Who else is excited for the AWP 2026 bookfair?! While you're there, don't miss these author signings at the Copper Canyon booths 1038 and 1040 on March 5–7! Check out our complete author-signing schedule and stay tuned here for more updates on where to find Copper Canyon Press poets at #AWP2026!

Welcome to our final #MeettheIntern Monday of the Spring 2026 season! Today, it is our pleasure to introduce you to our incredible production intern, Lili! Read their 60-second Q&A and learn more about interning with the Press at https://bit.ly/3ZR3r09!

Forthcoming April 7: CLOUDWATCHER by MICHAEL BAZZETT, winner of the 2025 Stern Prize from The American Poetry Review! In today's #coverfeature, BAZZETT tells us about the uncanny resemblance—and rightness—between his speaker, self, and cover figure:

Attention booksellers! We’re thrilled to share that U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE will be at this year’s Winter Institute Conference to give you a preview of his Laureate project, TRANSIENT WORLDS: ON TRANSLATING POETRY—your passport into 1,500 years of global poetry.

Congratulations to RICHARD SIKEN and GABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI, finalists for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Poetry!

Forthcoming April 28: TREAD UPON by CHRISTOPHER KONDRICH! In today's #coverfeature, KONDRICH tells us how his newest collection's cover art foreshadows the emotional and stylistic sensibilities of the poems within:

Happy #MeettheIntern Monday! Today, it's our pleasure to introduce you to our fantastic communications intern, Francis! Read her full Q&A at https://bit.ly/4kxLHR3, and don't forget that applications for Copper Canyon Press's Fall 2026 internship program open on March 15th!

Forthcoming May 12: ACCIDENTAL DEVOTIONS by KELLI RUSSELL AGODON ( @kelliagodon.bsky.social ). For today's #coverfeature, Kelli describes the felicitous discovery of her latest collection's cover art:

Happy #MeettheIntern Monday! Today, it's our pleasure to introduce you to the spectacular Caroline! Read their full 60-second Q&A at: https://bit.ly/3ZR3r09! Interested in interning with Copper Canyon Press? Applications open on March 15th! Learn more at: https://bit.ly/39xP30I!

Forthcoming April 7: CREATURE FEATURE by DEAN YOUNG For this #coverfeature, Dobby Gibson and Matt Hart, friends of DEAN YOUNG, take us behind the cover art of YOUNG'S first posthumous collection:

Out now from the London Review of Books! Stephanie Burt unpacks RICHARD SIKEN'S unconventional path into poetry, the surprising nimbleness of his prose poems, and disability advocacy in I DO KNOW SOME THINGS. Read the full piece at: https://bit.ly/4rv3732

There may be six more weeks of winter ahead, but our Spring/Summer 2026 galleys have arrived, bringing the promise of warm days and illuminating poetry! We can't wait to share these collections with you starting in April. For now, cozy up and browse the full catalog at https://bit.ly/4qXxgIE!

Four brilliant new interns have joined the Copper Canyon Press team! This #MeettheIntern Monday, it's our pleasure to introduce you to Ernie! Read Ernie's full 60-second Q&A at https://bit.ly/3ZR3r09, and stay tuned here to meet each of the spectacular Spring 2026 interns!

Congratulations to U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE, whose collection INTO THE HUSH was named a finalist for the PEN / Jean Stein Book Award! This prestigious award from honors a groundbreaking work of any genre for its originality, merit, and impact. A winner will be announced on March 31st!

Congrats to YUKI TANAKA whose debut, CHRONICLE OF DRIFTING (https://bit.ly/4cv9vkE), is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award! A livestreamed reading will take place on March 25th at 6:30 pm ET, followed by an awards ceremony on the 26th. Congrats to all finalists and honorees!

We're delighted to share that KELLI RUSSELL AGODON and KEVIN PRUFER are Guest Poets for this year's Stafford Challenge! The Stafford Challenge invites poets to commit to writing one poem each day for a year. Join the challenge and register for Guest Poets' events at https://bit.ly/4qvyxGw!

