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The new #Poetry catalog from Univ Nebraska Press includes the Backwaters Press Prize Honorable Mention LOCOMOTIVE CATHEDRAL (March, 2025) by Brandel France de Bravo alongside past winners. Browse now: bit.ly/4jtsBL0

Announcing the Judge for the 2025 The Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry: Maggie Smith, the The New York Times bestselling author of eight books of poetry and prose! Submissions will be accepted April 1 through May 1. wp.me/p4J9AE-gkd

Interview with poet/essayist Brandel France de Bravo: Locomotive Cathedral explores <resilience in the face of climate change and a global pandemic, race, and the concept of a self, all the while celebrating breath as “baptism on repeat.”> Univ Nebraska Press south85journal.com/2025/03/interv…

With wit and vulnerability, Brandel France de Bravo explores resilience in the face of climate change and a global pandemic, race, and the concept of a self, all while celebrating the power of breath as "baptism on repeat." Order a copy: bit.ly/4kY1hFv

Those attending #AWP25, stop by booths 359/361 to meet the 2025 Backwaters Press Prize winners! 2:00-2:30pm - Brandel France de Bravo, author of LOCOMOTIVE CATHEDRAL 4:00-4:30pm - Julie Choffel, author of DEAR WALLACE

With wit and vulnerability, Brandel France de Bravo explores resilience in the face of climate change and a global pandemic, race, and the concept of a self, all while celebrating the power of breath as “baptism on repeat.” Save 40% during National Poetry Month: bit.ly/PoetryMonth25

The The Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry is open for submissions now through May 1, 2025! This year's judge is Maggie Smith, The New York Times bestselling author of eight books of poetry and prose and the new craft guide DEAR WRITER (Simon & Schuster, 2025). unpblog.com/2025/04/03/the…

In these brutally honest, beautiful poems, we face the death of one who is dearly loved, and recognize, as the poet says, that grief is at least part of what you / will grow into. Save 40% during our National Poetry Month Book sale: bit.ly/PoetryMonth25

A book-length poem in six sections, LONG RULES takes readers to five Trappist monasteries in the southeastern United States to consider the intersections of solitude, family, music, and landscape. Save 40% during our National Poetry Month Book Sale: bit.ly/PoetryMonth25

Tomorrow, join Julie Choffel (DEAR WALLACE) and Brandel France de Bravo (LOCOMOTIVE CATHEDRAL) in conversation with Maria Fernanda at Politics and Prose! The discussion starts at 5pm EDT and will be livestreamed. Get more details here: politics-prose.com/bravo-choffel

I’m happy to share the NYC premiere of LEAN, FIRE, a choral setting by composer Shanan Estreicher of poems from BUTTERFLY NEBULA. You can watch the stunning performance by vocal ensemble Cerdorrian here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=VeirFN… Univ Nebraska Press The Backwaters Press

Although memories pervade this collection, the poems in ANTILLIA also look forward and outward into a world where social inequality and environmental disaster meet the possibility of metamorphosis. Save 50% during our Summer Reading Sale: bit.ly/UNPsummersale

Our annual Summer Reading Sale has begun! Save 50% on thousands of books from UNP's catalog, including titles from Bison Books, Potomac Books, and The Backwaters Press. wp.me/p4J9AE-gWI

"LOCOMOTIVE CATHEDRAL speaks to the tension between my desire for stillness/eternity and the unstoppable propulsion of change," says Brandel France de Bravo in an interview with Tupelo Quarterly. bit.ly/45nhUFg

BUTTERFLY NEBULA by Laura Reece Hogan charts intersections of the physical universe, the divine, the human, and the constantly unfolding experience of being “one thing in the act of becoming another.” Save 50% on this book and more during our Summer Sale: bit.ly/UNPsummersale

Yes! Ode to a laundromat with a nod to everyone's favorite Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield Thank you Brandel France de Bravo The laundromat as sacred communal space and "locker-room-like looking." From Best American Poetry 2024.

The poems in AN AOTHERWISE HEALTHY WOMAN delve into the complexity of modern health care, illness, and healing, offering an alternative narrative to heroics and miracles. Get 50% off during our Summer Sale: bit.ly/UNPsummersale

In LOCOMOTIVE CATHEDRAL Brandel France de Bravo builds a temple to the perpetual motion of transformation, the wondrous churn of change and exchange that defines companionship, marriage, and ceding our place on Earth. Get books 50% off: bit.ly/UNPsummersale

This collection of poems covers significant emotional territory while remaining firmly grounded in the landscape. In ROCK TREE BIRD, Twyla M. Hansen offers poems that are alternately sad, sweet, funny, moving, human, and humane. Get books 50% off: bit.ly/UNPsummersale

TWANG offers readers the increasing power of the voice and the danger of one's word being used against them. What can save you can also make you wretch. Get you next summer read 50% off: bit.ly/UNPsummersale