Holly Lyn Walrath

Coming in 2021 from Clash Books:

The Smallest of Bones

Full-Length Poetry Collection

Numinose Lapidi

New from Kipple Press

Le lapidi che Holly Lyn Walrath costruisce poeticamente sono intrise di una presenza sacrale, potente e maestosa che attira e terrorizza. Sono pietre tombali sacre che servono alla poetessa per celebrare, piangere, urlare e, infine, accettare la morte.

"The gravestones that Holly Lyn Walrath poetically builds are imbued with a sacred, powerful and majestic presence that attracts and terrifies. They are sacred tombstones that serve the poet to celebrate, cry, scream and finally accept death."

Now Available for Purchase in Italian

GLIMMERGLASS GIRL

WINNER OF THE SFPA ELGIN AWARD

FOR BEST SPECULATIVE CHAPBOOK

"Suggests an intelligence that retaliates through showing the beauty, complexity, and tragedy of modern womanhood -- a butterfly that can haul 40 times its own weight seems an apt metaphor for the unifying strength and delicacy of femininity we still struggle with."
--The Coil

"Seductive, soft to the touch, yet stabbing."
--Rag Queen Periodical

". . . an intersection between ethereal loftiness, humorous speculation, and poignant consideration. . . a collection of poetry and images that encourage readers to be more than they perceive themselves to be." --VIDA: Women in the Literary Arts

News & Updates

2/3/21 - New Workshop: A Feminist Poetry Reading Primer: Writing With Our Foremothers

2/3/21 - Shoutout HTX interviewed me on poetry and writing advice.

1/1/21 - What I published in 2020 - Awards Eligibility Post

12/23/20 - I updated my submission guide, this time for poets

11/17/20 - Listen to my World Fantasy Convention 2020 Presentation on Marketing for Indie Writers and Publishers

11/10/20 - Simple Steps for Promoting Short Fiction and Poetry

10/8/20 - How Poetry is Different than Other Genres

10/7/20 - Not Sure How to Market as a Writer? Get a Pet.

8/31/20 - The Best Speculative Poetry Engages in Experimental Forms

8/15/20 - Check out my Fall 2020 Workshops for writers

8/15/20 - My Poetry Barn Resistance/Erasure workshop is now available self-paced for $99

8/11/20 - I have a new poem up at Twisted Moon Mag - We Hold Up Eternity

7/31/20 - I have a new poem in the latest Star*Line - "Dear Future"

7/8/20 - Erasure of the Harper's Cancel Culture Letter

6/22/20 - I'm writing a queer poem a day on Instagram for Pride Month, follow along!

6/22/20 - New poem at Liminality - Acacia

6/1/20 - New story at Curious Fictions - Tarot of the Animal Lords

6/1/20 - New poem up at Write Wild - She Learns How to Disappear (Excerpt from Glimmerglass Girl)

6/1/2020 - New article up at Write Wild - Are Writing Contests Worth Entering?

5/4/20 - New story at Curious Fictions - knick knack, knick knack

4/28/20 - New article up at Write Wild - My Favorite Poetry Writing Prompt is Also the Simplest

4/16/20 - New story at Curious Fictions - We Never Are What We Intend

4/16/20 - New article up at Coffeelicious - "Creatives, You Need to Slow Down."

4/15/20 - I have a new poem up at Eye to the Telescope - "Now the Patient Recounts the Houses in Her Mind."

4/15/20 - Thanks to Kendall Reviews for this write-up of the Coppice & Brake Anthology, featuring my story "The Red Shoes"

4/2/20 - New Story up at Curious Fictions - Stardust

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