On January 15th, 2025, the Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia shortlisted Requiem for a Redbird for its Book of the Year.

“Nico Vassilakis is the best of us, and by "us," I mean the small number of people who create visual poetry and textual poetry as if they are the same thing.”

On the day after the election, I traveled to Birmingham, Alabama. There, I watched the city’s Poet Laureate, Salaam Green, perform some of her poetry. Salaam is an artful presenter and a compelling literary activist. She also writes beautiful poetry, and Pulley will be publishing her book this coming year.

On December 15th, Southern Literary Review named Glass Cabin as their 2024 Poetry Book of the Year.

On December 11th, Southern Lit Review, a magazine of literature for the American South, announced that Glass Cabin had been named as a finalist for the magazine’s Book of the Year.

On December 3, 2024, Pulley Press released Nico Vassilakis’ collection, Wondermental. Pulley sat down with Vassilakis to further discuss the collection.

Pulley Press is proud to present a preview of Vassilakis’ work, with the poems “SO EQUALS DO” and “SHAPE AS AN EVENT”. The collection releases today, December 3, 2024.

A month after Requiem’s release, Pulley sat down with Bush to further discuss the collection.

At the beginning of November, Pulley signed Annie Woodford for publication of her collection Peasant in 2025.

"Here are two different (competing?) interests in rural folks: the urge to write to and the urge to write on behalf of, the duty to pay tribute and the duty to explain. Which way should we face when we talk about the places we love? The Braziels don’t have a single answer.”

Michael McGregor, author of Writing the Northwest, reviewed Pulley Press’ We Had Our Reasons, and interviewed author Ricardo Ruiz to find out more about himself, his writing, and his community. Anyone who has had the pleasure of meeting Ricardo will not be surprised that Michael was intrigued by both Ruiz’s poetry content and his demeanor.

Pulley Press is thrilled to announce that we’ve signed a contract with Tina Mozelle Braziel andJames Braziel for a book on The Glass Cabin, a home built by hand in Remlap, Alabama. Tina and Jim’ blog, Glass Cabin Diary, details the home that the duo has been building for the last couple of years. A good deal of the materials are salvage: decommissioned utility poles, cedars cut away from powerlines, rusted tin, and re-used windows.

As Pulley Press prepares for their next release, Glass Cabin, we sat down with the authors, James Braziel and Tina Mozelle Braziel, to discuss their work.