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Soft Science (2019) Franny Choi	Calling a Wolf a Wolf (2017) Kaveh Akbar
play dead (2016) francine j. harris	Thief in the Interior (2016) Phillip B. Williams
Yearling (2015) Lo Kwa Mei-en	Split (2014) Cathy Linh Che
Money Money Money Water Water Water (2014) Jane Mead	Murder Ballad (2012) Jane Springer
North True South Bright (2003) Dan Beachy-Quick

 

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Alice James Books General Catalogue
 

2022
Constellation Route, by Matthew Olzmann

2021
If This Is the Age We End Discovery, by Rosebud Ben-Oni
Last Days, by Tamiko Beyer
The Vault, by Andres Cerpa
Spot Weather Forecast, by Kevin Goodan
Pretty Tripwire, by Alessandra Lynch
Broken Spectre, by Jacques J. Rancourt
How Not to Be Afraid of Everything, by Jane Wong

2020
The Voice of Sheila Chandra, by Kazim Ali
Arrow, by Sumita Chakraborty
Inheritance, by Taylor Johnson
Hot with Bad Things, by Lucia LoTempio
Witch, by Philip Matthews
Country, Living, by Ira Sadoff
Little Envelope of Earth Conditions, by Cori A. Winrock
Neck of the Woods, by Amy Woolard

2019
Bicycle in a Ransacked City: an Elegy, by Andres Cerpa
Soft Science, by Franny Choi
Odes to Lithium, by Shira Erlichman
Angel Bones, by Ilyse Kusnetz
Monsters I Have Been, by Kenji C Liu
Here All Night, by Jill McDonough
To the Wren: Collected and New Poems 1991-2019, by Jane Mead
Half/Life: New and Selected Poems, by Jeffrey Thomson
Half-Life: New and Selected Poems, by Jeffrey Thomson

2018
Of Marriage, by Nicole Cooley
Anaphora, by Kevin Goodan
DiVida, by Monica Hand
Isako Isako, by Mia Ayumi Malhotra
Ghost Like a Place, by Iain Haley Pollock
The English Boat, by Donald Revell
Pray Me Stay Eager, by Ellen Dore Watson
We, the Almighty Fires, by Anna Rose Welch

2017
Calling a Wolf a Wolf, by Kaveh Akbar
Some Say the Lark, by Jennifer Chang
Daylily Called It a Dangerous Moment, by Alessandra Lynch
The Blessing of Dark Water, by Elizabeth Lyons
Madwoman, by Shara McCallum
Reaper, by Jill McDonough
Surgical Wing, by Kristin Robertson

2016
play dead, by francine j. harris
The Big Book of Exit Strategies, by Jamaal May
World of Made and Unmade, by Jane Mead
House of Water, by Matthew Nienow
Contradictions in the Design, by Matthew Olzmann
Thief in the Interior, by Phillip B. Williams

2015
Refuge/es, by Michael Broek
Second Empire, by Richie Hofmann
Driving Withtout a License, by Janine Joseph
Yearling, by Lo Kwa Mei-en
Sand Opera, by Philip Metres
O'nights, by Cecily Parks
Drought-Adapted Vine, by Donald Revell

2014
Split, by Cathy Linh Che
Orphan, by Jan Heller Levi
Mad Honey Symposium, by Sally Wen Mao
Devil Dear, by Mary Ann McFadden
Devil, Dear, by Mary Ann McFadden
Money Money Money Water Water Water, by Jane Mead

2013
We Come Elemental, by Tamiko Beyer
Black Crow Dress, by Roxane Beth Johnson
Hum, by Jamaal May
Obscenely Yours, by Angelo Nikolopoulos
Mezzanines, by Matthew Olzmann
Viral, by Suzanne Parker

2012
Tantivy, by Donald Revell
Murder Ballad, by Jane Springer

2011
Heart First Into the Forest, by Stacy Gnall
Me and Nina, by Monica Hand
lie down too, by Lesle Lewis
This Strange Land, by Shara McCallum
Panic, by Laura McCullough
Western Practice, by Stephen Motika
Pier, by Janine Oshiro
Sudden Dog, by Matthew Pennock

2010
Shahid Reads His Own Palm, by Reginald Dwayne Betts
Milk Dress, by Nicole Cooley
Breach, by Nicole Cooley
How to Catch a Falling Knife, by Daniel Johnson
Parable of Hide and Seek, by Chad Sweeney

