Product Description Founded in 1997 by Susan Kan, Perugia Press has been publishing the best new women poets for two decades. Commemorating its 20th anniversary and the move forward into its third decade, this chapbook features a poem from each Perugia Press book, chosen by the poets and curated by Kan and new director Rebecca Hart Olander. Brilliance, Spilling celebrates the depth and breadth of Perugia Press's offerings and is brimming with intelligence, humor, and pathos. Review In this moving, celebratory selection of poems from its 20 prize-winning books chosen annually, Perugia Press earns its motto: "Excellence comes this way: one book at a time." From the rising waters of New Orleans to the mineshafts of Appalachia, through memories of rural America or a lost ancestral China, these poems are wonderfully various in subject and locale, idiosyncratic in voice and style. What they share is passion matched by craft, the authority of the genuine, vivid figures of thought and desire, and a home at a press dedicated to discovering the best new poetry by women. --Eleanor WilnerIn the last few decades, the publishing of poetry has gone through a seismic shift. Although big commercial houses still publish a few volumes, it is small presses like Perugia Press that are doing the essential work of scouting out the best new poetry and bringing it into the world. For 20 years Perugia Press has been quietly building an extraordinary list of poets and publishing them in beautiful books. The future of American poetry literally depends on this kind of dedication and effort. Kudos to Perugia Press for its brave and tireless work, and to its poets for theirs. --Chase Twichell About the Author Featuring work by Janet E. Aalfs, Catherine Anderson, Amanda Auchter, Melanie Braverman, Almitra David, Carol Edelstein, Melody S. Gee, Faye George, Diane Gilliam, Jenifer Browne Lawrence, Frannie Lindsay, Gail Martin, Lisa Allen Ortiz, Nancy K. Pearson, Linda Tomol