Holly Lyn Walrath

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

2/1/20 - A Haiku Love Poem a Day

2/1/20 - I have two poems forthcoming in Analog: Science Fiction and Fact -- "So Many Blank Moons" and "Yes, Antimatter is Real"

1/26/20 - Crafting a Small Poetry Collection

1/19/20 - Instapoems from my new chapbook: Numinose Lapidi

1/15/20 - New Medium post at Coffeelicious: On the Loss of Cursive

12/26/19 - What I Published This Year (Awards Eligibility Post)

12/18/19 - New post on Medium: My NaNoWriMo was a Mess, But I Wrote Anyway, So Who Cares?

12/1/19 - I'm once again offering a NaNoWriMo editing deal. Sign up here.

11/28/19 - New post at Bulletproof Writers: The End of the Year Sometimes Sucks for Creatives

11/27/19 - New post at Writing Hacks: Tricking Yourself into Writing

11/26/19 - My newest chapbook, "Numinose Lapidi" will be published in Italian by Kipple Press in 2020

11/15/19 - I have a poem in the Space Cowboy Books Presents: Simultaneous Times Podcast! Listen to it here.

10/31/19 - New post for Curious Fiction Subscribers: Handmade Rebellion: Dispatches from Zine Fest Houston and Women’s Radicalism

10/31/19 - Happy Halloween! Read my poem, "We Have Always Lived," an erasure of Shirley Jackson

10/28/19 - I have a new poem up at Apparition Lit: Belly of the Beast

10/24/19 - Burn the Map: Read my article on NaNoWriMo rebellion

10/18/19 - My poems "The Fox and the Forest," and "The Mining Town" won the short and long category of the SFPA poetry contest.

10/15/19 - New Medium Article: Does Publishing Short Stories Matter?

10/8/19: New Medium Article: "Yesterday" as a Metaphor for the Creative Process

9/30/19 - Glimmerglass Girl is the winner of the 2019 SFPA Elgin Award!

9/15/19 - I am teaching two Writespace Workshops in October. Check out my appearances page for more info.

9/9/19 - I wrote a review of the 2019 SFPA Elgin candidates over at Medium.

9/4/19 - I have a new article up at Medium: The Writing Life: An Infographic

8/28/19 - I have a new article up at Medium: 40 Writing Milestones to Celebrate

8/21/19 - I have a new article up at Medium: Queries, Contributors, and Common Terms: An A-Z glossary for submitting writing

8/19/19 - I'll be teaching an online class "Writing Life 101" at Gemini Ink starting Oct. 7. Sign up here

7/2/19 - I have a guest post up at the Horror Writer's Association Newsletter, Blood & Spades, available to all HWA members

6/5/19 - My chapbook Glimmerglass Girl is eligible for a SFPA Elgin Award! Voting starts July 1.

6/4/19 - Check out my panel schedule for Readercon in July!

6/3/19 - I'm teaching online at the Poetry Barn in July! Join me for Resistance through Erasure, Found Text, and Visual Poetry

5/16/19 - I have a new post at Medium on Fighting Self-Rejection and Imposter Syndrome

5/7/19 - Get your copy of the 2019 Rhysling Award anthology on Amazon, including my poem "Dead-Eye Girl'

5/3/19 - I have a new post at Medium on Switching Genres

5/1/19 - I'll be at Comicpalooza May 10-12 - Come say Hi!

4/3/19 - New post at Medium - Creating a Writer's Mission Statement

4/1/19 - I'm the first poet in Houston Public Media's Voices and Verses series in honor of National Poetry Month. Listen to me talk about poetry!

4/1/19 - I have a new poem up at Mirror Dance - "Farewell Dead Men"

3/27/19 - I wrote about NaPoWriMo and National Poetry Month over at Medium.

3/27/19 - I wrote a comprehensive guide on Medium to publishing Literary/Realism Short Stories.

3/14/19 - I wrote a guest post at Dream Foundry on whisper networks and breaking into the SFF community as a new writer

3/11/19 - I wrote a post over at Medium on why I loathe personal rejections

3/1/19 - My story "knick knack, knick knack," is reprinted at Flash Fiction Online

2/9/19 - I have a new article up at Medium on Submitting Short Fiction (Genre edition)

2/1/19 - February Poetry Instagram Challenge: A Tiny Love Poem a Day

1/31/19 - I have a new essay up at Medium on Forming a Critique Group 101

1/22/18 - New essay up at Medium on Ursula K. Le Guin and her most famous short story

1/4/18 - I wrote a new post at Medium on Working with a Freelance Editor to Boost Your Writing Career

1/1/19 - I have a new poem up at Kaleidotrope - All the Glory of Her Earthly Shell

12/31/18 - Read my year-in-review post - What I Wrote in 2018

11/23/18 - I was interviewed at Riddled with Arrows literary journal on poetry.

10/22/18 - Save the date! I'll be reading Nov. 17 at Kaboom Books!

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