2009
Slamming the Open Door, by Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno
The Bitter Withy, by Donald Revell

2008
Begin Anywhere, by Frank Giampietro
The Temple Gate Called Beautiful, by David Kirby
The Usable Field, by Jane Mead
King Baby, by Lia Purpura

2007
Colonization, by Henrietta Goodman Chaussee
Beloved Idea, by Ann Killough
The World in Place of Itself, by Bill Rasmovicz
A Thief of Strings, by Donald Revell
The Glass Age, by Cole Swensen
Door to a Noisy Room, by Peter Waldor

2006
Ruin, by Cynthia Cruz
Forth a Raven, by Christina Davis
Landscapes I & II, by Lesle Lewis
The Case Against Happiness, by Jean-Paul Pecqueur
Here, Bullet, by Brian Turner

2005
Polar, by Dobby Gibson

2004
Into Perfect Spheres Such Holes Are Pierced, by Catherine Barnett
Night of a Thousand Blossoms, by Frank X. Gaspar
The Devotion Field, by Claudia Keelan
Goest, by Cole Swensen

2003
North True South Bright, by Dan Beachy-Quick
My Mojave, by Donald Revell
The Wind, Master Cherry, the Wind, by Larissa Szporluk
Granted, by Mary Szybist
Mister Goodbye Easter Island, by Jon Woodward

2002
An Ordinary Day, by Xue Di
Sea Gate, by Jocelyn Emerson
Sails the Wind Left Behind, by Alessandra Lynch
The Captain Lands in Paradise, by Sarah Manguso

2001
The Chime, by Cort Day
Live Feed, by Tom Thompson
Self and Simulacra, by Liz Waldner
Ladder Music, by Ellen Dore Watson

2000
The Arrival of the Future, by B. H. Fairchild
Pity the Bathtub Its Forced Embrace of the Human Form, by Matthea Harvey
Isthmus, by Alice Jones
Utopic, by Claudia Keelan
The Kingdom of the Subjunctive, by Suzanne Wise

1999
How I Got Lost So Close to Home, by Amy Dryansky
Zero Gravitry, by Eric Gamalinda
Camera Lyrica, by Amy Newman

1998
The Art of the Lathe, by B. H. Fairchild
An Ark of Sorts, by Celia Gilbert
The Groundnote, by Janet Kaplan
Fire & Flower, by Laura Kasischke
The Way Out, by Lisa Sewell

1997
Journey Fruit, by Kinereth Gensler
Generation, by Sharon Kraus
Middle Kingdom, by Adrienne Su
We Live in Bodies, by Ellen Dore Watson

1996
Heavy Grace, by Robert Cording
The Wanderer King, by Theodore Deppe
We Have Gone to the Beach, by Cynthia Huntington
Proofreading the Histories, by Nora Mitchell

1995
Call & Response, by Forrest Hamer
Girl, Hurt, by E. J. Miller Lanio
Upside Down in the Dark, by Carol Potter

1994
The Moon Reflected Fire, by Doug Anderson
The Moon Reflected Fire, by Doug Anderson
Where Eternity Begins, by Deborah Denicola
The Wild Field, by Rita Gabis
The Secretary Parables, by Nancy Lagomarsino
Ghost Letters, by Richard McCann

1993
This Particular Earthly Scene, by Margaret Lloyd
Durable Goods, by Suzanne Matson

1992
The Knot, by Alice Jones
Vox Angelica, by Timothy Liu
The River at Wolf, by Jean Valentine

1991
To the Left of the Worshipper, by Jeffrey Greene
Infrequent Mysteries, by Pamela Stewart

1990
Children of the Air, by Theodore Deppe
Sea Level, by Suzanne Matson
Before We Were Born, by Carol Potter

1989
Chemo Poet and Other Poems, by Helene Davis
The Forked Rivers, by Nancy Donegan
Rosetree, by Sabra Loomis
Lines Out, by Rosamond Rosenmeier

1988
Rush to the Lake, by Forrest Gander
Your Skin is a Country, by Nora Mitchell
Home, Deep, Blue : new and selected poems, by Jean Valentine

