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      • NEW--Rachel Custer
      • NEW--This Strange Garment, by Nicole Callihan
      • NEW—Paradise Is Jagged, by Ann Fisher-Wirth
      • NEW--The Mayapple Forest, by Kim Ports Parsons
      • NEW--Leave Me a Little Want, by Beverly Burch
      • NEW--Notes from the Column of Memory, by Wendy Drexler
      • NEW--The Night Divers, by Melanie McCabe
      • NEW--light waves, by Kirsten Shu-ying Chen
      • NEW--Horse Not Zebra, by Eric Nelson
      • NEW--Design, by Theresa Burns
      • NEW--House Bird, by Robb Fillman
      • Years Beyond the River, by David Axelrod
      • The Poet & The Architect, by Christine Stewart-Nunez
      • Wind Apples, by Jeff Ewing
      • The Feast Delayed, by Diane LeBlanc
      • These Few Seeds, by Meghan Sterling
      • The Curator's Notes, by Robin Rosen Chang
      • A Cartography of Home, by Hayden Saunier
      • Tell Me How You Got Here, by Emily Franklin
      • Self-Portrait with a Million Dollars, by Patricia Clark
      • Ghost Dogs, by Dion O'Reilly
      • A Kinship with Ash, by Heather Swan
      • Kissing the Long Face of the Greyhound, by Yvonne Zipter
      • Somatic, by Ann Keniston
      • The Honey of Earth, by David Graham
      • Sugar Fix, by Kory Wells
      • The Davids Inside David, by Sarah Wetzel
      • The Bones of Winter Birds, by Ann Fisher-Wirth
      • Strange What Rises, by Gary Whitehead
      • Suspension, by Paige Riehl
      • The Northway, by Lisa Bellamy
      • The Infinite Doctrine of Water, by Michael T. Young
      • Aileron, by Geraldine Connolly
      • No Such Thing As Distance, by Karen Paul Holmes
      • Leaves Surface Like Skin, by Michelle Menting
      • How to Wear This Body, by Hayden Saunier
      • Travel Notes from the River Styx, by Susanna Lang
      • Route 66 and Its Sorrows, by Carolyn Miller
      • Bluewords Greening, by Christine Stewart-Nunez
      • The Canopy, by Patricia Clark
      • Cutting Room, by Jessica de Koninck
      • The Persistence of Longing, by Lynne Knight
      • Confessions of a Captured Angel, by Neil Carpathios
    • Craft Books >
      • The Strategic Poet
      • The Practicing Poet: Writing Beyond the Basics
      • The Crafty Poet II: A Portable Workshop
      • The Crafty Poet: A Portable Workshop
    • Anthologies >
      • A Constellation of Kisses
      • The Book of Donuts, edited by Jason Lee Brown and Shanie Latham
      • The Doll Collection
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Who We Are

"One could wish all poetry collections were as carefully prepared and edited as Heather Swan’s A Kinship with Ash."
—from a review by Carole Mertz for the Michigan Quarterly Review
Terrapin Books is a small press specializing in poetry books. We publish books by individual authors, an occasional anthology, and a small number of craft books.
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We have published collections by such poets as Neil Carpathios, Lynne Knight, Jessica de Koninck, Christine Stewart-Nunez, Carolyn Miller, Patricia Clark, Hayden Saunier, Karen Paul Holmes, Geraldine Connolly, Paige Riehl, Ann Fisher-Wirth, Gary J. Whitehead, Sarah Wetzel, Michael T. Young, David Graham, and Kory Wells. It is a great pleasure to usher wonderful books into the poetry world.

​We have published three anthologies, The Doll Collection, The Book of Donuts, and, most recently, A Constellation of Kisses. We have also published The Crafty Poet II: A Portable Workshop, edited by Diane Lockward. This is the companion volume to the original The Crafty Poet: A Portable Workshop, now available in a revised edition from Terrapin Books. Our newest craft book is The Practicing Poet: Writing Beyond the Basics, edited by Diane Lockward.

Our poets have been featured on Tracy K. Smith's podcast series The Slowdown, Poetry Daily, The Writer's Almanac, Verse Daily, The Missouri Review, Ted Kooser's American Life in Poetry, Rebecca Foust's "Poetry Sunday" column in Women's Voices for Change, Cagibi Express, and Moms in Poetry.

