
Announcing the winner of the 2025 New Constructions Hybrid Book Contest
My Prayer a Slit Throat by Ellen Kombiyil
A lyric visual essay, composed of erasures, collages, and military ephemera, My Prayer a Slit Throat is a timely work engaged in “erasing the inheritance of war.” Using text from the Iliad, with its startling clarity and energy, tenderness and horror, the work explores the narratives that continue to shape our conceptions of war. My Prayer a Slit Throat clears new territory for dialogue. Congratulations to Ellen, her book will be published in Spring 2026!
Ellen Kombiyil is a visual artist, poet, and educator from the Bronx. Her latest poetry collection, Love as Invasive Species (Cornerstone 2024) is a tête-bêche exploring matrilineal inheritances. Find her at www.ellenkombiyil.com.
WCP Readings
- Sun, Jul 20
- Sun, May 25
- Sat, May 03
- Sat, Mar 29
- Tue, Jun 18Malaprops Bookstore Virtual Reading & Discussion. Michelle Murphy and Thoreau Lovell with Barbara Roether /Register at www.malaprops.com
- Sat, Jun 08
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- Sun, May 19
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- Thu, Dec 14Dec 14, 2023, 6:00 PM PSTVirtual Event (Zoom)ZOOM Norman Fischer (a zen priest who is a poet) and John High (a poet who is a zen monk) will speak to their own experience on the connection between poetry and practice and read from their new books: 'Scrolls of a Temple Sweeper' and 'Men in Suits.'
- Thu, Dec 07Dec 07, 2023, 7:00 PM PSTSan Francisco, 653 Chenery St, San Francisco, CA 94131, USAPublisher and co-founder of WCP Thoreau Lovell is reading from his forthcoming novel, 'Marco Polo Mother & Son.' Lisa B (Bernstein) is reading from her new book of poetry, 'God in Her Ruffled Dress' (What Books Press).
- Tue, Nov 07Nov 07, 2023, 7:30 PM CSTVirtual Event (Zoom)ZOOM Norman Fischer (a zen priest who is a poet) and John High (a poet who is a zen monk) will speak to their own experience on the connection between poetry and practice and read from their new books: 'Scrolls of a Temple Sweeper' and 'Men in Suits.'
- Fri, Oct 20
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- Wed, Sep 27
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