Have you heard of Moss? They’ve graced us with beautifully presented Pacific Northwest literature since 2014. They have featured some of our favorite writers (including former Floating Bridge Press President Kathleen Flenniken) and introduced us to some amazing new writers. If you haven’t heard of them yet, it’s time to dig in! A little more…
Editor Insight | Forthcoming Books We Are Excited About!
Michael can’t wait to read The Undressing by Li-Young Lee in February 2018. Meghan is excited for the release of Paige Lewis’ Reasons to Wake You from Tupelo Press in 2018. John is waiting with bated breath to read Jenny George’s The Dream of Reason coming April 2018 from Copper Canyon Press. Ron couldn’t contain his…
#Bookface
We loved the cover for The Myth of Man by Alex Vigue as soon as our cover artist, Rob Nance, sent it along. (That color! That tattoo!) But when we started seeing all the bookfaces we loved it even more! Show us your #bookface on Twitter & Facebook. Check out all these mustachioed bookfaces…
Pontoon Poetry Spotlight | The Following Sea by Tom Schabarum
“In the dark, the night before, under constellations, you held yourself in an arc above me.” Read the entirety of “The Following Sea” by Tom Schabarum here.
FBP Books in the Wild | The Myth of Man by Alex Vigue
Alex Vigue’s 2017 chapbook, The Myth of Man, was caught hanging around with Janus, the two-faced god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, and endings. They were comparing facial hair. Find your copy of this sexy book in our shop (& don’t forget, this month you get 25% off your order with code RESOLUTION…
Throwback Poem | From A Fort Made of Doors by Casey Fuller
Get your copy of A Fort Made of Doors by Casey Fuller (Winner of the 2011 Floating Bridge Chapbook Award) in our shop!
January Announcements & Events
AN EVENING OF POETRY At Fremont Library Monday, January 8, 2018, 6:30 – 7:45pm Join us for a quarterly poetry series where local poets read from their work and discuss poetry with the audience. This evening’s featured readers are: Claudia Castro Luna, Catherine Bull, & Scott Ferry. Claudia Castro Luna served as Seattle’s Civic Poet from 2015…
January Deal | Resolve to Read More & Get 25% Off!
Looking for a New Year’s Resolution you can stick to? How about: Read more poetry? That’s easy and we are here to help make it easier! For the entire month of January get 25% OFF your entire order by using code ‘RESOLUTION’. Visit the shop to get started on your New Year’s Resolution! …
Happy New Year from Floating Bridge Press!
We have a lot of new and exciting things to share with you this year! Stay tuned and follow along with us here (and Twitter and Facebook). And make sure to keep an eye on Pontoon Poetry — new poems are coming your way soon! To start of the New Year, here is a poem…
Pontoon Poetry | Entanglement by T. Clear
He is the quince and she is the sparrow trapped in his snarl, his heart of thorns, jangled twigs. No easy way out.” Read the entirety of “Entanglement” by T. Clear here.