River Glass Books

Organized for climate justice. Directed by @marleyqstuart. Chapbooks by @RobertOkaji, Grace Massey, & Edie Dillon in 2025

[River Glass Books @riverglassbooks]

Announcing the results of our open reading period!

A Future with Bromeliads by Grace Massey & Scarecrow Sees by @RobertOkaji will be published in 2025

Supporting climate justice solutions in the Amazon with @ecostudiofound

Preorders & more info: link in bio

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Cover reveal for A Future with Bromeliads by Grace Massey!

Art by Merce Wilczek.

Poems appeared in @rockpaperpoem, @thimblelitmag, @peekingcatlit, & elsewhere. Many thanks to the editors who gave these poems their 1st homes!

Forthcoming February 🌿

#handmade #poetry

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Announcing the publication of Scarecrow Sees by @RobertOkaji!

Art by the incomparable @stephanielharp1.

Grateful acknowledgement to the editors who gave these poems their first homes.

With the gratitude to our readers for all your support!

#handmade #poetry

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Congratulations, @RobertOkaji and @majalukic113!

[Shō Poetry Journal @sho_journal]

Congratulations Maja Lukic (@majalukic113) and Robert Okaji (@RobertOkaji), winners of our inaugural poetry prizes for Shō No. 6 (Winter 2024/25)! https://t.co/FIaPRbK5Sl

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“I shape my best hours alone,
squinting through glass, remembering”

—from “Koan of Shivers” by @RobertOkaji

1st pub’d in @HeronBarks. Many thanks to @JerzyPoet & editorial team for giving this poem its first home!

Forthcoming in SCARECROW SEES Jan 2025

#poetry

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First peek at Scarecrow Sees by @RobertOkaji!

Each of the first fifty copies will feature an inset sheet of artisan Lokta paper.

Binding pre-orders, getting ready to release these babies on the first of the year….

#handmade #poetry

[Johnny Cordova @_johnnycordova]

I highly recommend this truly fine @RobertOkaji chapbook forthcoming with @riverglassbooks

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More praise for @RobertOkaji’s forthcoming chapbook, Scarecrow Sees! Many thanks to @_johnnycordova of @sho_journal for his early read and endorsement.

Pre-orders are available now: link in bio.

#handmade #poetry

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Way to go, @sihlexntuli!

[Slippery Elm @SlipperyElmLJ]

Congrats on this forthcoming chap from TWO of our favorite poets, with poems by @RobertOkaji and cover art by @stephanielharp1! Preorder is open now.

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@SlipperyElmLJ @RobertOkaji @stephanielharp1 Thank you for your support! ❤️

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Cover reveal for @RobertOkaji’s Scarecrow Sees!

We’re delighted to feature the beautiful art of @stephanielharp1.

Getting the files together for the printer as we speak….

#handmade #poetry

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@cb_auder @RobertOkaji We’re so grateful for your lovely blurb! ❤️❤️ Thanks for the time and thoughtful review.

[Stephanie L. Harper 🌻 #BLM 🏳️‍🌈 #AuDHD @stephanielharp1]

Another masterfully stunning collection by @RobertOkaji !

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I’m proud of this collection, and honored that the proceeds will be directed to such a worthy cause.

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Many thanks to Thomas Davis of Four Windows Press, Heather Curran of @WinWoutMagazine, and @cb_auder of Claw & Blossom for their advance read and endorsement of @RobertOkaji’s Scarecrow Sees!

Pre-orders are available now. Publication in early 2025.

#handmade #poetry

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Grateful thanks to Sun Hesper Jansen for reading an advance copy of @RobertOkaji’s incredible collection, Scarecrow Sees.

Pre-orders are available now. Many thanks to the readers who have already put in their orders! Publication in early 2025.

#handmade #poetry

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Nature has rights. Write about it.

Our new environmental writing series, Writes of Nature, will support the global rights of nature movement with @ecostudiofound.

Edie Dillon's Pulling Together in Rising Waters: Reciprocity as Practice will launch the series in 2025.

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@lakelady2282 @BlackLawrence @driftwoodpress ❤️❤️❤️

[Debbie Robson @lakelady2282]

I’m thinking the smaller alternative presses. Have you tried @BlackLawrence @riverglassbooks @driftwoodpress and Moonstruck Books?