Literary House Press

The official Tumblr page for The Literary House Press. An independent publishing press based in the Rose O'Neill Literary House at Washington College. Literary House Press is responsible for the creation of a wide variety of original publications including Cherry Tree: A National Literary Journal @ Washington College.

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Happy October!

“Progress as Autumn Spice Dabbed onto Your Throat” by Tyler Mills from “The Book of Scented Things: 100 Contemporary Poems About Perfume,” published in 2014 by @literaryhousepress 

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It’s better for me to pretend my insides are empty rooms in the Lord’s house.

Raych Jackson, from Even The Saints Audition (via buttonpoetry)

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I tell you I want you. You have me,

you say again, stepping off another bus, my feet in spring now. The thickness of your words— the flakes, tracking past. Your voice caught in the net of my mouth. I am almost home. You are almost home. We are almost home. Almost.

— Nolan Natasha, from “Sideways snow,” I Can Hear You, Can You Hear Me?

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Verse Daily, a quality online web anthology of poetry. A poem a day, along with our complete archives, and poem selections from the web.

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Verse Daily, a quality online web anthology of poetry. A poem a day, along with our complete archives, and poem selections from the web.

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Cherry Tree on Verse Daily!

Kevin Prufer's poem "Archaeology" from Issue 5 of Cherry Tree is today's poem on Verse Daily, y'all! Read it here: versedaily.org/2019/archaeology.shtml 🌸

And then subscribe to Cherry Tree here: washcoll.edu/cherrytree 🌸

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The Design of Sophomore Summer

2019 Literary House Summer Intern MacKenzie Brady ’21 reports from the field.

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Cherry Tree opens for submissions for Issue 6 on Thursday, August 1! To get ready, here's an update on our new editorial staff and a subscription promotion: http://bit.ly/2ZikZBK

More Details: In order to help potential submitters (and readers) get their hands on more of our back issues, we’ve also decided to offer a subscription promotion during the upcoming open reading period. From August 1 to October 1, 2019, if you buy a two-year subscription to Cherry Tree, you will also receive two back issues of your choice for absolutely free! In order to receive your free back issues, just email Managing Editor Lindsay Lusby at [email protected] including the two issue numbers (1-4) after completing your subscription purchase.

Please note that you are NOT required to be a current subscriber in order to submit your work for consideration, nor will subscribing ever have ANY bearing on how we read and evaluate your submission. As always, it is absolutely free to submit your work to Cherry Tree! 

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Check out our new book bento featuring Cherry Tree Issue 5!

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You didn’t know you had a name until they named you, didn’t know your teeth were fangs until they pried them from your pliant skull.

Sam Sax, “It’s Alive” (via buttonpoetry)

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Look what’s here! Our 2019 LHP catalogs have arrived and they are lean & green! Designed by our fabulous LHP Intern Justin Nash, they are ready to send out to book- & broadside-lovers everywhere. If you would like to receive one, send your name & mailing address to [email protected] to be added to our mailing list!

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Things feel partial. My love for things is partial.

Diane Seuss, from “[Things feel partial. My love for things is partial. Mikel on his last legs, covered],” published in Poem-a-Day (via lifeinpoetry)

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Books by the Numbers

Literary House Press Intern Justin Nash ’21 writes about the latter half of his internship.

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Our entire 2018-19 broadside series is complete & ready to ship! Featuring work by Jehanne Dubrow, Erika L. Sánchez, Lucy Corin, Edward P. Jones, Lidia Yuknavitch, & Ada Limón. Want all 6 at a discount price? Order a subscription: 6 broadsides for $100! Shop now! 

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Here at the Rose O’Neill Literary House, it is full-on cherry blossom season! Check out this beauty we found hanging out under the cherry blossoms this afternoon. Isn’t she gorgeous? 🌸

Subscribe today to get your own copy of Cherry Tree, Issue 5, which is full of the best poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, & literary shade around. You can subscribe here: washcoll.edu/cherrytree 

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It’s been two weeks since the fun and craziness of the 2019 AWP Conference & Bookfair in Portland, Oregon, so we’re reminiscing a bit now. Here are some of our favorite shots of the Rose O’Neill Literary House/Literary House Press/Cherry Tree group. See you all next year in San Antonio!

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The final letterpress broadside of our 2018-2019 series is now available for purchase online! You can get your copy of Ada Limón's "Carrying" (our 2019 AWP Commemorative Broadside, a collaboration with Tin House) here: http://bit.ly/2dNeykX