1987
The Calling, by Tom Absher
Disciplining the Devil's Country, by Carol Borges
Sleep Handbook, by Nancy Lagomarsino
French for Soldiers, by Nina Nyhart
Blue Holes, by Laurel Trivelpiece
Traveling Mercies, by David Williams

1986
Forms of Conversion, by Allison Funk
The Chicago Home, by Linnea Johnson
Black Dog, by Margo Lockwood
Rooms Overhead, by Betsy Sholl

1985
Romance and Capitalism at the Movies, by Joan Joffe Hall
Robeson Street, by Fanny Howe
The Canal Bed, by Helena Minton
Night Watches : inventions on the life of Maria Mitchell, by Carole Simmons Oles

1984
Legacies, by Suzanne Berger
Deception Pass, by Sue Standing

1983
In the Mother Tongue, by Catherine Anderson
Natural Affinities, by Erica Funkhouser
Bonfire, by Celia Gilbert

1982
The Common Life, by David McKain

1981
Riding with the Fireworks, by Ann Darr
The Old Chore, by John Hildebidle

1980
Streets After Rain, by Elizabeth Knies
Animals, by Alice Mattison
Permanent Address : new poems, 1973-1980, by Ruth Whitman

1978
From Room to Room, by Jane Kenyon
The Country Changes, by Lee Rudolph
Appalachian Winter, by Betsy Sholl

1977
The Hardness Scale, by Joyce Peseroff
Tamsen Donner : a woman's journey, by Ruth Whitman

1974
Changing Faces, by Betsy Sholl

1972
Backtalk, by Robin Becker

Alice James Books's books have won the following awards:

2019
Winner of Alice James Award
If This Is the Age We End Discovery, by Rosebud Ben-Oni
 

2018
Winner of William Carlos Williams Award
Some Say the Lark, by Jennifer Chang
 
Winner of Levis Reading Prize
Calling a Wolf a Wolf, by Kaveh Akbar
 
Winner of OCM Bocas Poetry Prize
Madwoman, by Shara McCallum
 
Winner of John C. Zacharis First Book Award
Calling a Wolf a Wolf, by Kaveh Akbar
 
Winner of Alice James Award
Neck of the Woods, by Amy Woolard
 
Winner of Devil's Kitchen Reading Award
Of Marriage, by Nicole Cooley
 

2017
Winner of Kate Tufts Discovery Award
Thief in the Interior, by Phillip B. Williams
 
Winner of Lambda Literary Awards
play dead, by francine j. harris
 
Winner of Lambda Literary Awards
Thief in the Interior, by Phillip B. Williams
 
Winner of Balcones Poetry Prize
Daylily Called It a Dangerous Moment, by Alessandra Lynch
 
Winner of Poets & Writers Debut Poets
Calling a Wolf a Wolf, by Kaveh Akbar
 
Winner of Alice James Award
Isako Isako, by Mia Ayumi Malhotra
 

2016
Winner of Alice James Award
We, the Almighty Fires, by Anna Rose Welch
 
Winner of Poets & Writers Debut Poets
Thief in the Interior, by Phillip B. Williams
 

