Ruining the New Road is Here!
Coming soon in our store, the debut collection by the legendary William Matthews, in its entirety for the first time since 1970. Look for it later in February. If you're interested in reviewing this classic, please email us at editors@cooperdillon.com.
John Hollander says, "Fierce in its recognition of both beauty and the painful, yet tender truths of the universe, these poems remind us that Matthews is a genuine master at laying bare the complicated spectrum of the human condition. Here is a book where, as Matthews says, "Everywhere life is ludicrous/ but absolutely crucial."
Read more blurbs about the book here.
We also have a new chapbook by F. Daniel Rzicznek, Vine River Hermitage that's just arrived. This collection is infused with humanity's most basic courage among our natural world.
Find out more, right over here.
Cooper Dillon's Mission
Cooper Dillon is a small poetry press committed to upholding the virtues of Poetry as a high art and expression of truth, beauty, and sincerity: the values that make poems timeless.
Through the publication, distribution and promotion of positive and integrity-bearing full-length poetry collections and chapbooks, Cooper Dillon's full intent and purpose is to bring a sense of presence and joy via poems.
Cooper Dillon is dedicated to honesty, self-sufficiency (we don't take grants, government funding, endowments, donations or money from our authors), community building and evolution of the art form.
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Details are on the Submission page.
Rise and shine with Pretty, Rooster!
Need more sonnets in your life?
Pretty, Rooster by Clay Matthews is here!
Reb Livingston says, "These tender, introspective poems pulse patiently as the world spins around and shines light."
Christina Davis writes, "Matthews infuses the sonnet form with a folksy acoustic and bucolic slang, mixed with the kind of tenderness, vulnerability and knowing you found find in a Shakespearean jester."
This collection also features fresh comics by Shannon Wheeler (Too Much Coffee Man) and Micah Farritor (White Picket Fences). Order now from the store!
Visit the artblog to learn how you can get a special micro-print when you order Haunts and Pretty, Rooster together.