Hyacinth Girl Press is a micro-press that publishes up to 6 poetry chapbooks each year. We specialize in handmade books of smaller press runs. We consider ourselves a feminist press and are particularly interested in manuscripts dealing with topics such as radical spiritual experiences, creation/interpretation of myth through a feminist lens, and science. We think outerspace, in particular, is pretty darn cool.
We also love collaboration – collaboration between poets, collaboration between a poet and other artist type, poetry in translation, collaboration with other presses. Interpret this liberally. Try us.
While we are interested in poetry that deals with the otherworldly, we are not interested in being preached to. The ultimate goal of Hyacinth Girl Press is to bring feminism, mysticism, and scientific inquiry together with awesome poetry.
Editor: Margaret Bashaar – Margaret’s first chapbook, Barefoot and Listening, was published by Tilt Press in 2009 and her second chapbook, Letters From Room 27 of the Grand Midway Hotel, was released by Blood Pudding Press in 2011. Her work has also appeared in Caketrain, New South Review, The Pedestal Magazine, So to Speak, and the anthology Time You Let Me In: 25 Poets Under 25, among others. She also co-hosted and co-ran the poetry cabaret troupe The TypewriterGirls with Crystal Hoffman and has spoken on poetry, publishing, performance, and feminism at the AWP, Carlow University, Slippery Rock University, University of Pittsburgh, and SPF. She lives in Pittsburgh with her husband, her son, and far too many typewriters and maintains her personal blog at Plucked From Ogygia.
Layout: Sarah Reck – Sarah’s short stories have appeared in The Tributary and Elephant Tree. She is co-founding and managing editor of Litterbox Magazine, and blogs at SarahReck.com. She lives in New York City and works as a Web Publicist for a major publishing house.
Contact us! hyacinthgirlpress (at) gmail (dot) com
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