Friends of Writers Summer 2025 Community Digest: New Books

Congratulations to all of those in the Friends of Writers network who had books published in the first half of 2025. Check out the list below, and be sure to also check out our digest of awards, literary magazine publications, and other celebrations.

Joseph Bathani (poetry ’91)

Joseph Bathani edited The Anthology of Black Mountain Poetry,  published by the University of North Carolina Press in February.

Michelle Blake (poetry ’79, Goddard)

Michelle Blake’s poetry collection, How We Enter The Palace, was published by Green Writers Press in February.

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Reginald Dwayne Betts (poetry ’10)

Reginald Dwayne Betts’ poetry collection, Doggerel, was published by W. W. Norton in March.

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Brandel France de Bravo (Poetry ’95)

Brandel France de Bravo’s poetry collection, Locomotive Cathedral, was published by University of Nebraska Press in March.

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Evanthia Bromiley (fiction ’19)

Evanthia Bromiley’s novel, Crown, was published by Grove Atlantic in June,

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Lewis Buzbee (fiction ’82)

Lewis Buzbee’s novel, Diver, was published by Palmetto in March.

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Lauren Carlson (poetry ’21)

Lauren Carlson’s poetry collection, Stealhead, was published by Cornerstone Books in March.

Don Colburn (poetry ’92)

Don Colburn’s poetry collection, Purchase, was published by Finishing Line Press in May.

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Patrick Donnelly (poetry ’03)

Patrick Donnelly’s poetry collection, Willow Hammer, was published by Four Way Books in March.

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Charles Douthat (poetry ’19)

Charles Douthat’s poetry collection, Again, was published by Unbound Edition Press in April.

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Liza Katz Duncan (poetry ’22)

Liza Katz Duncan’s poetry chapbook, Drought / Diagnosis, was published by Southword Press in May.

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Elyse Durham (fiction ’22)

Elyse Durham’s novel, Maya & Natasha, was published by Mariner Books in February.

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Keith Ekiss (poetry ’12)

Keith Ekiss’s poetry collection, Burial Fragments, winner of the 2024 Barry Spacks Poetry Prize, was published by Gunpowder Books in March.

Liz Green (poetry ’05)

Liz Green’s essay chapbook, The Haunt, winner of the WTAW Press Alcove Prize 2024, was published by WTAW Press in March.

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Sasha Hom (fiction ’21)

Sasha Hom’s novella, Sidework, was published by Black Lawrence Press in March.

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Caroline Mar (poetry ’13)

Carline Mar’s poetry collection, Water Guest, was published by University of Wisconsin Press in April.

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Daniela Naomi Molnar (poetry ’21)

Daniela Naomi Molnar’s poetry collection, PROTOCOLS: An Erasure, was published by Ayin Press in June.

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Greg Rappleye (poetry ’00)

Greg Rappleye’s poetry collection, Barley Child, winner of the 2025 Miller Williams Prize, was published by University of Arkansas Press in March.

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Trish Reeves (poetry ’83)

Trish Reeves’s poetry collection, God, Maybe, was reissued by Cynren Press in March.

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Matthew Specktor (fiction ’09)

Matthew Specktor’s memoir, The Golden Hour, was published by Ecco/HarperCollins in April.

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Laura-Gray Street (poetry ’97)

Laura-Gray Street’s poetry collection, Just Labor, was published by Press 53 in March. Laura-Gray also co-edited the anthology, Attached to the Living World: A New Ecopoetry Anthology, published by Trinity University Press in March.

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Daniel Tam-Claiborne (fiction ’20)

Daniel Tam-Claiborne’s novel, Transplants, was published by Regalo Press (Simon & Schuster) in May.

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Daniel Tobin (poetry ’90)

Daniel Tobin’s poetry chapbook, From the Distances of Sleep, was published by Staircase Books in June.

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Shannon K. Winston (poetry ’17)

Shannon K. Winston’s poetry collection, The Worry Dolls, was published by Glass Lyre Books in June.

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