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Adnan’s Voyage, War, and Exile

This is the third post in a series of engagements by Litmus authors, translators, and editors reflecting on the connection of their work to the ongoing struggle and violence, current and historical, in Palestine. Rooted in our commitment to creating and maintaining space for international exchange and dialogue, Litmus Press has launched this series, War […]

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Hocine Tandjaoui: Tribute to Allen Ginsberg

This is the second post in a series of engagements by Litmus authors, translators, and editors reflecting on the connection of their work to the ongoing struggle and violence, current and historical, in Palestine. Rooted in our commitment to creating and maintaining space for international exchange and dialogue, Litmus Press is launching this series, War […]

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Lyn Hejinian

“with sun up / and down dark on / and on as life continues / ending with urgency / —that— / a predatory subjectivity feels / drawn between banks / from higher grounds down / like an infant sliding / from a gravid mom awash / with inexperience…” —Lyn Hejinian, from Fall Creek   It’s […]

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Olivia C. Harrison: On Palestine Solidarity

This is the first post in a series of engagements by Litmus authors, translators, and editors reflecting on the connection of their work to the ongoing struggle and violence, current and historical, in Palestine. Rooted in our commitment to creating and maintaining space for international exchange and dialogue, Litmus Press is launching this series, War […]

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Notes from the Portal: Berlin’s kari edwards Workshop & Gathering

This past month me and Berlin-based poet and educator emet ezell gathered writers at Berlin’s Hopscotch Reading Room to write alongside the work of experimental poet and trans-rights activist kari edwards. We met on the 2nd of December, both the birth- and death-day of edwards. Poetry is always spellwork of course, but some days the […]

one is in space / one is in time: an online Reading and generative Writing Workshop

We’re thrilled to invite you to “one is in space and/ one is in time:” an online Launch of the digital-critical Edition of Leslie Scalapino’s It’s go in/ quiet illumined grass/ land in collaboration with CUNY Manifold, Litmus Press and guest editor Małgorzata Myk. This launch will be accompanied by writing prompts and discussion questions, […]

24-Hour International Reading, Organizing, and Direct Aid

International Reading for Freedom of Expression & Solidarity with Palestine On November 25th, we gather writers from around the world for a 24-hour reading in support of Palestinian writers, Palestinian voices in diaspora, and their allies. We gather in the spirit of fundamental respect for life and liberation. As individual poets, artists & writers, and […]

Call for Indigenous LGBTQ2SIA+ poetry

Editors Crisosto Apache and Julian Talamantez Brolaski are excited to announce a call for submissions for a new volume of Indigiqueer / two-spirit poetry, tentatively titled Gathering in the Glittering Field: Indigenous Two-Spirit Poetry. This will be the first volume of poetry dedicated entirely to the work of Native LGBTQ2SIA+ poets. We are honored to […]

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Our Newest eBook: It’s go in/ Quiet illumined grass/ Land by Leslie Scalapino.

We’re thrilled to be launching our third eBook, It’s go in/ Quiet illumined grass/ Land by Leslie Scalapino – out now! This publication is part of Open Poetics Series 1: our series of free, digital-critical editions designed for readers, scholars, students and teachers.  It’s go in/ Quiet illumined grass/ Land is a book-length poem, first […]

An African American Barbie doll wearing a pink bathing suit floats in a green pool her head appearing in the lower left corner and legs extending to the top right of the image. The title of the book and partially deleted author name appear in the bottom right corner. The title is Standard American English. It is in a yellow hand written font and the author name reads EL_S_TH H_ST_ON

Introducing: A Guide to Teaching Standard American English by Elisabeth Houston

We are enthusiastically announcing the release of our newly published Litmus Teaching Guide, for Standard American English, the debut book by EL_S_TH H__ST_ON aka Elisabeth Houston, a writer and multidisciplinary artist, who brings her readers into the world of baby, a persona she has been developing in performance contexts for nearly a decade. In performance, Houston […]

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