Join T.S. Eliot Prize shortlister NATALIE SHAPERO and her fellow honorees for a special livestream reading! SHAPERO is recognized for STAY DEAD, which examines performance, comedy, and despair through the lenses of method acting and abstract expressionism. Watch live via at: https://bit.ly/3ZdwoDi

Next Thursday, join U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE and Mandana Chaffa of the National Book Critics Circle for a virtual conversation about poetry in translation—and a chance to learn more about ARTHUR SZE's new book and Laureate project, TRANSIENT WORLDS. Reserve your spot: https://bit.ly/4svV3R3

We love this essay by YUKI TANAKA on how translation inspires creativity and makes the familiar seem new. Recalling the surprise of so-called “mistranslations,” Tanaka shows us how the “wrong” word can reveal what the “right” one can’t. Read it now at: shorturl.at/BOOao

Ring in the new year with poetry! Tonight, join U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE and Simon Ortiz for a free, livestreamed reading from the IAIA campus in Santa Fe! Join the livestream at shorturl.at/Mw2oG! We hope to see you there! . . . #arthursze #poetry #poetlaureate #poetryreading

We highly recommend this brilliant interview with LISA OLSTEIN and Alina Stefanescu from the Poetry Foundation on the archival sources, erasure, and mythology in OLSTEIN’S latest collection, DISTINGUISHED OFFICE OF ECHOES! Read the full piece at shorturl.at/XyBlR

As we look back at 2025, we remember celebrating ARTHUR SZE’s Laureateship, seeing GABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI and RICHARD SIKEN recognized as National Book Award finalists, and, most recently, congratulating National Book Critics Circle longlist honorees NATALIE SHAPERO, YUKI TANAKA, and ARTHUR SZE.

Please join us in congratulating YUKI TANAKA, NATALIE SHAPERO, and U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE who are longlist honorees for the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry!

Announcing the Copper Canyon Press Spring/Summer 2026 catalog!

Announcing U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE’s newest collection: TRANSIENT WORLDS. Part critical analysis, part writing prompt, TRANSIENT WORLDS invites monolingual and multilingual readers alike to travel 1,500 years of global poetry—and create their own poems inspired by the act of translation.

Last night, U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE delivered his remarkable inaugural reading. His poems called us to dissolve the boundaries we imagine or impose between ourselves and our world. Line by line, ARTHUR's distinctive generosity as poet, translator, and now Poet Laureate unfolded.

Tonight! Join U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE and New York State Poet Laureate Kimiko Hahn for Words Bridging Worlds, a not-to-be-missed reading and conversation! Reserve your spot here: https://bit.ly/4a5esla or join the livestream here: https://bit.ly/4ptqlWO We hope to see you there!

Please join us for Poetry on the Salish Sea, a reading and celebration of Copper Canyon Press hosted by Centrum on December 13th. The extraordinary poets JENNIFER CHANG, LEILA CHATTI, and JENNY GEORGE will grace the Chapel’s stage with readings. Admission is free— donations accepted at the door!

As we enter the second half of #GivingTuesday, we want to thank you for the love you’ve shown to Copper Canyon Press today and throughout 2025 with a poem. Please enjoy this special reading of “One Bright Room” from GABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI’s THE NEW ECONOMY at the link here: bit.ly/4pecd3p.

Today is #GivingTuesday, an invitation to embrace our communities, near and far, through acts of generosity. Poets give us the language to endure every heartbreak, savor every celebration, and commemorate all seasons of life—and today, we hope you’ll join #CopperCanyonPress in giving back to them.

We're delighted to share that NATALIE SHAPERO's STAY DEAD and GABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI's THE NEW ECONOMY are among the books NPR loved in 2025! Browse these spectacular collection at https://bit.ly/3julfHb and view the full list at https://n.pr/4oz5sbr!

Electric Lit named three Copper Canyon Press collections Best Poetry in 2025: WILDNESS BEFORE SOMETHING SUBLIME by LEILA CHATTI, THE NEW ECONOMY by GABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI, and I DO KNOW SOME THINGS by RICHARD SIKEN. Check out the full list from Electric Lit at https://bit.ly/3XDVgUd.

