Why There Are Words (WTAW) Reading Series

WTAW is excited to introduce two new members to the team, publishing assistants @Ottelia and @sasco2010. We're thrilled to have Katherine and Shirley on board as we expand our book publishing programs. Find them on social media and say hello! Learn more at mailchi.mp/wtawpress.org/wel…

ICYMI, WTAW is on the blue site 💙 bsky.app/profile/wtawpress.b…

WTAW welcomes Jenny Li to the team as our new social media assistant! Her role is a critical one for the press, and we’re thrilled she's taken it on. Thanks to The Litt Family Foundation for generously funding this position. mailchi.mp/wtawpress.org/wel… #writingcommunity #indiepress

Exciting news! Betty—an imprint of WTAW dedicated to publishing books by women for everyone—opens the door for submissions of full-length books of prose tomorrow December 1. Find the guidelines and all the details at wtawpress.org/betty #writingcommunity #newbooks

Our latest newsletter is all about BETTY—an imprint of WTAW—publishing books by women for everyone. Betty is now open for submissions—now thru 12/31! Learn about Betty's mission, our inaugural authors, and how to submit work: mailchi.mp/wtawpress.org/bet… #WritingCommunity #newbooks

Congratulations to Liz Green, winner of our 2024 Alcove Chapbook Series for her lyric essay, THE HAUNT, Runners-up Azaria Brown, Michelle Cruz Gonzales, @AliceKaltman, Mark L. Keats, and our 2024 Alcove Finalists! More at wtawpress.org/alcove-chapboo… #writingcommunity @i_am_shoshanna

Congratulations to Liz Green, winner of our 2024 Alcove Chapbook Series for her lyric essay, THE HAUNT, and to Alcove finalists Azaria Brown, @XicanaBrava, @AliceKaltman, and Mark L. Keats. Books will be published in 2024—learn more at wtawpress.org/alcove-chapboo… #newbooks

"Through hard work and dogged persistence this community offers a platform for the diverse perspectives that need to be heard in today’s world." Get to know board member @HaldaneAtMo—and if you are able, please lend your support this #GivingTuesday 🧡 mailchi.mp/wtawpress.org/giv…

On #GivingTuesday, writes board member @HaldaneAtMo, your support "will directly help us create more space for the voices that change this world for the better." Read Hal's 2023 wrap-up—and learn how you can help us bring important books into the world. mailchi.mp/wtawpress.org/giv…

Check out our new subscription program! Don't miss the many new WTAW books to come in the 2024-2026 seasons—partner with us to reach our goals to publish and support more books that matter. Call it an investment in great mail days to come! wtawpress.org/support-us #newbooks

Tomorrow! Thurs Nov. 9, 5:30pm PT, WTAW presents a Fall Reading Salon with writers Joanna Acevedo, Christine Hale, @ennuiperkins, @NLudmerer, Julian Mithra, and @sommerschafer. ✨And your host, Michael Dubon. Free with registration—join us! bitly.ws/Z6gq #newbooks

Out today, Is It So? Glimpses, Glyphs, & Found Novels, the last work of fiction from Kevin McIlvoy. Of Is It So? Richard Russo says, “Here are wildly innovative stories that reward a second, even a third, reading." Learn more: mailchi.mp/wtawpress.org/boo… #newbook

"Beyond judges, judgments, limits: your old body hovers above itself rhythmically aware and ready as a bell rung by a breeze" Coming Tues. Nov. 7, Is It So? Glimpses, Glyphs, & Found Novels, the final work of fiction by @KevinMcilvoy wtawpress.org/product-page/i… #SundaySentence

“McIlvoy mourns his losses and fills the pages with his constant wonder and awe, the joy of being attentive to this strange world.” @dale_neal’s thoughtful review of Is It So? Glimpses, Glyphs, & Found Novels (11/7) by @KevinMcilvoy, in @still_journal stilljournal.net

“In the quiet he fell quiet, in the way that a sentence can fall quiet behind a preposition.” Coming Nov. 7, Is It So? Glimpses, Glyphs, & Found Novels, the final work of fiction by @KevinMcilvoy #SundaySentence wtawpress.org/shop

Happy Pub Day! @NLudmerer's SARRA COPIA: A LOCKED-IN LIFE is out today—a wholly original, glorious novella about containment and transformation, "about the power of language...and one woman’s fierce, probing mind"—@Karen_E_Bender. Learn more at: mailchi.mp/wtawpress.org/boo… #newbook

"We live in water, thrive on it, journey through and around it." A #SundaySentence by @NLudmerer from SARRA COPIA: A LOCKED-IN LIFE, coming October 24! Preorder your copy at wtawpress.org/product-page/s… #newbook

We're hiring! Our positions offer a great opportunity for those who want to get involved in publishing, learn about nonprofit organizations, or those seeking to connect with writers and devote time to a literary life. Full details at our Submittable page: wtaw-press.submittable.com/s…