Jon Thompson will be the judge of Free Verse Editions' 2020 New Measure Poetry Prize. Visit Free Verse Editions' webpage for more information:http://www.parlorpress.com/freeverse/
Free Verse Editions: A Brief History
I'm the founding editor of Free Verse Editions.
Free Verse Editions is a single-author poetry series specializing in perfect-bound, original collections of (mainly) contemporary poetry in handsomely- produced editions. All of the books are designed by David Blakesley. Launched in 2005, and published by Parlor Press, Free Verse Editions has more than 50 titles on its list. While particularly interested in formally-innovative poetry, Free Verse Editions represent a wide variety of aesthetic practices, each marked by a singular poetic intelligence. The series is also known for its original translations.
Free Verse Editions is committed to publishing 3-5 collections of poetry per year. Titles can be purchased at any online vendor and can be ordered by any brick-and-mortar bookshop.
To read more about Free Verse Editions, visit Parlor Press's website here.
Free Verse Editions Titles
2016
Hannah Craig, This History that Just Happened [New Measure Poetry Prize Winner, selected by Yusef Komunyakaa]
Shim Bo-Seon, Fifteen Seconds without Sorrow (translated by Chung Eun Hwo and Brother Anthony of Taizé]
Derek Gomadzki, Pilgrimage
Ethel Rackin, Go On
Nicolas Pesques, Overyellow (translated by Cole Swensen)
2015
Matthew Cooperman, Spool [Winner of the New Measure Poetry Prize]
Jennifer Atkinson, The Thinking Eye
Carolyn Guinzio, Spine
Guillevic, Summoned (translated by Monique Chefdor and Stella Harvey)
Valerio Magrelli, Condominium of the Body (translated by Clarissa Botsford)
2014
Monica Berlin and Beth Marzoni, No Shape Bends the River So Long [New Measure Poetry Prize Winner, selected by Carolyn Forche]
Allison Funk, Wonder Rooms
L.S. Klatt, Sunshine Wound
Jesus Losada, The Magnetic Brackets, translated by Luis Ingelmo and Michael Smith
Sarah Sousa, Split the Crow
2013
Eric Pankey, Dismantling the Angel [New Measure Poetry Prize Winner, selected by Jon Thompson]
Guillevic, Requis, translated by Monique Chefdor and Stella Harvey
Siobhan Scarry, Pilgrimly
2012
Jennifer Atkinson, Canticle of the Night Path [New Measure Poetry Prize Winner, selected by Susan Stewart]
Christopher Kondrich, Contrapuntal
Aidan Semmens, The Book of Isaac
Morgan Lucas Schuldt, Erros
2011
James Capozzi, Country Album [ New Measure Poetry Prize Winner,selected by Jon Thompson]
Jeongrye Choi, Instances. Translated by Brenda Hillman, Wayne de Fremery, and Jeongrye Choi
Georges Godeau, We’ll See. Translated by Kathleen McGookey
Brittany Perham, The Curiosities
Christopher Sindt, The Bodies
2010:
Rolf Dieter Brinkmann, An Unchanging Blue, translated by Mark Terrill
Emily Carr, 13 Ways of Happily [New Measure Poetry Prize winner, selected by Cole Swensen]
Ashur Etwebi, Poems from Above the Hills, translated by Brenda Hillman and Diallah Haidar
Lisa Fishman, Current
Free Verse Editions is a single-author poetry series specializing in perfect-bound, original collections of (mainly) contemporary poetry in handsomely- produced editions. All of the books are designed by David Blakesley. Launched in 2005, and published by Parlor Press, Free Verse Editions has more than 50 titles on its list. While particularly interested in formally-innovative poetry, Free Verse Editions represent a wide variety of aesthetic practices, each marked by a singular poetic intelligence. The series is also known for its original translations.
Free Verse Editions is committed to publishing 3-5 collections of poetry per year. Titles can be purchased at any online vendor and can be ordered by any brick-and-mortar bookshop.
To read more about Free Verse Editions, visit Parlor Press's website here.