2015
Winner of Norma Farber First Book Award
Split, by Cathy Linh Che
 
Winner of Poets & Writers Debut Poets
Second Empire, by Richie Hofmann
 
Winner of Alice James Award
The Blessing of Dark Water, by Elizabeth Lyons
 

2014
Winner of Poets & Writers Debut Poets
Mad Honey Symposium, by Sally Wen Mao
 
Winner of Kundiman Poetry Prize
Driving Withtout a License, by Janine Joseph
 
Winner of Beatrice Hawley Award
Second Empire, by Richie Hofmann
 

2013
Winner of Kinerth Gensler Award
Refuge/es, by Michael Broek
 
Winner of Kinerth Gensler Award
O'nights, by Cecily Parks
 
Winner of Kundiman Poetry Prize
Yearling, by Lo Kwa Mei-en
 
Winner of Beatrice Hawley Award
Sand Opera, by Philip Metres
 

2012
Winner of Kinerth Gensler Award
Mad Honey Symposium, by Sally Wen Mao
 
Winner of Beatrice Hawley Award
Hum, by Jamaal May
 
Winner of Asian American Literary Awards
Pier, by Janine Oshiro
 
Winner of Kundiman Poetry Prize
Split, by Cathy Linh Che
 

2011
Winner of Kinerth Gensler Award
Viral, by Suzanne Parker
 
Winner of Kinerth Gensler Award
Obscenely Yours, by Angelo Nikolopoulos
 
Winner of Beatrice Hawley Award
Murder Ballad, by Jane Springer
 
Winner of Kundiman Poetry Prize
Mezzanines, by Matthew Olzmann
 

2010
Winner of Beatrice Hawley Award
lie down too, by Lesle Lewis
 
Winner of Kinerth Gensler Award
Me and Nina, by Monica Hand
 
Winner of Kinerth Gensler Award
Sudden Dog, by Matthew Pennock
 
Winner of Kinerth Gensler Award
Western Practice, by Stephen Motika
 
Winner of Poets & Writers Debut Poets
Shahid Reads His Own Palm, by Reginald Dwayne Betts
 
Winner of Kundiman Poetry Prize
Pier, by Janine Oshiro
 

2009
Winner of Beatrice Hawley Award
Shahid Reads His Own Palm, by Reginald Dwayne Betts
 
Winner of Devil's Kitchen Reading Award
The Temple Gate Called Beautiful, by David Kirby
 
Winner of Kinerth Gensler Award
Milk Dress, by Nicole Cooley
 
Winner of Kinerth Gensler Award
Panic, by Laura McCullough
 

2008
Winner of Beatrice Hawley Award
Slamming the Open Door, by Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno
 
Winner of Poets & Writers Debut Poets
Begin Anywhere, by Frank Giampietro
 

2007
Winner of Beatrice Hawley Award
King Baby, by Lia Purpura
 

2006
Winner of Beatrice Hawley Award
Colonization, by Henrietta Goodman Chaussee
 
Winner of Kinerth Gensler Award
Beloved Idea, by Ann Killough
 
Winner of Kinerth Gensler Award
The World in Place of Itself, by Bill Rasmovicz
 
Winner of Kinerth Gensler Award
Door to a Noisy Room, by Peter Waldor
 
Winner of Poets & Writers Debut Poets
Forth a Raven, by Christina Davis
 
Winner of PEN Center USA Literary Award
Here, Bullet, by Brian Turner
 

2005
Winner of Beatrice Hawley Award
Here, Bullet, by Brian Turner
 
Winner of Kinerth Gensler Award
Ruin, by Cynthia Cruz
 
Winner of Kinerth Gensler Award
The Case Against Happiness, by Jean-Paul Pecqueur
 

2004
Winner of Beatrice Hawley Award
Polar, by Dobby Gibson
 
Winner of Great Lakes College Association New Writers Award
Granted, by Mary Szybist
 
Winner of Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
My Mojave, by Donald Revell
 

2003
Winner of Beatrice Hawley Award
Into Perfect Spheres Such Holes Are Pierced, by Catherine Barnett
 

2002
Winner of Beatrice Hawley Award
Granted, by Mary Szybist
 

2001
Winner of Beatrice Hawley Award
Self and Simulacra, by Liz Waldner
 

2000
Winner of Beatrice Hawley Award
Utopic, by Claudia Keelan
 
Winner of Asian American Literary Awards
Zero Gravitry, by Eric Gamalinda
 

1999
Winner of Kingsley Tufts Award
The Art of the Lathe, by B. H. Fairchild
 
Winner of Beatrice Hawley Award
Camera Lyrica, by Amy Newman
 
Winner of PEN Center USA Literary Award
The Art of the Lathe, by B. H. Fairchild
 

1998
Winner of Beatrice Hawley Award
Fire & Flower, by Laura Kasischke
 

1997
Winner of Beatrice Hawley Award
The Art of the Lathe, by B. H. Fairchild
 

1996
Winner of Beatrice Hawley Award
We Have Gone to the Beach, by Cynthia Huntington
 

1995
Winner of Beatrice Hawley Award
Call & Response, by Forrest Hamer
 

1994
Winner of Beatrice Hawley Award
Ghost Letters, by Richard McCann
 

1992
Winner of Beatrice Hawley Award
The Knot, by Alice Jones
 

1988
Winner of Beatrice Hawley Award
Home, Deep, Blue : new and selected poems, by Jean Valentine
 

1987
Winner of Beatrice Hawley Award
Blue Holes, by Laurel Trivelpiece
 

1986
Winner of Beatrice Hawley Award
The Chicago Home, by Linnea Johnson