The Pitt Poetry Series — started by the University of Pittsburgh Press in 1967 — has long prided itself in publishing distinguished contemporary poetry.  The series continues that tradition in this fall with the following collections:  

“Dragstripping” by Jan Beatty (on sale Sept. 3, 2024), professor of English and director of creative writing at Carlow University

“Still City” by Oksana Maksymchuk (on sale Nov. 5), a Ukrainian-American whose poems document the start of the war against Ukraine

“Querida” by Nathan Xavier Osorio, winner of the 2024 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize (on sale Sept. 10) 

“Absent Here” by Bret Shepard, winner of the 2023 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry (on sale Oct. 8) 

“Purchase” by Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon (on sale Oct. 8), assistant professor of English at Cornell University and former winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize

Winner of the 2024 Cave Canem Poetry Prize, a first-book award dedicated to the discovery of exceptional manuscripts by Black poets. Applications are open from April 8 to May 5.

"The breadth of lived experience in this fall’s list thrills us,” the series’ co-editors —Terrance Hayes, Nancy Krygowski and Jeffrey McDaniel  — said. “This season represents an exploration of the poetic world through a range of distinctive, exciting voices. We are very proud of all of them."