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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · May 7

On Friday, we received, along with 40+ other independent publishers, a notice that our NEA grant had been terminated. Here's a brief video from Executive Director/Publisher @megireid.bsky.social on how the termination affects us and what you can do to help. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6Be...

NEA Funding and Hub City Writers Project | Update from Meg Reid

YouTube video by Hub City Writers Project

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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 1h

Meet Cloud at their launch this Thursday at @nowherebookshop.bsky.social or on tour throughout the fall! cloudelfina.online/appearances/

Appearances

Fall 2025 Appearances Thursday, Oct. 16, 6pm – the past is a jean jacket book launch, Nowhere Bookshop, SATX Friday, Oct. 17, 1:10pm – VersoFrontera featured reader, SA Central Library,…

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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 1h

@clmporg.bsky.social included jean jacket on their Hispanic Heritage Month Reading List: www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...

A Reading List for Hispanic Heritage Month 2025 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses

For National Hispanic Heritage Month, observed annually from September 15 to October 15, we asked our members to share with us some of the literature they recommend reading in celebration. (Learn more...

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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 1h

Cloud wrote about including pop culture in poetry for @southrevbooks.bsky.social (head over there to check out the list of Cloud's movie references): southernreviewofbooks.com/2025/10/14/t...

Who’s Afraid of Referencing Pop Culture in Poetry?

A reflection on making pop culture references in poetry by Cloud Delfina Cardona, author of “the past is a jean jacket.”

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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 1h

as well as their October debuts to look forward to list: debutiful.net/2025/10/01/1...

12 noteworthy debut books you should read this October

Debutiful’s Adam Vitcavage recommends noteworthy debut books for readers to discover each month.

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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 1h

@debutiful.bsky.social included jean jacket on their debuts to preorder list: debutiful.net/2025/07/01/1...

10 debut poetry collections you should pre-order right now

The second half of 2025 is chock-full of great debut voices, and below are 10 poetry collections we’re very excited for. Pre-ordering is vital to a book and a writer’s success. These ar…

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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 1h

THE PAST IS A JEAN JACKET by @cloudelfina.bsky.social is out today!! Free shipping when you order from hubcity.org/jeanjacket today through next Tues!

the past is a jean jacket | Poetry | Hub City Writers Project

Reminiscent of being in a heavily postered room with rock music blasting, Cloud Delfina Cardona’s debut collection the past is a jean jacket is a time capsule of a 90s queer, Latinx teenhood.

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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 4d

Novel writers with a debut of sophomore book, we will open for submissions next weekend (Oct. 17-19) www.hubcity.org/submissions

Book Submisisons

Hub City Press accepts unagented submissions at specific open calls each year. Learn more about how to submit here.

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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 4d

Short story writers with a collection, apply for the Curtis Prize, judged by @catherinelacey.bsky.social: www.hubcity.org/cmc-short-st... (open through end of year)

Hub City Press | C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Prize

The C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Prize is a $5000 prize for a debut collection of stories open to emerging writers in thirteen Southern states with no more than one previous book publications.

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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 4d

Poets, apply for Deep Line, judged by Jennifer Chang: www.hubcity.org/deepline (open till the end of the month)

Deep Line Poetry Series | Hub City Writers Project

Deep Line Poetry Series The Deep Line Poetry Series was created to spotlight poetry by writers working in the American South, writing about and from BIPOC communities. Submissions are ...

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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 4d

Writers! We've got open submissions and opportunities going on in several categories! Apply now for Hub City's Winter Intensive with instructors Emma Copley Eisenberg and Martha Park www.hubcity.org/winterintens...

Intensive Workshop | Hub City Writers Project

The Winter Intensive Workshop Hub City Writers Project is thrilled to host our Winter Intensive Workshop on the weekend of January 16-18, 2026 at the Hub City Press Office in downtown Spartanbur...

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 7d

Reyes Ramirez’s collection “breaks open notions of destiny, in humorous and devastating ways, to reimagine the past and present a new future where lack transforms to abundance.”

Read EL REY OF GOLD TEETH (@hubcitypress.bsky.social) this #HispanicHeritageMonth!
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El Rey of Gold Teeth | Poetry | Hub City Writers Project

In El Rey of Gold Teeth, Reyes Ramirez explores living in America as a first-generation American of Salvadoran and Mexican descent, living among conflicting histories.

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 19d

THE PAST IS A JEAN JACKET is forthcoming next month from @hubcitypress.bsky.social!

Cloud Delfina Cardona’s debut poetry collection is “a time capsule of a 90s queer, Latinx teenhood.” #HispanicHeritageMonth www.hubcity.org/books/poetry...

the past is a jean jacket | Poetry | Hub City Writers Project

Reminiscent of being in a heavily postered room with rock music blasting, Cloud Delfina Cardona’s debut collection the past is a jean jacket is a time capsule of a 90s queer, Latinx teenhood.

