Performing at the 2018 Get Lit Classic Slam.

“The price of her existence is silence.”

Don’t miss this phenomenal poem from Treniece Moné and Bryce Banks, performing during the 2018 Get Lit Words Ignite Classic Slam, the largest youth poetry tournament in Southern California. Order Get Lit Rising today at simonandschuster.com, and join the #LiteraryRiot at getlit.org.

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Featuring at Button Poetry Live.

“I have a few happy friends. I ask them about being happy the same way my high school friends ask me about being gay, ‘So, what do you people do exactly? How do you do IT?’”

Don’t miss this marvelous poem from Andrea Gibson, featuring at Westcott Theater in Syracuse, NY.

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Featuring at Icehouse.

“We have to break up. I know, it’s a weird way to start a love letter. But let me explain.”

Don’t miss this beautiful poem from Jared Singer, featuring at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN.

Send us your poetry! 2018 Chapbook Contest is NOW OPEN! Submit Here!

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Featuring at Icehouse in Minneapolis.

“I can no longer hide the way I feel. Cats suck. Cats are proof that Satan exists and wants us to suffer.”

Don’t miss this hilarious poem from Neil Hilborn, featuring at Icehouse in Minneapolis. Make sure to grab a copy of Neil’s newest book, THE FUTURE.

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While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, Olivia Gatwood, Hanif Abdurraqib, Sabrina Benaim, Guante, Rachel Wiley, & our newest release from Phil Kaye!

Performing at the 2018 Get Lit Classic Slam.

“Like good poems, teenage girls are sharp. Our wit cuts deeply like the scissors we use to cut crop tops out of everything and anything.”

Don’t miss this awesome poem from Sophie Priceman, performing during the 2018 Get Lit Words Ignite Classic Slam, the largest youth poetry tournament in Southern California. Order Get Lit Rising today at simonandschuster.com, and join the #LiteraryRiot at getlit.org.

Send us your poetry! 2018 Chapbook Contest is NOW OPEN! Submit Here!

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, Hanif Abdurraqib, Donte Collins, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Neil Hilborn, & our newest release from Phil Kaye!


Performing at the 2018 Rustbelt Poetry Festival.

“I look just like my father, a perfectionist who forgets there’s already a God. I worry I’m starting to resemble his mantras.”

Don’t miss this incredible poem from Peace Bell, performing at the 2018 Rustbelt Poetry Festival in Detroit, MI.

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Performing at the 2018 Rustbelt Poetry Festival.

“In the beginning, God was a 15 year old girl, and in the beginning, the earth was without form and void so God created Myspace.”

Don’t miss this heart-stirring poem from Adrienne Novy, performing at the 2018 Rustbelt Poetry Festival in Detroit, MI.

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Performing at the 2018 Rustbelt Poetry Festival.

“Don’t get me wrong: I have white friends. My mother is a white woman, but my mother reflects the light, she doesn’t snatch it from the air. When my mother makes a mistake, she doesn’t expect applause after her apologies.”

Don’t miss this marvelous poem from Jaz Sufi, performing at the 2018 Rustbelt Poetry Festival in Detroit, MI.

Send us your poetry! 2018 Chapbook Contest is NOW OPEN! Submit Here!



While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Olivia Gatwood, Hanif Abdurraqib, Sabrina Benaim, Rachel Wiley, Neil Hilborn, & our newest release from Phil Kaye!