A Godless Ascends Book Launch will be at Lithic Bookstore & Gallery in Fruita, CO on March 21 at 7pm. If you’re in the area, please come celebrate with us! I’m excited to be reading with special guest Alysse Kathleen McCanna, whose book Fish Wife was also released this month by Black Lawrence Press!

You can check out all my upcoming readings on my Readings & Events page.

• March 21, 2024, 7pm – A Godless Ascends Book Launch at Lithic Bookstore & Gallery in Fruita, CO with special guest Alysse Kathleen McCanna!
• April 17, 2024, 6:30pm – Feature reader for Stories & Poems at Lone Cone Library in Norwood, CO
• April 18, 2024, 7pm –  Feature for Literary Living Room at Sherbino Theater in Ridgway, CO
• April 26, 2024, 7pm – Feature reader for Poetry Pharmacy at Tree of Life Studios in Payson, UT
• June 28 – 30, 2024 – Feature reader at the Utah Arts Festival, date/time TBD in Salt Lake City, UT
• July 16, 2024, 7pm – Feature reader for Word Up! at Copeka Coffee in Grand Junction, CO
• August 20, 2024, 6pm – Feature reader for Black Dog Poetry Open Mic virtual event
• September 8, 2024, 2pm – Feature reader for Bluecorn Cafe in Montrose, CO

Tremendous thanks to editors Danny Rosen and Kyle Harvey for the impeccable design and quality printing. The book is divided into four sections with beautiful artwork by Nancy Smith, including the cover art. A Godless Ascends will be officially released to celebrate the vernal equinox, March 19, 2024.

You can pre-order A Godless Ascends:

• Direct from Lithic Press (free shipping);
• or from Small Press Distribution (currently 20% off as featured in their “handpicked” section for Women’s National History Month);
• or if you’d like a signed copy with a bookmark, contact me here. Those who order signed copies before the official release date on March 19 will be entered in a drawing to win an 11×14 print of one of the paintings used as artwork in the book!

A GODLESS ASCENDS is the powerful new collection of poems by Trish Hopkinson. In this intensely personal collection, the poet’s close attention to language propels the narrative and brings its scenes to life: I see her mother writing essays in college; I see the poet telling her daughter, do not mistake urgency for love; I see her watching over her injured son in his hospital bed. These poems produce an aura of the mystical nature of making a family and keeping it together while remaining true to the poet’s creative life.

“Like the screech owl, Trish Hopkinson’s work hardens itself in order to keep its insides soft. There’s a Plathian urgency to these poems, reminding us that memory has taste buds, ancestry is complicated and life, like poetry, is grounded in physicality.” –Wendy Videlock, author of Wise to the West

Sample poems:

• Nocturne to Uterus – The Gravity of the Thing
• Uprooted – Cultural Daily, finalist for the 2021 Jack Grape Poetry Prize
• Dragonfly Daughter – Literary Mama (+Pushcart prize nomination)
• Resurrection Party – Voicemail Poems

If you’re interested in attending a reading, I’ll be featuring at several events in Colorado, Utah, and virtually. For information on upcoming events, see my Reading & Events page. I’ll update it as more events are scheduled.