Out now from NPR! We love this book review of by Craig Morgan Teicher on the surprising sources of refuge in GABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI's National Book Award finalist THE NEW ECONOMY. You won't want to skip this article! Read the full piece at https://n.pr/4ptQ3tS

We are honored to have received a grant from the Poetry Foundation! These vital funds will sustain Press operations and validate the power of poetry to do good—to strengthen our connections to each other and our world. Thank you to the Foundation for stewarding poetry and nonprofit publishing!

Congrats to ALISON C. ROLLINS, winner of the Maya Angelou Book Award for BLACK BELL! BLACK BELL navigates what it means to be both invisible and spectacle Integrating metalwork, sonics, and more, this book is a meditation on freedom seeking. Purchase your copy at https://bit.ly/4o3lFFt

Thank you to the National Book Foundation and our Press community for an unforgettable night of literary community at the 76th National Book Awards! Congrats to ROBIN MYERS, winner of the NBA for Translated Literature, and Patricia Smith, winner of the NBA in Poetry!

Out now! In this thoughtful profile by Urja Upadhyaya, U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE emerges as "a translator who treats languages as meeting places [and] a naturalist whose fieldwork is attention itself." Read it now at https://bit.ly/48aa8hY 🎨 Multimedia artwork by Isabella Luna Damberger-Sheldon

On this the final day of our Across Borders and Through Time campaign, we send our sincere thanks to everyone who has donated to secure a vibrant future for translation at Copper Canyon Press! Your heartfelt messages and gifts of support have proven that poetry in translation is a vital art.

You won't want to miss this! On November 23rd, you can join three Copper Canyon Press poets—SHANGYANG FANG, LISA OLSTEIN, and JANE MILLER—for a FREE virtual reading and conversation.

Thank you for making the Unifying Power of Translation, a reading and conversation with with U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE, PATTY CRANE, SHANGYANG FANG, and ROBIN MYERS, an unforgettable night! Couldn't join us for the livestream? We invite you to view a recording of the event here: bit.ly/49O0y6z

The most important tool in a translator’s toolbox is not fluency in a source language, but empathy. Skilled translators like PATTY CRANE feel their way into the implicit, emotional heart of the work. This emotional and cultural sensitivity frees us as readers to embrace new ideas and perspectives.

“[G]reat poetry always seems to beckon from its country of origin. And translators answer for us and make the journey.” —JOHN BALABAN

There's just one week left to register for our free virtual reading and conversation with U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE, PATTY CRANE, SHANGYANG FANG, and ROBIN MYERS! Reserve your spot at https://bit.ly/4qHpB1j! We can't wait to spend the evening with you!

When ARTHUR SZE was invited to become U.S. Poet Laureate, he identified translation as the focus of his Laureateship. Translation, ARTHUR teaches us, is not a remote literary exercise, but a world-opening practice: one that deepens our understanding and makes our worldviews more global.

Out now from Tricycle magazine: Translator and poet SHANGYANG FANG on the creative power of translation! Read the piece here bit.ly/3LhFprl and don't miss the chance to hear SHANGYANG speak on Nov. 11th at "The Unifying Power of Translation." Reserve your spot at bit.ly/3WuOAXH!

You may have heard the cliché “lost in translation,” but did you know that it is also an incredible act of rebirth? As SHERAH BLOOR and TAYSEER ABU ODEH say, ". . . the losses [in translation] are also gains, which speak to the inexhaustible movement of meaning within and between languages."

We loved this illuminating conversation between the Poetry Foundation and RICHARD SIKEN about SIKEN'S yet unexhibited oil paintings, National Book Award finalist I DO KNOW SOME THINGS, and finding his way back to language following a stroke. Read the full piece here: https://bit.ly/4oOzoB3

Translation is a miracle—it allows us to travel through time, preserve the ephemeral, and connect with our lasting humanity. Your gift directly supports our miracle-workers, the translators and poets like FORREST GANDER who ferry ancient poems through millennia so we can experience them today.

Curious about how a small press sustains operations and brings your favorite books to life? Submit your application to join our 2026 Spring internship cohort by this Saturday, November 1st at 5:00 pm PT! Learn more at https://bit.ly/3JoeUjo

When we asked our translators how they move a poem from one language to another, their replies surprised us—they likened their creative processes to composing a cover of a song, hearing a poem afresh in “new music,” and choreographing a dance between original text and translation.