Lightship Press

Seaglass Strange by Red O'Hare

In this harrowing and heartfelt poetry debut, O’Hare steps fearlessly forward to delve into issues of grief, faith, and the experience of surviving in a body that our world is all too eager to underestimate and abuse. Now available for pre-order on Lightship Press website (www.lightshippress.com).

Our Streets by Sam Rose Preminger

In this tender collection, Preminger explores the tumult of political resistance from the perspective of a protest medic, enshrining the humanity of activism against a backdrop of brutality. Now available for pre-order on Lightship Press website (www.lightshippress.com)

Voracity by Christopher Luna

In this revealing poetry collection, Luna invites readers on a candid and intimate journey behind the mask of a public figure as he grapples with identity, body image, and the enormity of his hungers. Now available for pre-order on Lightship Press website - www.lightshippress.com.

Hello Lightship friends and supporters!

We're writing with some BIG NEWS: the Kickstarter is nearly funded now and we're ready to reveal the fourth poet who will be joining our lineup and publishing a debut book this autumn! We were so thrilled to receive a brilliant submission from this author and can't wait to share their work with you all, so without further ado, it's our pleasure to announce...

ZIA POLLIS will be joining the Lightship crew!

Zia is a writer and illustrator from Chamisal, New Mexico. She has participated in several poetry slams across New Mexico, the Verse Converse festival, and readings with the Society of the Muse of the Southwest (SOMOS). She has competed in the national youth poetry slam, Brave New Voices, and has been featured in MassPoetry's U35 reading series for poets under 35. She is a contributing editor for Peripheries Magazine and Harvard Divinity Bulletin. Her work has appeared in Nailed Magazine and MassPoetry. She holds a B.A. in English from Reed College and is a current Master's of Divinity student (MDiv) at the Harvard Divinity School in Boston, Massachusetts.

Go to our Kickstarter to pre-order Zia’s forthcoming collection!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lightshippress/lightship-press-publishing-poetry-books

Lightship Press poets are gathering together at CoHo Theatre to showcase their poetry and raise money for the Kickstarter campaign to publish more books of poetry.

Hear poems from Sam Rose Preminger, Morgan Paige, Ken Yoshikawa, Red O’Hare, Christopher Luna & Igor Brezhnev. Featuring music by Ari Asteri & Nick Skaredoff.

Come by early to meet the poets and check out their books and to listen to music. Doors open at 6pm. Show starts at 7pm sharp.

Check out the Lightship Press Kickstarter at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lightshippress/lightship-press-publishing-poetry-books

THE DETAILS
When: August 16th from 7-9PM
Where: CoHo Productions, 2257 NW Raleigh St. 97210
Tickets: Tickets are all Pay-What-You-Can and everyone is invited.

https://ci.ovationtix.com/35827/production/1135291?fs=e&s=cl

Enjoying a lovely evening with Christopher Luna's new manuscript, Voracity, which will be heading to print soon with your help!

Pre-order your copy at the Kickstarter right now and help us light the way for this remarkable book!

lightshippress.com/kickstarter

Check out these nifty new stickers that just arrived, featuring the incredible illustration of Lightship friend, Shannon Christie

Come pick one up at a Wordlights show or snag some stickers now by backing the kickstarter:
www.lightshippress.com/kickstarter

Had the absolute pleasure of meeting with Christopher Luna this morning to discuss his upcoming book -- Voracity! In this collection, Christopher's going to be exploring the idea of poetry as memoir while trusting readers with a bold discussion of the body, compulsive eating, and the ineffable pain which lurks behind it.

Pre-order a copy of Voracity at our Kickstarter now: lightshippress.com/kickstarter

"Words I Probably Said" is a new album of spoken word by Stephen Meads released by Lightship Press and recorded at Shady Pines Media. Get yourself a copy at stephenmeads.bandcamp.com. Support living artists.

Words I Probably Said, by Stephen Meads 17 track album