Cleveland State University Poetry Center

Congratulations to Hazem Jamjoum for winning the 2025 Palestine Book Award in Translation for NO ONE KNOWS THEIR BLOOD TYPE written by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat. What an incredible accomplishment! 2m

Calling all Baltimore Peeps! Come support our own Michael Loughran at his reading with Jeannie Vanasco on Tuesday 6PM at Bird in Hand Cafe!

A quote from Colleen O'Brien's book REEL csupoetrycenter.com/books/reel

A quote from Michael Loughran's book WINDOWER csupoetrycenter.com/books/windower

We're proud of our incredible, poet-genius-friend, Zach Peckham! news.colby.edu/story/zach-pec…

Happy pub day to Michael Loughran’s WINDOWER!

Happy pub day to Colleen O’Brien’s REEL!

Michael Loughran’s WINDOWER and Colleen O’Brien’s REEL officially out tomorrow. Use the code PUBWEEK2025 for a discount on your order.

Read poetry from @CSUPoetryCenter this #HispanicHeritageMonth! Xavier Cavazos’s THE DEVIL’S WORKSHOP models “finds its lifeblood in the throes of exorcism, modeling an antidote to the paths of redemption and respectability politics.” —Lucas De Lima csupoetrycenter.com/books/the-devi…

"Is grief what happens when a preposition flips? It’s like if a car got inside you and stayed." from "Windower" by Michael Loughran @CSUPoetryCenter clereviewofbooks.com/from-windower-…

Hazem Jamjoum, translator of NO ONE KNOWS THEIR BLOOD TYPE by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat, has also made the 2025 ALTA Prize Shortlist for First Translation! literarytranslators.org/awards/2025-al…

"No One Knows Their Blood Type," published by the @CSUPoetryCenter, has been long-listed for the 2025 National Translation Award in Prose from the American Literary Translators Association 💫 We love to see literary history happening at @CLE_State ✍️ literarytranslators.org/awards/2025-na…

Check out Sam Ace's 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙗𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 mentioned on the Great Lakes: Regional Spotlight on Independent Publishing! clmp.org/news/great-lak…

Find the novel here: csupoetrycenter.com/books/no-one-k…

Thank you to the judges for the National Translation Award in Prose—love this praise for Hazem Jamjoum's translation of @Mayaabualhayya's "stylistic masterpiece"! literarytranslators.org/awards/2025-na…

Thrilled to announce that our novel No One Knows Their Blood Type by @Mayaabualhayya, translated by Hazem Jamjoum, has been longlisted for the National Translation Award, run by the American Literary Translators Association. Congrats to all 12 books on the longlist!

Mark your 🗓️ Faculty Hilary Plum & @marybid are reading alongside alum Jon Conley & others at Rhizome House, Monday, 9/15 — don’t miss it!

Medical students & physicians, send us your poems! 💚 We're hosting the 44th annual William Carlos Williams Poetry Competition in collaboration with NEOMED. Info & submit here: csupoetrycenter.com/neomed-william…

"No One Knows Their Blood Type" by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat, published in English by @CSUPoetryCenter, is a suggested #WomeninTranslationMonth read according to Electric Literature 🙌 Read the whole list here: electricliterature.com/7-books-from-a…

Learn more / order here: csupoetrycenter.com/books/windower

New essay: WINDOWER by Michael Loughran. Coming in October, preorders open now.