Alice James Books

Alice James Books Alice James Books is committed to collaborating with literary artists of excellence to publish books that matter.

We provide a platform from which to elevate key voices & is dedicated to helping writers achieve purposeful engagement with a broad audience. Alice James Books publishes the best contemporary poetry by both established and beginning poets. The press is an affiliate of the University of Maine at Farmington. Our office is located on the tranquil banks of Rollo Pond near Abbott Park in Farmington, Maine.

To commemorate America’s 250th anniversary, Alice James Books presents a special evening of poetry that highlights often...
06/10/2026

To commemorate America’s 250th anniversary, Alice James Books presents a special evening of poetry that highlights often-overlooked voices from the founding era.

Poets Andrés Cerpa, Shara McCallum, and Mihaela Moscaliuc will read historical texts from lesser-known figures of the American Revolution and early republic.

Following the readings, audience members are invited to create their own erasure poems using excerpts from the Declaration of Independence and George Washington’s Farewell Address.

🗓 July 1, 2026 @ 7:00 PM
📍 Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia
🔗 Save the date: https://tinyurl.com/5n8dvaev

“This skillful collection uncovers the intersection of art’s public and private dimensions.”We’re excited to see a gener...
06/10/2026

“This skillful collection uncovers the intersection of art’s public and private dimensions.”

We’re excited to see a generous new review of Shara McCallum’s BEHOLD in Publishers Weekly ❣️

🔗 Read more at https://tinyurl.com/mune4ruk
📚 BEHOLD is available for preorder now at bit.ly/bhold

We're honored to see Elisa Gabbert’s thoughtful reading of Mary Helen Callier’s “The Battle of San Romano” (from WHEN TH...
06/03/2026

We're honored to see Elisa Gabbert’s thoughtful reading of Mary Helen Callier’s “The Battle of San Romano” (from WHEN THE HORSES) featured today in The New York Times 🫶

🔗 Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4s3m734f

📣 We're thrilled to welcome Adam Vitcavage to Alice James Books as our new Publicist & Events Specialist!Adam is the fou...
06/01/2026

📣 We're thrilled to welcome Adam Vitcavage to Alice James Books as our new Publicist & Events Specialist!

Adam is the founder of Debutiful, a platform dedicated to debut authors and books. His work has appeared in Electric Literature, Paste Magazine, and The Millions, and Electric Literature has described him as "the champion of debut authors" for his advocacy and support of debut writers.

Please join us in welcoming Adam to the AJB team! 🎊

This upcoming Monday (June 1), the KGB Bar Monday Night Poetry Series continues with a standout lineup featuring Alice J...
05/29/2026

This upcoming Monday (June 1), the KGB Bar Monday Night Poetry Series continues with a standout lineup featuring Alice James Books poets Nick Martino, R. A. Villanueva, and zakia henderson-brown.

Join us in the East Village for an evening of poetry and community ✨

This is a 21+ event with a 2-drink minimum.

We’re thrilled to share that Cecily Parks’s THE SEEDS has been awarded the 2026 UNT Rilke Prize for Poetry!From the Judg...
05/28/2026

We’re thrilled to share that Cecily Parks’s THE SEEDS has been awarded the 2026 UNT Rilke Prize for Poetry!

From the Judges’ Citation: “...questions about endurance and survival enliven THE SEEDS, born of a mother’s desire to confront and understand the damage scarring the world even as she attends to its abundance.”

We also extend our deepest congratulations to this year’s finalists: Natalie Scenters-Zapico’s My Perfect Cognate (Copper Canyon Press), Paula Bohince’s A Violence (Princeton University Press), and Cynthia Cruz’s Sweet Repetition (University of Chicago Press).

Check out the full announcement at https://bit.ly/4uVjp7L 🫶

⚡ Memorial Day Weekend Flash Sale ⚡From 5/22 - 5/25, all new releases are 25% off—no code necessary!Discounted titles:...
05/22/2026

⚡ Memorial Day Weekend Flash Sale ⚡

From 5/22 - 5/25, all new releases are 25% off—no code necessary!

Discounted titles:

• The Palace by Andrés Cerpa
• A Holy Dread by R. A. Villanueva
• The Pavese Stone by Judith Vollmer
• Reverse Requiem by Ina Cariño
• Veer by Cole Swensen

Thank you for supporting indie poetry and the poets who make this work possible!
Shop @ alicejamesbooks.org 🫶

💚 NEW RELEASE 💚We’re thrilled to share Cole Swensen's VEER, the inaugural collection in Alice James Books’ , which hono...
05/12/2026

💚 NEW RELEASE 💚

We’re thrilled to share Cole Swensen's VEER, the inaugural collection in Alice James Books’ , which honors the work of mid-career women poets who are reshaping the landscape of contemporary poetry.

A leading voice in ecopoetics, Swenson’s twentieth collection is rife with birds, blossoms, and the desire to engage with nature without appropriating it. Through precise forms and searing questions, Swenson recommits to the astonishment, beauty, and intensity of the natural world, despite all the forces determined to dismantle it.

"Swensen's insightfully idiosyncratic prose lyrics connect readers to their surroundings in new and surprising ways, reintroducing things and investing them with a prescient awareness and intelligence."
—Library Journal Starred Review

🔗 Available now at bit.ly/V33R and wherever books are sold

We’re excited to share book tour dates celebrating Cole Swensen’s VEER, which publishes tomorrow. Swensen will be joined...
05/11/2026

We’re excited to share book tour dates celebrating Cole Swensen’s VEER, which publishes tomorrow. Swensen will be joined at select events by Forrest Gander, Gillian Conoley, Norma Cole, and Eleni Sikelianos, with stops including City Lights, Book Passage, Point Reyes Books, and more. Check out the full schedule below—we hope to see you at a stop near you. 💚

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