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On October 14, Litmus Press is celebrating our 25th birthday in New York City -- and you will be in good hands!!The even...
09/24/2026

On October 14, Litmus Press is celebrating our 25th birthday in New York City -- and you will be in good hands!!

The evening is hosted by none other than poet and scholar extraordinaire Magdalena Zurawski, with a performance hosted by Star & Stan, the hyper-glamorous power couple of hell/heaven!

The Poetry Project, 131 E. 10th Street, New York, NY
October 14th, 2026, 8pm–10pm

Pictured: Magdalena Zurawski; Star & Stan

Sharing one more pick from Asterism's series asking our community for their favorite Litmus title: Ariel Resnikoff chose...
09/22/2026

Sharing one more pick from Asterism's series asking our community for their favorite Litmus title: Ariel Resnikoff chose Journey to Mount Tamalpais by Etel Adnan.

Find out what Julie Carr, Eileen Myles, and others wrote — link in our bio.

Catch us this weekend at the New York Art Book Fair! Once again, we'll be tabling with our dear friends at Poetry Corp -...
09/21/2026

Catch us this weekend at the New York Art Book Fair! Once again, we'll be tabling with our dear friends at Poetry Corp - an incredible collective of poetry presses including us (Litmus), Belladonna, World Poetry, Winter Editions and Futurepoem. Every year, the Art Book Fair brings together a massive community to celebrate independent publishing and we are so thrilled to be a part of it. We look forward to seeing all of you and meeting those we haven't met yet. Find us at booth M10, we'll be there all weekend!

📍Booth M10, MoMA PS1
Thursday 9/24 7-10 PM
Friday 9/25 12-7 PM
Saturday 9/26 10 AM - 7 PM
Sunday 9/27 12 - 6 PM

For our anniversary, Asterism asked writers across the community which Litmus book has stayed with them!Divya Victor pic...
09/17/2026

For our anniversary, Asterism asked writers across the community which Litmus book has stayed with them!

Divya Victor picked human/nature poems by tracie morris.

Find out what she and other members from our community wrote!

Link in our bio.

Which books does our community love??To mark our anniversary, Asterism Books invited booksellers, authors, and poets to ...
09/14/2026

Which books does our community love??

To mark our anniversary, Asterism Books invited booksellers, authors, and poets to share their favorite Litmus titles and why! First up: Sue Landers, longtime friend of Litmus, who chose Companion Animal by Magdalena Zurawski. Read what she and others wrote — link in our bio.

West Coast, more readers!More wonderful poets from the Litmus Press community joining us THIS Thursday, September 10th a...
09/07/2026

West Coast, more readers!

More wonderful poets from the Litmus Press community joining us THIS Thursday, September 10th at Et al. for our 25th Anniversary Birthday Bash:

Aja Couchois Duncan is a poet whose debut collection, Restless Continent (Litmus Press, 2016), was named one of Entropy Magazine's best poetry collections of the year and won the California Book Award for Poetry.

Syd Staiti is a writer, author of The Undying Present (Krupskaya, 2015) and Seldom Approaches (The Elephants, 2023) and Litmus friend.

Camille Roy is a writer and performer of fiction, poetry, and plays, and also a longtime friend of Litmus Press. Among her many incredible books is Cold Heaven (O Books, 1993), which collects two of her experimental plays.

RSVP through the link in our bio.

San Francisco!!We're highlighting some of the incredible voices joining us for our 25th Anniversary Celebration next wee...
09/05/2026

San Francisco!!

We're highlighting some of the incredible voices joining us for our 25th Anniversary Celebration next week September 10th at Et al.

Norman Fischer is a poet, Zen priest, and longtime friend of the press. His Turn Left in Order to Go Right was published in 1989 by O Books.

Dr. Tonya M. Foster is a poet, essayist, Black feminist scholar and most recently co-led a generative writing workshop with Joyelle McSweeney for Litmus Press. We are so lucky to have her join us!

Norma Cole has long been part of the Litmus ecosystem as poet, translator, artist and collaborator. Her book Actualities (Litmus Press, 2015) and her translation of Danielle Collobert's It Then (1989) are essential part of our catalog.

RSVP through the link in our bio. We can’t wait to see you West Coast!

Litmus Press is honored to announce the forthcoming publication of Objects in the Terrifying Tense: Essays & Uncollected...
09/03/2026

Litmus Press is honored to announce the forthcoming publication of Objects in the Terrifying Tense: Essays & Uncollected Writings, 1976–2010, by Leslie Scalapino, edited by Michael Cross and E. Tracy Grinnell.

Gathering Scalapino's previously uncollected essays, talks, conversations, statements on poetics, and other prose alongside key selections from her major critical collections, this volume offers the most comprehensive view to date of her thinking across more than four decades of writing.

Conceived as a companion to How Phenomena Appear to Unfold (Litmus Press, 2011), the collection completes a two-volume map of one of the most formally inventive and influential writers of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Forthcoming in early 2027.

Cover Artwork by Petah Coyne.

Small Press, Momentous CelebrationThis year marks twenty-five years of Litmus Press.Over the past few months, we've been...
09/01/2026

Small Press, Momentous Celebration

This year marks twenty-five years of Litmus Press.
Over the past few months, we've been celebrating twenty-five years of Litmus Press by looking back at the many ways our work extends beyond the page: through the archives and living legacies of our three sister presses – The Post-Apollo Press, O Books, and Burning Deck; through our commitment to open poetics; through our writers and translators; through the readings, classrooms, collaborations, and conversations our books continue to inspire, in short: our communities.

If you've been following along on our website and social media, thank you for celebrating with us. Now we'd love to celebrate together.
This month, we invite you to join us for our 25th Anniversary events on both coasts. These gatherings are an opportunity to celebrate the writers, readers, editors, translators, artists, and supporters who have made Litmus Press what it is – and to help sustain the next twenty-five years of independent publishing.

San Francisco Celebration
September 10, 2026
Et al., San Francisco

New York Benefit
October 14, 2026
The Poetry Project, New York

Some scenes from Burcu Sahin's time with us around the launch of her book Embroideries (Litmus Press, 2024).Pictured:1.B...
08/25/2026

Some scenes from Burcu Sahin's time with us around the launch of her book Embroideries (Litmus Press, 2024).

Pictured:
1.Burcu Sahin leading a translation workshop together with translator Kira Josefsson at Poetry Corp, Brooklyn.
2.Burcu & Kira
3.-5. Burcu Sahin reading from Embroideries at Unnameable Books, Brooklyn, alongside Youmna Chlala, author of The Paper Camera (Litmus Press, 2019).

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