Kore Press Institute

04/20/2024

A nonprofit that distributed books for many of the country’s small presses has closed, and the fallout could affect the publishing industry in ways both big and small.

04/19/2024

So many Presses impacted by SPD closure are in emergency mode, Kore Press Institute included. Every gift helps.

Kore Press Institute is among some 300 small presses directly impacted by the sud… Lisa Bowden needs your support for Help Kore Survive the Sudden SPD Closure

12/18/2022

Kore Press Institute is proud to nominate Jessica Lawson’s poem "Penalty Map" for a Pushcart Prize.

The nominated poem is featured in Gash Atlas, Lawson’s 2022 publication with Kore. GASH ATLAS is the winner of the Kore Press Institute Poetry Prize. Order yours today at: https://korepress.org/product/gash-atlas-by-jessica-lawson

Through poetic and visual “maps,” this collection surveys the cultural present while folding back nested histories of personal and cultural violence this moment contains.

12/16/2022

Kore Press Institute is proud to nominate "My Sisters’ Country," the title poem from Alexis V. Jackson’s collection, for a Pushcart Prize.

The nominated poem is featured in My Sisters’ Country, Jackson’s 2022 publication with Kore. Order yours today at: https://korepress.org/product/my-sisters-country

In her work, Jackson artfully braids together a multi-vocal chorus of Black women’s voices across, over, under, and through time. Included in the vast array of voices are her great-grandmother, Black feminist scholar Hortense Spillers, musical artist Missy Elliott, and the wide-brimmed, white-gloved church ladies of her Philadelphia youth.

09/01/2022

Thank you Your Impossible Voice for reviewing the intrepid Jessica Lawson’s forthcoming book of poems, Gash Atlas.

Alex Carrigan reviews Gash Atlas by Jessica Lawson from Kore Press. It’s fairly safe to say that Christopher Columbus ruined the world. The voyage to the New World resulted in colonization, slave trading, and various crimes against humanity that were glossed over when presenting Columbus as this g...

05/26/2022

My Sisters’ Country was released in January of this year. You can order your copy of the collection on our website. My Sisters’ Country was selected as the second-place winner of the Kore Press Institute Poetry Prize in 2019.

05/25/2022

Selected by Erica Hunt for the KPI Poetry Prize, Gash Atlas is Jessica Lawson’s debut poetry collection. The collection will be released this Spring and available everywhere. Watch out for Ari Schill’s author interview with Jessica in next month’s newsletter.

04/09/2022

Thank you, Desiree for your past leadership and heart-centered service to the KPI BOD, The Motherfield storytelling project, and your help laying significant groundwork for sustaining memberships during the thick of the pandemic. We wish you well in your ongoing good works in the healing community!

03/31/2022

Tracie Morris is a poet, author & Guggenheim recipient. She is the author of handholding: 5 kinds (Kore, 2016) which can be found on our website. Look out for her upcoming hybrid publication that includes visuals, sound and text: handholding: 5 kinds-on the other hand, in June of 2022!
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03/19/2022

In exciting author news, Alexis V. Jackson the author of My Sisters’ Country was announced to be a finalist for the Poetry Foundation’s Ruth Lily and Dorothy Sargent Poetry Fellowship. The fellowship awards five poetry fellowships annually in the amount of $25,800 each to young poets through a national competition sponsored by the Poetry Foundation. My Sisters’ Country is now available from KPI direct, indie bookstores near you, or your go-to online retailers.

03/08/2022

Happy International Women's Day! 🎇 In honor of an incredible woman, meet Aisha! Aisha is working on Membership & Development to help sustain the 30 year legacy of good works at KPI.

02/28/2022

Check out our interview with Alexis Orgera on our website! Orgera is the author of Head Case: My Father, Alzheimer’s & Other Brainstorms, a memoir written in the immediacy of grief during the end stages of her father’s early Alzheimer’s diagnosis at age 52. You can order the book through our website now.