Silent Tenants by Alberto Roblest, translations by Maritza Rivera
May 15, 2023
$18.00
Silent Tenants / Inquilinos Mudos, is a bilingual collection of poetry by Mexican-American author Alberto Roblest, inspired by the author’s experience of his Hispanic immigrant neighbors during the pandemic. Published with English language translations by Maritza Rivera, these poems cross boundaries of culture to celebrate life. Gregory Luce wrote, “This masterful book gives voice to immigrants, workers, the often invisible travelers through the city.” Cover art for the book is by Alvaro Sanchez.
I’d Rather Be Called a Nerd by Dominic ‘Nerd’ McDonald
December 1, 2022
$18.00
Dominic “Nerd” McDonald, the winner of the 2022 DC Poet Project competition, is the author of, I’d Rather Be Called a Nerd, a memoir-in-poems that fearlessly details the author’s intersecting experiences of repression and self-development. The worlds of hip hop, higher education, and literature combine in the book, an anthem for nerds everywhere. Reuben Jackson wrote, “I’ve been waiting most of my life for a book like Dominic McDonald’s I’d Rather Be Called a Nerd.” Cover art for the book is by Wesley Clark.
Breaking the Blank by Rebecca Bishophall and Dwayne Lawson-Brown
November 1, 2022
$18.00
Breaking the Blank is a dialogue between poets—and a meditation on love, parenting, gentrification, money, and the literary life. In accessible free verse, haiku, sonnets, and other forms, Dwayne Lawson-Brown and Rebecca Bishophall honor the African American experience, make sacred the ordinary, and remind the reader of the marvelous in the everyday. Sistah Joy, Poet Laureate of Prince George’s County, Maryland, described, “Breaking the Blank is a contemporary treasure.” Cover art for the book is by Qrcky.
Diaspora Cafe D.C. edited by Jeffrey Banks and Maritza Rivera
August 15, 2022
$21.00
An anthology by AfroLatinx writers, Diaspora Cafe D.C. is a collective investigation of survival by writers within a system that deprioritizes their existence. While some poems consider identity and relationships, and others are love poems to family and lovers, all are united by a thread of resistance against invisibility. Danyeli Rodriguez Del Orbe, author of Periodicos De Ayer, described, “An honest and tender portrayal of the complexities we experience while thriving and surviving within the African diaspora.” Diaspora Cafe is edited by Jeffrey Banks and Maritza. Cover art for the book is by Sami Miranda and Lazaro Batista.