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Wild & Precious Life Series @wplseries.bsky.social · 20d

Ashley M. Jones the WPLS tonight (9/24) at 7:30pm (EST). The Zoom room opens at 7:15pm.

Order LULLABY FOR THE GRIEVING from @hubcitypress.bsky.social: www.hubcity.org/books/poetry...

#poetrysky #poetrynews #writers #poets #poetry

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Wild & Precious Life Series @wplseries.bsky.social · 19d

Tonight (9/24)!!

@taylorbyas.bsky.social, Ashley M. Jones, & @djvorreyer.bsky.social read for the WPLS.

#poetrysky #poetrynews #poets #poetry

@sundresspub.bsky.social @hubcitypress.bsky.social

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Wild & Precious Life Series @wplseries.bsky.social · 21d

Ashley M. Jones the WPLS on 9/24 at 7:30pm (EST). The Zoom room opens at 7:15pm.

Order LULLABY FOR THE GRIEVING from @hubcitypress.bsky.social: www.hubcity.org/books/poetry....

#poetrysky #poetrynews #writers #poets #poetry

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Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social · 22d

Hey look, @hubcitypress.bsky.social's lead titles, HOTHOUSE BLOOM on the new & noteworthy shelf at McNally Jackson!

Meg and Kate and their frizzy hair and matching cardigans

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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 24d

Reminder that we'll be at @bkbookfest.bsky.social this Sunday, but if you can't make it, we've got a sale happening on our website right now! 25% off books--no code necessary. Free shipping on orders $50+.

Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 27d

We'll be at the @bkbookfest.bsky.social this Sunday! See you there!

hub city press at the brooklyn book festival, september 21, booth 112, literary marketplace 10am-6pm. Austyn Wohlers signing Hothouse Bloom at 10AM. Books! Totes! Stickers!

Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 27d

We'll be at the @bkbookfest.bsky.social this Sunday! See you there!

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Laura Leigh Morris @lauraleighwrite.bsky.social · 27d

Tomorrow at 6pm, join writers from @hubcitypress.bsky.social and @kentuckypress.bsky.social for a short reading and discussion about reading, writing, and the South. Sign up here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#fiction #memoir #poetry #writingcommunity

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Hub City Press and University Press of Kentucky: Reading and Conversation. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meetin...

Join us on September 18th at 6 pm for a virtual reading and conversation with Hub City Press and the University Press of Kentucky.

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Wild & Precious Life Series @wplseries.bsky.social · 27d

Save the date for 9/24!!

@taylorbyas.bsky.social, Ashley Jones, & @djvorreyer.bsky.social read for the WPLS.

#poetrysky #poetrynews #poets #poetry

@sundresspub.bsky.social @hubcitypress.bsky.social

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Poets & Writers @pw.org · 28d

"I wish all writers the audiences they desire and the acclaim they deserve." In this week's #TenQuestions, Ashley M. Jones shares a behind-the-scenes look at the writing process for her new collection, Lullaby for the Grieving, out now from @hubcitypress.bsky.social. Read more: at.pw.org/10qjones

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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 28d

See Ashley on tour, or if you can't catch her in person, order her book at hubcity.org/lullaby. We have free shipping on LULLABY through next Tues (9/23).

Ashley M. Jones on tour. 9/23 wild and precious life series, virtual/zoom at 7:30pm et. 9/25 NewSouth Bookstore in Montgomery, AL at 5:30pm. 10/4 Decatur Book Fest in Decatur, GA. 10/18 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, TN.

Ashley M. Jones on tour, continued. 10/23 MUW Welty Symposium, keynote, 7:30pm. 11/1 Center Point Public Library in center Point, AL at 11am. More events TBA!

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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 28d

Ashley had her launch at Bham Museum of Art with @thankyoubooks.bsky.social. Head over to their instagram to check out the photos! www.instagram.com/p/DOmYr8QjYj...

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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 28d

Listen to an interview with Ashley on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/lullaby-for-...

Ashley M. Jones, "Lullaby for the Grieving" (Hub City Press, 2025) - New Books Network

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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 28d

LULLABY was included on several most-anticipated lists including @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/entert..., @publisherswkly.bsky.social's Fall preview www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/..., and @gardenandgun.com's Great Big Summer Reading List gardenandgun.com/list/the-gre...

New must-read poetry from Joy Harjo, Ada Limón, Tracy K. Smith and more

Poetry isn't as scary as you think. These 14 collections of poems tackle everything from grief and race to family and love.