2022 First Matter Press Cohort Release: ahuva s. zaslavsky, Riley Danvers, Sonya Wohletz, Hailey Spencer & Xylophone Mykland

Anthologies

Sep 17

Written By Ash Good

First Matter Press released five titles of poetry and hybrid literature at the fruition of our fifth annual publishing cycle. The 2022 cohort was guided by myself and co-editors Lauren Paredes, Caroline Wilcox Reul, and Emily Moon. Covers feature brilliant artwork including cyanotypes and ink and pen drawings by Portland artist Rachel Mulder. I designed and facilitated production for all five titles, and served as lead editor for Between These Borders Wanders a Golem and Someone I Can Hold Gently.

Between These Borders Wanders a Golem

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Written by ahuva s. zaslavsky
Paperback | 128 pages | September 2022
Published by First Matter Press

Someone I Can Hold Gently

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Written by Xylophone Mykland
Paperback | 90 pages | September 2022
Published by First Matter Press

One Row After/Bır Sira Sonra

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Written by Sonya Wohletz
Paperback | 116 pages | September 2022
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Stories for When the Wolves Arrive

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Written by Hailey Spencer
Paperback | 134 pages | September 2022
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Even the Air, Too Heavy

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Written by Riley Danvers
Paperback | 70 pages | September 2022
Published by First Matter Press

Ash Good

⚡️⚡️PLAY👉SACRED⚡️⚡️ 💫free 🌈queer 🎯curator ◼️designer ⭕️editor 🌊poet 🔮priestess 🌱plantwhisperer

This space is where I free myself to meaning-make in my own aesthetic to document and unpack concepts, experiments and experiences that are important to me. Read more about my praxis here. For brand curation and book design click over to ashgood.design. For ritual, movement, meditation, writing circles, toys and pop-up experiences to play with your intuition, visit highpriestesses.com. If you’d like to know more, my full bio is here.

http://www.ashgood.com/

2022 First Matter Press Cohort Release: ahuva s. zaslavsky, Riley Danvers, Sonya Wohletz, Hailey Spencer & Xylophone Mykland

ash good is the author of us clumsy gods (What Books Press, 2022) & four previous writing collections. Their poetry has been nominated for Best of the Net & appears in Faultline, Cimarron Review, 45th Parallel, Chautauqua, Bird Coat Quarterly, Voicemail Poems & others.

They are co-founding editor of First Matter Press, a nonprofit writer collective based in Portland, OR.

As a creative director & designer, ash collaborates on publishing projects with small presses, journals, literary organizations, universities & independent authors.

2022 First Matter Press Cohort Release: ahuva s. zaslavsky, Riley Danvers, Sonya Wohletz, Hailey Spencer & Xylophone Mykland

Peter J. Harris’s “SongAgain”

Carol Potter’s “What Happens Next Is Anyone’s Guess”

ash good is the author of us clumsy gods (What Books Press, 2022) & four previous writing collections. Their poetry has been nominated for Best of the Net & appears in Faultline, Cimarron Review, 45th Parallel, Chautauqua, Bird Coat Quarterly, Voicemail Poems & others.

They are co-founding editor of First Matter Press, a nonprofit writer collective based in Portland, OR.

As a creative director & designer, ash collaborates on publishing projects with small presses, journals, literary organizations, universities & independent authors.