Welcome!
Textos Books is a scholarly press dedicated to critical perspectives on modern
and postmodern American poetry. We are especially interested in edited collections
of essays, anthologies, and single-author books that focus on the subjects
above. We plan to publish two or three volumes annually.
Current and Recent Titles
A Formal Feeling Comes: Poems in Form by Contemporary Women, edited by Annie Finch. Textos Books is proud to reissue Annie Finch's landmark anthology of women's formal poetry, A Formal Feeling Comes.
Classics, essays by Rachel Hadas. In this engrossing collection of essays, Rachel Hadas describes a life immersed in the mind, a life of books and of history: “A mind is like that, too. Books and attention, books as attention, conversation, books as conversation—endless attention and attentiveness are required.” Hadas ranges widely in her subjects, exploring autobiography, poetry ancient and contemporary, the craft of writing, and the discipline of criticism.
Phoenix Rising: The Next Generation of American Formal Poets, edited by Sonny Williams. Featuring poets such as Rachel Wetzsteon, Greg Williamson and Christian Wiman, who have already established substantial reputations, as well as gifted emerging poets, Phoenix Rising: The Next Generation of American Formal Poets is an important record of a new generation's voice in American poetry and how that generation both engages with traditional poetic form and makes it new yet again.
The New Formalism: A Critical Introduction, Expanded Edition, by Robert McPhillips. This essential study of New Formalist poetry and poetics is being reissued in an expanded edition, featuring a comprehensive bibliography and index.
Submission Guidelines
Textos Books focuses on critical perspectives of modern and postmodern poetry,
with an emphasis on American poetry. We welcome unsolicited submission inquiries,
but we prefer to consider proposals rather than full-length manuscripts. A
proposal should include a cover letter, a detailed outline/overview of your
project including estimated completion date, a vita, and contact information.
Contact Us
PO Box 541106, Cincinnati, OH 45254-1106
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