About Winter in America (Again
Poets Respond to 2024 Election

Updated April 7, 2025.

Poets from the United States and beyond respond to the 2024 Presidential election. The poems are rooted in a belief that the incoming administration will not relieve or heal us from our nation’s past: the destruction of the environment, the unbridled use of power, the pervasive narrative that Black lives do not matter, patriarchy, reproductive injustice for women, silent support for the US prison-industrial complex, and the lack of compassion for diverse gender identity, immigrants, the indigenous, and unsheltered populations. The editorial team worked tirelessly for six weeks to publish this anthology before the January 20, 2025 inauguration.

Lead Editors: Katie Sarah Zale, Paul E. Nelson

Editorial Board: allia abdullah-matta, CChristy White, Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Robert Lashley, Roxi Power & Theresa Whitehill

UPCOMING READINGS

Tuesday, July 8, 6pm

Lopez Island Library
2225 Fisherman Bay Road
Lopez Island, WA 98261

Readers include: allia abdullah-matta, Paul E Nelson, Rob Lewis, Katie Sarah Zale, others. 2225 Fisherman Bay Rd, Lopez Island, WA 98261. Link to Lopez Island Library.

Thursday, July 10, 6:30pm doors open

Finnriver Farm & Cidery
124 Center Road
Chimacum, WA 98325

Readers include: Holly Hughes, allia abdullah-matta, Paul E Nelson, Katie Sarah Zale, Roxi Power Anna Linzer.

Friday, July 11, 6:30pm

Eagle Harbor Book Company
157 Winslow Way E.
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110

Readers include: allia abdullah-matta, Paul E Nelson, Roxi Power, Katie Sarah Zale, Anna Linzer others.

Saturday, July 12, 2pm

Columbia City Gallery
4864 Rainier Ave S
Seattle, WA 98118

Readers include: allia abdullah-matta, Paul E Nelson, Katie Sarah Zale, Zach Charles, Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Catalina Cantú, Robert Lashley, and other poets. Reading from the book and Q&A about creative resistance. Link to Columbia City Gallery.

Monday, May 5, 3-5 PM
Artful: The Gallery
526 Cumberland Rd, Courtenay, BC V9N 2C7, Canada

HEAR AUDIO FROM THE READING BY CLICKING HERE

Ann Graham Walker, Carla Stein, Daphne Marlatt, Dion O’Reilly, Lorin Medley, Paul E. Nelson, Robert Lashley, Scott Lawrence, and more! Link to Artful: The Gallery

Thursday, May 1, 7pm
Elliott Bay Book Company
1521 10th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98122

Listen to the audio of the reading: Part 1   Part 2

Editors, Katie Sarah Zale, Paul E Nelson, Publisher Greg Bem, Tetsuzen Jason Wirth, Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Matt Trease, Robert Lashley, Zach Charles, Stacey Jones, Terran Campbell, Catalina Cantu. Link to Elliott Bay Book Company.

April 27, 2pm PST.
Lit Balm Interactive Livestream Reading Series.
https://litbalm.org/

allia abdullah-matta, Petra Kuppers, Bill Lavender, Roxi Power, Fred Wah

April 26, 2pm PST.
Lit Balm Interactive Livestream Reading Series: https://litbalm.org/
Matthew Cooperman, Aby Kaupang, Paul E. Nelson, Mark Nowak, Rodrigo Toscano

April 15, 7pm
Inter Act Poetry at Satori Arts
Santa Cruz, CA

Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Veronica Eldredge, Dane Cervine, Julia Chiapella, Roxi Power, Dion O’Reilly, David Sullivan.

If you resonate with this effort:

Consider joining the Poetry Postcard Fest, July 4-August 31, 2025, or the online workshops.