A nonprofit literary press publishing poetry and prose of exceptional literary merit by established and emerging authors

North Carolina
Joined June 2020
We're delighted to announce the release of Caravaggio's Kimono, the latest book from celebrated poet, Ken Fifer. Learn more at longleafpress.org/product/ca…
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We are honored to have three books included the Poets House exhibition, Books of the Pandemic, featuring books published 2020-2021. poetshouse.org/programs-even… #poetry #books #poetshouse #poems @poetshouse #poetrycommunity #americanpoetry #poets #poetrylovers #nationalpoetrymonth
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⚡️We are thrilled to announce that Frank Paino's poetry manuscript, Dark Octaves, has been selected as the winner of the Longleaf Press Book Contest! 🏆📚Stay tuned for more updates on the release of this captivating collection!🖋️
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As the holidays begin, our gift to you is Longleaf Press author, @CeciliaMilanes, discussing reading bilingual poetry. Please share with your students! Thanks to @NCArtsCouncil for the Spark the Arts grant that aided in the creation of this content. youtube.com/watch?v=u0FWe9DL…
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Such an honor & a privilege to host students from Orange HS, Jaki Shelton Green, & Xavier Adams for the Longleaf Press History Tour with Nicholle St. Leone last week!
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Winners of the Longleaf Press Book Contest in Poetry, Christopher Buckley (One Sky to the Next) and Janine Certo (O Body of Bliss), read from their books livestreamed on YouTube Tues, April 11, 7:00 Eastern #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poetry #writingcommunity #poetrytwitter
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Our community partner, Sweet Tea Shakespeare, will be running a marvelous production on Into the Woods from April 21-May 8 at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Fayetteville. Hope to see you there!
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Stunning essay, Josh. Deeply researched, carefully wrought, thorough: perfect partner for Cheapside Afterlife. Maybe the best essay on a first collection of poems ever.
"Rawlins's sonnet sequence of 'imagined history' is a fitting tribute to Chatterton’s forged fictions." @JoshMcloughlin on Thomas Chatterton's 'everlastinge Posterytie' and @planetvoltaire's 'Cheapside Afterlife' (@LongleafPress) 👇 newcritique.co.uk/2022/04/06…
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"Rawlins's sonnet sequence of 'imagined history' is a fitting tribute to Chatterton’s forged fictions." @JoshMcloughlin on Thomas Chatterton's 'everlastinge Posterytie' and @planetvoltaire's 'Cheapside Afterlife' (@LongleafPress) 👇 newcritique.co.uk/2022/04/06…
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Many thanks to John Hennessy and everyone @commonmag at Amherst College for publishing 2 poems from Cheapside Afterlife, available from @LongleafPress thecommononline.org/tag/geor… longleafpress.org/product/ch… #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poetry #writingcommunity #poetrytwitter #POEMS
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Our very own Lenard Moore is the featured poet in the most recent issue of tsuri-dōrō. tsuridoro.org/issue-7-jan-fe… #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poetry #writingcommunity #poetrytwitter #POEMS #poet
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Longleaf Press is proud to welcome Lenard Moore and LeJuane Bowens to our 2022 board of directors! We have so many exciting projects on the horizon, and we are lucky to have such tremendously talented writers on our team. #poetry #poetrytwitter #poets #publishing #POEMS
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