Memory Vending Machine
“Memory is a vending machine. Somewhat but not entirely randomized. Fragmented. Encapsulated. Object-oriented. Meant to be shared […] Memory: a Vending Machine is a publishing project operated out of the English Department at the University of Arizona. It publishes memories dispensed by vending machines operable for a quarter…”
Edited by Yvette Saenz & Ander Monson
Tide
Red Noise Collective gathers previously published work by 23 contributors, in the belief that there are no limits “on the longevity of art” and “to continue growing readership and exposure for impactful works of our time.” Tide presents “a continuous ebb and flow / diurnal recirculation.”
Edited by Red Noise Collective
They Rise Like a Wave
A Blue Oak Press anthology, They Rise Like a Wave “…captures the dynamic and shifting landscape of Asian American poetry, a poetics that continues to grow and transform, a poetics that continues by breaking boundaries, experimenting with language, and revitalizing a historically narrow and oppressive Western canon…”
Edited by Christine Kitano & Alycia Pirmohamed
Atelier of Healing: Poetry About Trauma & Recovery
Boutique Squircle Line Press, in an online anthology launched during the 2021 Poetry Festival Singapore, asks “What kind of personal suffering have you endured and weathered? If one were to navigate such trauma, what are some of the coping mechanisms? How, then, will you render your personal experience into lyric and narrative, to transform the pain into something of profound beauty?”
Edited by Eric F. Tinsay Valles & Desmond F.X. Kon ZC-MD
Wild Gods: The Ecstatic in Contemporary Poetry and Prose
“Though ‘ecstatic’ is often used as a synonym for ‘joy,’ our application of the term embodies the entire emotional palette […] Profound grief or outrage can access the ecstatic—as can experiences of extreme pleasure, pain, and wonder. It can explore the profane as much as the sacred and is often an expression of both.”
Edited by Joel Peckham & Robert Vivian
The World I Leave You
“The first anthology of its kind, The World I Leave You: Asian American Poets on Faith and Spirit spotlights poets of Asian descent, representing many cultures and religious traditions, including Islam, Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, and Zoroastrianism. Among these poets are active religious practitioners, recent converts, and those who do not follow a religious tradition but practice a personal devotion in the negative space of the unknown.”
Edited by Leah Silvieus & Lee Herrick