Free Verse Editions Titles
2016
Hannah Craig, This History that Just Happened [New Measure Poetry Prize Winner, selected by Yusef Komunyakaa]
Shim Bo-Seon, Fifteen Seconds without Sorrow (translated by Chung Eun Hwo and Brother Anthony of Taizé]
Derek Gomadzki, Pilgrimage
Ethel Rackin, Go On
Nicolas Pesques, Overyellow (translated by Cole Swensen)
2015
Matthew Cooperman, Spool [Winner of the New Measure Poetry Prize]
Jennifer Atkinson, The Thinking Eye
Carolyn Guinzio, Spine
Guillevic, Summoned (translated by Monique Chefdor and Stella Harvey)
Valerio Magrelli, Condominium of the Body (translated by Clarissa Botsford)
2014
Monica Berlin and Beth Marzoni, No Shape Bends the River So Long [New Measure Poetry Prize Winner, selected by Carolyn Forche]
Allison Funk, Wonder Rooms
L.S. Klatt, Sunshine Wound
Jesus Losada, The Magnetic Brackets, translated by Luis Ingelmo and Michael Smith
Sarah Sousa, Split the Crow
2013
Eric Pankey, Dismantling the Angel [New Measure Poetry Prize Winner, selected by Jon Thompson]
Guillevic, Requis, translated by Monique Chefdor and Stella Harvey
Siobhan Scarry, Pilgrimly
2012
Jennifer Atkinson, Canticle of the Night Path [New Measure Poetry Prize Winner, selected by Susan Stewart]
Christopher Kondrich, Contrapuntal
Aidan Semmens, The Book of Isaac
Morgan Lucas Schuldt, Erros
2011
James Capozzi, Country Album [ New Measure Poetry Prize Winner,selected by Jon Thompson]
Jeongrye Choi, Instances. Translated by Brenda Hillman, Wayne de Fremery, and Jeongrye Choi
Georges Godeau, We’ll See. Translated by Kathleen McGookey
Brittany Perham, The Curiosities
Christopher Sindt, The Bodies
2010:
Rolf Dieter Brinkmann, An Unchanging Blue, translated by Mark Terrill
Emily Carr, 13 Ways of Happily [New Measure Poetry Prize winner, selected by Cole Swensen]
Ashur Etwebi, Poems from Above the Hills, translated by Brenda Hillman and Diallah Haidar
Lisa Fishman, Current
2009
Daniel Rzicznek’s Divination Machine. Endorsed by Djelloul Marbrook & H.L. Hix
Ger Killeen’s Blood Orbits.
Molly Bendall’s Under the Quick. Endorsed by Dan Beachy-Quick.
2008
Carolyn Guinzio’s Quarry. Endorsed by Ann Lauterbach, David Shapiro &Tony Tost.
Jennie Neighbors’ Between the Twilight and the Sky. Endorsed by Ann Lauterbach & Robin Blaser.
Boyer Rickel’s remanence. Endorsed by Rae Armantrout, Timothy Liu & Jane Miller.
Yermiyahu Ahron Taub’s What Stillness Illuminated. Endorsed by Peter Covino & Jeff Mann.
Miguel Hernandez’s Prison Poems, translated by Michael Smith.
2007
Cindy Savett’s Child in the Road. Endorsed by Jean Valentine & Molly Peacock.
Morgan Lucas Schuldt’s Verge. Endorsed by Carolyn Forche, Lisa Jarnot, Karen Volkman & Barbara Cully.
Dawn Michelle Baude’s The Flying House. Endorsed by Alice Notley and Jennifer Moxley.
2006
Nicolas Pesques’s Physis (translated by Cole Swensen)
Adam Clay’s The Wash. Endorsed by Maurice Manning, Joyelle McSweeney & Michael Heffernan.
Daniel Tiffany’s Puppet Wardrobe. Endorsed by Gilian Conoley, Susan Wheeler, Andrew Maxwell & Brenda Shaughnessy.
Thomas Lisk’s These Beautiful Limits. Endorsed by Barbra Hamby, Aaron McCollough & Elizabeth Ash Velez.
2005
Peter Riley’s A Map of Faring
Attilio Bertolucci’s Winter Journey (translated by Nicholas Benson). Endorsed by Mark Rudman
Ger Killeen’s Signs Following
Daniel Rzicznek’s Divination Machine. Endorsed by Djelloul Marbrook & H.L. Hix
Ger Killeen’s Blood Orbits.
Molly Bendall’s Under the Quick. Endorsed by Dan Beachy-Quick.
2008
Carolyn Guinzio’s Quarry. Endorsed by Ann Lauterbach, David Shapiro &Tony Tost.
Jennie Neighbors’ Between the Twilight and the Sky. Endorsed by Ann Lauterbach & Robin Blaser.
Boyer Rickel’s remanence. Endorsed by Rae Armantrout, Timothy Liu & Jane Miller.
Yermiyahu Ahron Taub’s What Stillness Illuminated. Endorsed by Peter Covino & Jeff Mann.
Miguel Hernandez’s Prison Poems, translated by Michael Smith.
2007
Cindy Savett’s Child in the Road. Endorsed by Jean Valentine & Molly Peacock.
Morgan Lucas Schuldt’s Verge. Endorsed by Carolyn Forche, Lisa Jarnot, Karen Volkman & Barbara Cully.
Dawn Michelle Baude’s The Flying House. Endorsed by Alice Notley and Jennifer Moxley.
2006
Nicolas Pesques’s Physis (translated by Cole Swensen)
Adam Clay’s The Wash. Endorsed by Maurice Manning, Joyelle McSweeney & Michael Heffernan.
Daniel Tiffany’s Puppet Wardrobe. Endorsed by Gilian Conoley, Susan Wheeler, Andrew Maxwell & Brenda Shaughnessy.
Thomas Lisk’s These Beautiful Limits. Endorsed by Barbra Hamby, Aaron McCollough & Elizabeth Ash Velez.
2005
Peter Riley’s A Map of Faring
Attilio Bertolucci’s Winter Journey (translated by Nicholas Benson). Endorsed by Mark Rudman
Ger Killeen’s Signs Following