ALT Woman with long blonde hair reading at lectern. Sign in front says “Southern Foodways Alliance Memphis Movements 2026 Symposium.”

ALT Interior at Georgetown University with poet Anne Carson at the lectern annd a student assisting in a performance, as seen several rows back from an audience.

ALT Photo is taken inside a bookstore. Close up of a book on a stand. The cover shows that it is All These Ghosts by Silas House, with a card beneath that has a bookseller's review, including the phrase "I love this book!!!!!"

ALT Upper right corner image is of Blair Publisher logo. Text: Wren Poetry Prize Last Call, Closing Nov. 15 (capped at 300). The Wren Poetry Prize is for a first, second, or third full-length poetry collection. Judged by Sandra Beasley. Bottom right corner image is photo of Sandra Beasley.

ALT Text: Wren Poetry Prize. Submission info: Free to enter. Link on Submittable. Opens: October 1. Closes: November 15 OR after 300 submissions. This award is for a first, second, or third full-length poetry collection. Winner receives $1,000 in the form of an advance against royalties and a standard publishing contract. Manuscripts should be 54 pages of poems with each poem beginning on a new page. No identifying information in manuscript or file name. Acknolwedgements for previously published poems can be included. Current or former colleagues, current or former extended-length students, and close friends and family of the contest judge are not eligible. For updates and reminders, follow Blair on instagram or Facebook, or sign up for our newsletter at www.blairpub.com. Contact [email protected] with questions or accessibility requests.

ALT Text: The Ivy Bookshop presents.... Steven Leyva with Sandra Beasley 5.19.25 - 6 PM - On the Patio Author photos are of Leyva, a man with black skin tone wearing a red sweater and blue collared shirt, and Beasley, a white woman. Both are looking at the camera in close-up. The book's cover art is a designed image that emphasizes a "mirror" reality of above and below, and includes roses and a spiral staircase. The larger image has a light green background with ivy decorative elements.