Samantha Malay is our first poetry editor in residence, a program that was developed to empower poets to pass on their publishing and editing skills. She offered us a few insights on her life and inspirations as a poet--those things that feed into her art. What is your work in Seattle? I'm a theatrical wardrobe technician by trade, providing the relationship between costumes and performers before, during and after their time on stage. I'm utilizing the current standstill in t

Thank you for being part of Flying Ketchup Press. You submitted, you read, you bought books, you took part in a book launch, blogged or told your story. And most of all, you created something new. Something powerful. You shared insight, creativity and energy. You showed a bold face and you kept on. We are celebrating strength this year and that is you! So, here are some quotes from you over the past two years of Flying Ketchup Press and a list of our 2021 plans and goals: Beg

“Fly to an arid land where you can come to the table, hear stories woven from the frayed edges of our hope." Join Kansas City’s Flying Ketchup Press as it releases its first collection of international voices in poetry. Co-edited by Polly Alice McCann and Araceli Esparza, “The Very Edge" is an intense collection of urgent and inspiring voices that bring together writers in English, Spanish, and French. It features New York poet, Anne Whitehouse, and Kansas Poet Laureate, Huas

We are so thankful to everyone who came out to celebrate our one year anniversary and the launch of our first seven poetry books! So what is the Fountainverse Poetry festival like? "We’re a 3-day, small-press, poetry festival and book fair. We’re a showcase for performing poets from all over the country. We’re open mics and guerrilla readings. We’re a writing workshop and a smallpress publishers’ panel. And we’re full of books. So many books!" We collected some intel on how d