Our books have been reviewed in a number of publications, including Atticus Review, The Chattahoochee Review, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Washington Independent Review of Books, American Poetry Journal, Broadkill Review, Broad Street Review, Escape into Life, Rain Taxi Review of Books, Mom Egg Review, Sabotage, Wordgathering, Emrys Journal, The Lit Pub, North of Oxford, Pedestal Magazine, Bone Bouquet, New Letters, ​Pleiades, Compulsive Reader, The Collagist, Connotation Press, ​Rhino Poetry, Whale Road Review, The Adirondack Review, Valparaiso Poetry Review, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, Poet Lore, Cider Press Review, The Literary Review, Literary Matters, Empty Mirror, The Rupture, Neon Literary Magazine,  The Hopper, Under a Warm Green Linden, ​The Rupture, Broad Street Review, Pedestal, ​Calyx, Philadelphia Stories, Page & Spine, The Poet (UK), ​Michigan Quarterly Review, The Minnesota Review, Cafe Review, Sugar House Review, ​Tupelo Quarterly, Harbor Review, and World-Architects.

Our books have also been adopted as course texts at such institutions as Bucks County Community College, Colorado State University, Washington & Lee University, and Grand Valley State University.

Our books and our poets have garnered some nice awards. 

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New Jersey 07006

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  • Home
  • About
    • Awards
  • Contact
  • Forthcoming
    • Mildred Barya
    • Helena Mesa
    • Kathy Nelson
    • Andrea Hollander
    • Saba Husain
  • Our Titles
    • Redux Series
    • Poetry Books >
      • NEW--Rachel Custer
      • NEW--This Strange Garment, by Nicole Callihan
      • NEW—Paradise Is Jagged, by Ann Fisher-Wirth
      • NEW--The Mayapple Forest, by Kim Ports Parsons
      • NEW--Leave Me a Little Want, by Beverly Burch
      • NEW--Notes from the Column of Memory, by Wendy Drexler
      • NEW--The Night Divers, by Melanie McCabe
      • NEW--light waves, by Kirsten Shu-ying Chen
      • NEW--Horse Not Zebra, by Eric Nelson
      • NEW--Design, by Theresa Burns
      • NEW--House Bird, by Robb Fillman
      • Years Beyond the River, by David Axelrod
      • The Poet & The Architect, by Christine Stewart-Nunez
      • Wind Apples, by Jeff Ewing
      • The Feast Delayed, by Diane LeBlanc
      • These Few Seeds, by Meghan Sterling
      • The Curator's Notes, by Robin Rosen Chang
      • A Cartography of Home, by Hayden Saunier
      • Tell Me How You Got Here, by Emily Franklin
      • Self-Portrait with a Million Dollars, by Patricia Clark
      • Ghost Dogs, by Dion O'Reilly
      • A Kinship with Ash, by Heather Swan
      • Kissing the Long Face of the Greyhound, by Yvonne Zipter
      • Somatic, by Ann Keniston
      • The Honey of Earth, by David Graham
      • Sugar Fix, by Kory Wells
      • The Davids Inside David, by Sarah Wetzel
      • The Bones of Winter Birds, by Ann Fisher-Wirth
      • Strange What Rises, by Gary Whitehead
      • Suspension, by Paige Riehl
      • The Northway, by Lisa Bellamy
      • The Infinite Doctrine of Water, by Michael T. Young
      • Aileron, by Geraldine Connolly
      • No Such Thing As Distance, by Karen Paul Holmes
      • Leaves Surface Like Skin, by Michelle Menting
      • How to Wear This Body, by Hayden Saunier
      • Travel Notes from the River Styx, by Susanna Lang
      • Route 66 and Its Sorrows, by Carolyn Miller
      • Bluewords Greening, by Christine Stewart-Nunez
      • The Canopy, by Patricia Clark
      • Cutting Room, by Jessica de Koninck
      • The Persistence of Longing, by Lynne Knight
      • Confessions of a Captured Angel, by Neil Carpathios
    • Craft Books >
      • The Strategic Poet
      • The Practicing Poet: Writing Beyond the Basics
      • The Crafty Poet II: A Portable Workshop
      • The Crafty Poet: A Portable Workshop
    • Anthologies >
      • A Constellation of Kisses
      • The Book of Donuts, edited by Jason Lee Brown and Shanie Latham
      • The Doll Collection
  • Submissions
    • Guidelines
    • FAQs
  • Titles for Review
  • Poetry Salon
  • Store
    • Poetry Books
    • Craft Books
    • Anthologies