Washington Writers' Publishing House
Washington Writers’ Publishing House is the longest, continuously-operating cooperative nonprofit literary small press in the United States
Latest WWPH Releases
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America’s Future
AMERICA'S FUTURE features 164 bold, thought-provoking writers. Some pieces turn to our past, reckoning with the wounds we still carry in today’s scars before questioning the future. Others turn their gaze forward, imagining the ways hope and reinvention can carve new paths. Learn more…
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Capital Queer
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You Cannot Save Here
Jane Doe
A collection of poems about how we live when each day feels like the world is ending. The poems ask what we do with the small moments that matter when so much around us-climate disaster, gun violence, pandemics, wars-makes these days feel apocalyptic. Learn more…
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For the Blessings of Jupiter and Venus
An intimate, funny, heartbreaking novel about the immigrant community and the plolitics of marriage in small-town America Learn more…
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The Machine Autocorrects Code to I
In an experiment of forms, this universe of poems wanders thruogh the messy past, battles in the charged present, and dreams/nightmares to the unknown future. This collection intertwines racial/cultural identity with gender, politics, and the environment, while also traversing time and place. Learn more…
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Washington Writers’ Publishing House is a non-profit, cooperative literary organization that has published over 100 volumes of poetry since 1975 as well as fiction and nonfiction. The press sponsors three annual competitions for writers living in DC, Maryland, and Virginia, and the winners of each category (one each in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction) comprise our annual slate. In 2021, WWPH launched an online literary journal, WWPH WRITES, to expand our mission to further the creative work of writers in our region. In 2024, WWPH launched our biennial works in translation series. Be a part of the WWPH community!
Recent WWPH Releases
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Unarmed: An American Educator’s Memoir
A memoir of a teacher's perspective on the current experience of American students, written as a personal response to a school shooting at New River Community College in Christiansburg, Virginia. A must-read for educators at all levels, for college students, for parents, and for all of us who think deeply and widely about American society. Learn more…
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Aquas/Waters
Aguas/Waters introduces the rich and vibrant imagery of Uruguayan poet Miguel Avero to the English-speaking world through Jona Colson's translation. Selected works from two of his early collections highlight the legacy of magical realism and rioplatense rhythms in this prolific poet's fierce style. Learn more…
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Leda’s Daughters
In this debut collection, the lives of working women are spun by able hands into myth. These are salt-of-the-earth poems that traverse and transgress the temporal, re-envisioning African American and Native American women's history as a history of poetics. Learn more…
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Transplant: A Memoir
A page-turning, personal journey into one Black woman's battle with kidney disease and the American medical system. Bernardine Watson's book is at once a truth-telling and an affirmation of the life force propelling us all toward love and hope. Learn more…
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Bad Questions
Humorous and heartbreaking, Bad Questions is a coming-of-age journey toward redemption and self-awareness, skirting the lines between spirituality, skepticism, and faith-and asking the big questions Learn more…
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50 years ago, the Washington Writers’ Publishing House was kickstarted by four DC area poets—an independent, literary, nonprofit, all-volunteer press. Help us celebrate 50 years in 2025! All donors will receive a special acknowledgement at our September 14th 50th-anniversary celebration at the Writer’s Center. We are a 501c3 organization and your donations are fully tax deductible.
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