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San Francisco Chronicle features Nan Cohen

April 28, 2017

In his “State Lines: California Poetry” column, David Roderick says “Nan Cohen [Unfinished City] has a cinematographer’s talent for framing an image.” We agree. Read more here.

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7 Reasons to enter your book for the Spacks Prize

April 23, 2017

7 Reasons to enter your book for the Spacks Prize

We understand there are a LOT of poetry book contests out there and Gunpowder Press is a young press (founded in 2014). This is our 4th year hosting the Barry Spacks Poetry Prize. We are very proud of what we’ve accomplished with our poets so far, so here are a few reasons to submit your work […]

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What Gunpowder Poets Are Reading

April 21, 2017

What Gunpowder Poets Are Reading

We asked Kurt Olsson, winner of the 2016 Spacks Prize for his book Burning Down Disneyland, what books he’s enjoying now: Garden Time, W.S. Merwin (Copper Canyon Press)—the poems tend to strike the same chord, but what a wonderful chord. You Never Know, Ron Padgett (Coffee House Press)—Padgett does what he does as effortlessly as […]

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Catherine Abbey Hodges on Writer’s Almanac

April 18, 2017

Catherine Abbey Hodges on Writer’s Almanac

2015 Spacks Prize winner Catherine Abbey Hodges has had a SECOND poem from Instead of Sadness read by Garrison Keillor on Writer’s Almanac. Listen to “Dark and Late” here. Listen to “January Song,” from the January 21, 2016 Writer’s Almanac here. Both poem are from Instead of Sadness, the 2015 Barry Spacks Prize winner. Catherine’s […]

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Fold your own Gunpowder Poetry Sampler

April 8, 2017

April 27, 2017, is national Poem in Your Pocket Day. Why have one poem in your pocket when you could have six poems in your pocket? Our first “fold your own” poetry sampler includes poems by Barry Spacks, David Case, Nan Cohen, Kurt Olsson, Catherine Abbey Hodges, and Jim Peterson. Print, fold, and share! NOTE: […]

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Santa Barbara Poetry Series (Spring 2017)

March 30, 2017

Santa Barbara Poetry Series (Spring 2017)

Introducing the 7th Santa Barbara Poet Laureate The new Poet Laureate will be announced at the beginning of April. We look forward to the first feature reading by our new PL! Featured Poet Nan Cohen’s new book is Unfinished City, which was awarded the inaugural Michael Dryden Poetry Prize by Gunpowder Press.  She also the […]

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