QUEST ANTHOLOGY IS AVAILABLE FOR ADVANCE ORDERS

QUEST, Marsh Hawk Press' latest Chapter One anthology, just became available for Advance Orders:

QUEST: A WRITER'S JOURNEY

presenting 26 memoirs and interviews of poets from diverse backgrounds who recall how they started. Edited by Sandy McIntosh and Susan Terris and Featuring

Ellen Bass

Lauren Blossom

Patricia Carlin

Denise Duhamel

Elaine Equi

Steve Fellner

Forrest Gander

Jane Hirshfield

Ilya Kaminsky

Danusha Laméris

David Lehman

Phillip Lopate

Denise Low

Mary Mackey

Charles A. Matz

Sandy McIntosh

Stephen Paul Miller

Rusty Morrison

Annalise Nassani

Jim Natal

Karin Randolph

Spencer Rumsey

David St. John

R. L. Stine

Liane Strauss

Eileen R. Tabios

Amber Flora Thomas

Tony Trigilio

Xiaoqiu Qiu

Some Advance Words:

"The art of writing a good line, of putting aside time to write, the resilience to deal with rejections, and the will to keep writing in dark times are all passed down from one poet to another. May this book carry on that tradition, one voice after another, describing, step by step, the rocky path down to the open sea."

– Danusha Laméris, from her Introduction

“ Simply the best collection of essays I’ve ever read about the urgencies, accidents, experiences, and desires that allow people to emerge as the writers they had never dreamt they might become.”

– Poet and Writing Professor David St. John

If you're interested in checking it out, Advance Order info is at https://chapter-one.marshhawkpress.org

DENISE LOW-WESO WRITES FOR "CHAPTER ONE" ABOUT WILLIAM STAFFORD

You are invited to read Denise Low-Weso's moving essay about her relationship with William Stafford as part of our "Chapter One" series. It begins:

William Stafford was more than a mentor to me. He was also my poetry father figure. Born within months of my father and a few miles in Kansas, they blurred into one archetype. Both spoke in the laconic Great Plains dialect with long pauses, detailed descriptions of landmarks, and elastic diphthongs for emphasis. Both had a steely morality not obscured by agreeable manners. Stafford taught me how to be a Kansan—with its mix of self-deprecating humor, goodwill, social responsibility, and rigor—as well as how to parse a poetic line.

The entire essay is HERE.

DAVID LEHMAN WINS NEW CRITERION POETRY PRIZE

 Congratulations to David Lehman for winning the 25th New Criterion Poetry Prize! The prize is for his manuscript Ithaca which is comprised of 60 sonnets. Through the Prize, the book will be published in February 2026.

More information about the Prize is at https://newcriterion.com/dispatch/david-lehman-wins-the-twenty-fifth-new-criterion-poetry-prize/

CHRIS SOLIS GREEN at "CHAPTER ONE" SERIES

 You are invited to read Chris Solis Green's contribution to our "Chapter One" series on being an "Accidental Poet"--at times, it's hilarious! The link is at:

https://marshhawkpress.org/chris-solis-green-the-accidental-poet/