Saida Agostini Publishes Poem in Perugia
Agostini's poem "An Incomplete Legend on Love" finds a home in Perugia Press as they highlight exceptional emerging BIWOC poets and artists
Saida Agostini's "An Incomplete Legend on Love" first appears in her debut poetry collection let the dead in. Perugia Press, who is doing a feature on exceptional, emerging BIWOC poets and artists, have republished "An Incomplete Legend on Love" on their website, featuring a bio of Agostini and information on let the dead in.
You can read the entire poem here on Perugia Press' website.
Or find it in Saida Agostini's debut collection let the dead in.
Reflections on my First AWP; or, Sleepless in SeaTac
ASP Intern and Washington College Senior Eylie Sasajima on Her First AWP Conference
An interview with the late, great Linda Pastan
Along the indifferent corridors / of space, angels could be hiding,” Linda Pastan wrote in her poem “Muse.” ASP honors the legacy of Linda Pastan (1932–2023), a former Poet Laureate of Maryland, who passed away last week. Pastan was the author of the 2018 poetry book A Dog Runs Through It, which won the Towson University Literary Award.
Here’s to 2022! And Here’s a Sale…
2022 was a big year for ASP and our writers. In March, we had a booth at the annual AWP Conference, and our offsite reading, featuring authors Saida Agostini, Dave Housley, Elizabeth Hazen, and Richard Peabody, along with special guests Teri Ellen Cross Davis and Leslie Pietrzyk, had a standing-room-only audience packed with literary stars.