the altar collective.

The Altar Collective is a collective and small press based in Los Angeles, CA. We publish anthologies featuring work from accepted international writers. TAC holds monthly open mics featuring work from our published writers alongside musical...

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From Kris Kidd’s poem "Missing", found in his first poetry collection 'Down for Whatever' (available for purchase through our website and online retailers like Amazon)

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From Ruth Madievsky’s poem "Wormhole”, found in Volume 46, No. 05 of The American Poetry Review. We highly recommend checking out Ruth’s book 'Emergency Brake', published by Tavern Books!

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From Bianca Lynne Sprigg’s poem "What Women Are Made Of", found in the April 2018 issue of Poetry magazine.

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From Danez Smith’s poem "The 17-Year-Old & the Gay Bar".

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From Kris Kidd’s poem “Flower District”, found in his first poetry collection 'Down for Whatever' (available for purchase through our site or Amazon!)

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Excerpt from “Someday I’ll Love Ocean Vuong” by Ocean Vuong, author of 'Night Sky with Exit Wounds'

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From Derrick C. Brown’s poem "Crazy We Don’t Think There’s Pain in Barcelona", found in his new book 'Hello. It Doesn’t Matter.'

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Artwork and words by Karen Green, from her stunning book 'Bough Down'.

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Excerpt from “Essay on Tornadoes” by Jackson Burgess, found in his forthcoming collection ‘Atrophy’.

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From Mackenzie Canfield’s “A Series of Metaphors: You”, found in our fourth volume.

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From Clifford Parody’s “New Growth”, found in our ninth volume.

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In celebration of National Poetry Month, we’ll be posting work by some of our favorite poets and presses. Start April off right by going out and buying a poetry book from your local bookstore 🥂

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THIS WEEKEND in LA: come check out this amazing event, featuring so many creative, talented artists. We will be there selling @kriskidd’s books, come snag a copy before they sell out! 🤘 (at Los Angeles, California)

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WE’RE BAAACK! Submissions for Volume X will open on January 1st, 2018. Help us celebrate the new year by submitting your poetry! 🎈

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Over the summer, we celebrated our fourth anniversary! This has all been possible because of writers and artists like you, so thank you for your constant support 💕 We apologize for our silence over the last few months, but we are back and ready to share these wonderful projects with y’all! 📚

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TOMORROW!! Join us for the second annual @allyourfriendsfest!! We are SO excited about this year's line up. Buy your ticket TONIGHT before they sell out! Link in bio 🤘

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Come buy these snazzy #enamelpins at #AYF2017 this upcoming Sunday!!