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Beyond On Distance: Poetry Collections Exploring Diaspora & Belonging
For readers interested in literature exploring themes of belonging, heritage, and family, we have curated a list of five poetry works by women who challenge us to engage with our current moment in revolutionary ways.
Review of Toti O'Brien's Alter Alter by Katerina Canyon
Alter Alter by Toti O'Brien knows that true mysteries require silence more than spectacle, and the metaphysical here is rendered with remarkable restraint.
“Identity at the core” of Alter Alter stories
The book launch for Alter Alter by Toti O'Brien discusses the impossibility of truth, vulnerability, and characters who experience altered states of consciousness.
"Black Rootedness” poets prepare for performances of anthology
If you read Black Rootedness or are interested in how poetry can be a bridge, then you’re in luck because Karla Brundage has taken the book on the road.
Beyond Birds & Answers: Interview Spotlight
In this interview, Jess Yowell of Elyssar Press got to sit down with Alice Pero and and Vera Campion to discuss their collaborative book called Beyond Birds and Answers.
"We Had to Do Something." Spotlight on The Beirut Call Book Launch
The Virtual Book Launch of "The Beirut Call," celebrates a crucial anthology about resilience & resistance culture in Lebanon. The Beirut Call (Elyssar Press, 2021) features artists, poets, authors, and activists, whose academics testimonials, analyses, narratives, and stories inspire and demand social change.
The Beirut Call: Countdown to Release
The Beirut Call is a collection of first-hand accounts by artists, scholars, and activists exploring the aftermath of the Beirut port explosion on August 4th of 2020.

