍𝙚𝙚𝙡 | Poetry | 88 Pages | October 7, 2025

Cover Reveal: Michael Loughran’s 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧. Coming this fall. Michael Loughran | 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 | Essay | 198 Pages | October 7, 2025

New Index for Continuance out today! In ep. 23 Hilary chats with Youssef Rakha about translation politics, the freedom of writing a novel in English without paying attention to the industry in English, and addressing Westerners amid the genocide in Gaza. csupoetrycenter.com/index-for-cont…