2025 Featured Fall Books
Fall is here: crisp air, falling leaves, and the perfect time to cozy up with some poetry. Check out these new titles from some of our partners, sponsors, and advertisers.
Satan Says: 45th Anniversary Edition by Sharon Olds
University of Pittsburgh Press, September 2025
Hardcover, $25
A stunning forty-fifth anniversary release of Sharon Olds's Satan Says in a deluxe hardcover edition for fans of Olds’s poetry, all poetry enthusiasts, and collectors alike.
The Same Man by Bobby Elliott
University of Pittsburgh Press, September 2025
Paperback, $20
Winner of the 2025 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize
No Rhododendron by Samyak Shertok
University of Pittsburgh Press, October 2025
Paperback, $20
Winner of the 2024 AWP Donald Hall Prize for Poetry
The Intentions of Thunder by Patricia Smith
Scribner, September 2025
Hardcover, $30
“Patricia Smith is the greatest living poet. Every book is better than the last.” —Danez Smith, The Guardian
A collection of new and selected poems from one of the most groundbreaking voices in contemporary poetry.
What Turtle Blood Tastes Like by Jonas Lamb
Finishing Line Press, September 2025
Paperback, $22.99
“In this tender collection, Lamb draws us a map—and proceeds to explore the far edges … where, without a guide, most of our lives happen.”—Amorak Huey, author of Dad Jokes from Late in the Patriarchy
Florida Water by aja monet
Haymarket Press, June 2025
Hardcover, $24.99
In this vulnerable meditation, aja monet reflects on her migration to South Florida in search of love, connection, and belonging, unearthing the delicate balance between the poet, lover, and community organizer.
What We Do with God by Daniella Toosie-Watson
Haymarket Press, September 2025
Paperback, $17.95
With an unapologetic impiety to holiness and waywardness, What We Do with God invites readers to enter a world where care extends beyond ourselves and those closest to us to ecosystems holding the wider world together.
Joy in the Belly of a Riot by Barbara Fant
Amistad, September 2025
Paperback, $17.99
Acclaimed poetic force, Barbara Fant, offers a healing balm collection for uncertain times, a rock upon which we can build and sustain a foundation of joy. Celebrate the practice of poetry as meditation, even while surviving the void.
Mele by Kalehua Kim
Trio House Press, July 2025
Paperback, $18; e-book, $12.99
“Singing with the manifold tongues of the ’aina, Kalehua Kim gives us mana from the depths of her heart and of the heart of Hawai‘i nei. Beautiful!”—Maxine Hong Kingston, author of The Woman Warrior
Girl in a Forest by Elline Lipkin
Trio House Press, October 2025
Paperback, $18
Elline Lipkin’s Girl in a Forest explores the roles and tropes of women at different life stages, filtered through the lens of the Brothers Grimm tale of “Hansel and Gretel.”
Splice by Anthony Borruso
Trio House Press, July 2025
Paperback, $18; e-book, $12.99
“I admire the witty juxtapositions of philosophical artistic conversations, allusions to cinema and cinematic moments, the absurdity of celebrity culture, and ultimately the inescapability of our mortality.” —Oliver de la Paz, author of The Diaspora Sonnets
Dear Ovid and Other Selected Poems by Joan Yeagley
BkMk Press, December 2025
Paperback, $16.95
"The late poet Joan Yeagley’s wry Midwestern voice engages Ovid’s legacy and life in Missouri and Kansas in this selected volume that celebrates one of the earliest poets of fifty-five-year-old BkMk Press."