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The Dying Room - FIRST MATTER PRESS
The Dying Room - FIRST MATTER PRESS
"An open and affecting debut collection reflecting on adoption, identity, love, and loss." —Nicole Chung, author of A Living Remedy and All You Can Ever Know “How does one learn to live from a...
Waling Waling Palpitations - FIRST MATTER PRESS
Waling Waling Palpitations - FIRST MATTER PRESS
" If there has not been such a thing as quantum poetics before, Waling Waling Palpitations cracks open the space for it. These poems are multidimensional in the purest sense — multi-lingual,...
Brava - FIRST MATTER PRESS
Brava - FIRST MATTER PRESS
"Brava is a fierce and tender collection of poetry. Violeta Garza explores the constant question of belonging, of too-much-ness, of the understanding of the misunderstood—a bilingual love letter to...
First You Must Destroy the World - FIRST MATTER PRESS
First You Must Destroy the World - FIRST MATTER PRESS
“first you must destroy the world collects poetry of ‘hedonist reach’ and thirst, laid down in what the poet understands to be the too small fields of little deaths, where ‘flesh surrender as...
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First Matter Press is a writers’ collective in Portland, Oregon founded in 2018 to dissolve publication barriers for first-time publishing poets and genre-breaking writers. We amplify local voices while empowering authorial ownership. With 12 titles available or in production, our annual releases center community and craft by inviting authors into a creative cohort where they crystallize manuscripts in dialogue with editors and fellow writers and collaborate with featured artists on original cover art. First Matter Press is a 501c3 non-profit organization and our authors maintain 100% copyrights and sales royalties of their published work. We are committed to actively practicing bias-awareness, inclusion and equity. We encourage submissions from BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ authors. This channel presents readings by FMP authors in both audio-only and video format.
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