Airlie Press

We produce beautiful and compelling books by Pacific Northwest poets. Founded in May 2007, Airlie Press consists of six members, all active poets.

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Airlie Press is a nonprofit publishing collective dedicated to cultivating and sustaining fine contemporary poetry. Each member shares in the editorial and book production responsibilities of Airlie Press and serves for a three-year term. All funds earned through book sales and contributions go toward creating new books of poetry. Ai

rlie titles have received significant recognition, including finalist for the Oregon Book Award, finalist for the da Vinci Eye Award in Design, and short list for the Eric Hoffer Book Award, among others. Airlie Press is supported by individual book sales, by contributions to the press from its supporters, and by the donation of time by all the poet-editors of the press.

05/31/2026

"I don’t think I solve problems in my poetry; I think I uncover the problems.” Margaret Atwood

05/27/2026

Read the new poem by Airlie Press alumn A. Molotkov, included in the upcoming collection from Asheville Poetry Review.

Asheville Poetry Review

05/26/2026

Read the new poem "black sutures" by Irene Cooper included in About Place Journal, themed, The Ground Beneath Us.

05/21/2026

It's a blast from the past: Setting the Fires by Darlene Pagán, published by Airlie Press in 2015.

Within this poetry collection fire is a literal combustion and a hunger that claims the natural world and the human heart. Whether in the passion between lovers, the wonder of childhood, the threat of violence, or in the seeds of inspiration, fire is an element of loss and destruction necessary for renewal and cleansing.

Get your copy on our website airliepress.org

[Image description: Book cover for Setting the Fires by Darlene Pagán on red background. Green text box reads “...Irreverent and fully American, these poems are crackling with irrepressible humor and an eye for the quirky detail...” — Dorianne Laux]

05/19/2026

Forty-six years ago today was one of the biggest moments in modern Pacific Northwest history. On May 18, 1980 the volcano Mt. St. Helens erupted after several weeks of observation and monitoring. Sixty lives were lost due to the eruption and its aftermath.

05/17/2026

Welcome to a new week.

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05/12/2026

Writers! Tell us in the comments: how does nature inspire your writing?

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05/10/2026

This collection reimagines characters from mythology, folklore, fairy tales, and pop culture from the perspective of their daughters—daughters we don’t expect such individuals to have, as we don’t usually think of Bigfoot, the Mad Hatter, or Medusa as parents.

The persona poems in Daughters give voice to the guilt, resentment, and anger that may come with raising a child as well as explore the intertwining of these shameful feelings with pride and love. These figures are a new visioning, from the daughters’ perspective, of what it means to shape another human being.

Taking on such topics as aging, rebellion, loss, domestic violence, homelessness, and gender identity, the voices of Daughters aim to upend the reader’s conceptions of the characters and throw light upon what it means for a girl to come out from under her parents as a woman of her own making.

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Our songs are not for you.
My mother didn’t teach me
to lilt a lyric from my throat,
to crest a note from my
tongue, in order to enthrall
or summon a man.

Excerpt from Siren’s daughter, from the collection daughters]

04/28/2026

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04/27/2026

THIS WEDNESDAY!

Ching-In Chen is in town, and they'll be joined by three wonderful New Orleans poets! Bar Redux and the Unlikely Saints present Ching-In Chen, Bill Lavender, Rachel Zavecz, and the late Belle Brock Adelman-Cannon as read by their father, C.W. Cannon. It'll be a night of awesome poetry, cheap drinks, delicious food, and cupcakes! Always with the cupcakes!

Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., Wednesday, April 29, 8pm. Hope to see you there!

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