Record of Dissent: : Poems of Protest in an Authoritarian Age
2025, Paperback, 102 Pages
A literary protest against creeping authoritarianism in the United States under Donald Trump-and beyond-this anthology gathers voices of resistance from poets across the country. Record of Dissent includes 44 poems on protest, survival, memory, justice, and defiance, each one pushing back against silence in the face of collapse. From intimate reflections to sharp political critique, these poems speak to the urgency of this moment and the power of language to confront repression.
What We Hold On To: Poems of Coping, Connection, and Carrying On
2026, Paperback, 106 pages
What We Hold On To brings together voices navigating grief, uncertainty, love, resistance, and the daily work of staying human. Created as a shared space for reflection and resilience, this collection gathers poets writing from lived experience—illness, parenthood, anxiety, joy, protest, and hope.
In uncertain times such as these, these poems do not offer easy answers. Instead, they linger in kitchens and bedrooms, in quiet moments and hard conversations, in the small rituals that help us keep going when the world feels unsteady. Through witness and tenderness, humor and resolve, this collection traces the ways we cope, connect, and carry on—together.
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