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DRONE by Kim Garcia is a lyric meditation on modern warfare. Written from a variety of perspectives and personas, it explores aspects of the wars being fought by the US for incomprehensible reasons with indefinable outcomes. Find your next read: bit.ly/UNPsummersale

TWANG by Laressa Dickey offers readers the increasing power of the voice and the danger of words being used against them. What can save you can also make you wretch. Get your next book for 50% off: bit.ly/UNPsummersale

If you'd like a signed copy of my book Two Open Doors in a Field from @UnivNebPress, I have *one left*: ~ $18 (plus a few bucks for shipping, if you feel generous) ~ Venmo handle is @ sophie_klahr or PayPal. More about the book: sophieklahr.org/#/two-open-doo…

ROCK TREE BIRD by Twyla M. Hansen covers significant emotional territory while remaining firmly grounded in the landscape. Twyla M. Hansen offers poems that are alternately sad, sweet, funny, moving, human, and humane. Find your next summer read: bit.ly/UNPsummersale

A stark, visceral collection of free verse and prose poetry, SKIN MEMORY by @JohnSibleyWill1 scours a wild landscape haunted by tragedy and the cruel consequences of human acts in search of tenderness and regeneration. Find your next summer read: bit.ly/UNPsummersale

DEAR WALLACE by Julie Choffel addresses the poet and insurance executive Wallace Stevens in an attempt to reconsider art, power, and creativity amid the demands of everyday responsibility. Get 50% off select books: bit.ly/UNPsummersale

In ELECTRIC SNAKES, Adrian C. Louis's thirteenth poetry collection, no one is spared his critical eye, including himself. These powerful and often humorous poems cover myriad subjects. Find your next summer read for 50% off: bit.ly/UNPsummersale

In NINE PERSIMMONS Kerry James Evans charts the edges of family, longing, and place, capturing fleeting moments with an honesty that resonates. Find your summer read at 50% off: bit.ly/UNPsummersale

Calling all poets! This is the LAST day to submit your manuscript for the Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry. This year's contest is judged by Diane Seuss. bit.ly/422FAfk

"This is what happens when no one has set the living room ablaze in decades." —John Sibley Williams, SKIN MEMORY April is National Poetry Month. Celebrate with us and get 40% off poetry books: bit.ly/PoetryMonth26

Excerpt: NINE PERSIMMONS by Kerry James Evans The poems in NINE PERSIMMONS move with the gravity of pilgrimage, their compass set between wandering and witness, as they cross from ballfields and shipyards into the charged realms of myth and ritual. wp.me/p4J9AE-j8r

AN OTHERWISE HEALTHY WOMAN presents the intimate experiences of a nurse, the vulnerable perspective of a patient, and the lessons of caring for family. Get 40% off during National Poetry Month: bit.ly/PoetryMonth26

In THE LAUGH WE MAKE WHEN WE FALL, peonies, “with all their survivor ecstasies” and “Dali Lama-robed “ daylilies act as magnets to attract history, myths, language, and "all the colors of death and sex.” Get 40% off poetry books this month: bit.ly/PoetryMonth26

Deeply phenomenological and ecological, Laura Bylenok’s poems in LIVING ROOM imagine the lived reality of other organisms and kinds of life, including animals, plants, bacteria, buildings, and rocks. Save 40% during National Poetry Month: bit.ly/PoetryMonth26

The 2026 Backwaters Prize in Poetry is open for submissions now through May 1. This year's contest is judged by Diane Seuss, the author of six books of poetry, including MODERN POETRY (2024) and FRANK: SONNETS (2021). wp.me/p4J9AE-j87

Head to @debutiful for a cover reveal of HUM by Sanam Sheriff, designed by Lindsey M. Welch, along with a Q&A with Sheriff about its creation! debutiful.net/2026/03/26/see…

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NINE PERSIMMONS by Kerry James Evans was featured in @PublishersWkly's Spring 2026 Poetry Preview! publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/ne…

UNP (@BisonBooksUNP @PotomacBooks @BackwatersPress) will be closed from Dec 23-Jan 2 for the Holidays. If you experience problems placing an order during this time please reach out to @Longleafserv or call 1-800-848-6224 or 919-966-7449 weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST.