150+ galleys will be printed in November 2020.
Galley mailing to key reviewers, media outlets, and booksellers 4-5 months prior to publication. Additional galleys will be available upon request.
Digital galleys available by request on Edelweiss+ 3-4 months prior to publication.
Advanced review copies and press materials will be sent to a targeted list of 120-150 reviewers in February 2020. Additional ARCs available by request: [email protected].
National advertising: Poets & Writers, American Poets, and the Academy of American Poets newsletter.
Outreach to online media and bloggers including BuzzFeed, Bustle, Book Riot, Literary Hub, etc.
Buy-ins to relevant academic conferences, trade shows, and publications. Currently considering: American Library Association Annual Meeting, CBSD Sales and Academic catalogs, BEA, etc.
Spring book announcements submitted to Publishers Weekly.
Online/social media campaign: Extensive promotion through BOA's website, blog, e-newsletter (4.6K+ subscribers), Facebook (7.2K+ followers), Twitter (10.5K+ followers), and Instagram (3.2K+ followers) accounts.
Full-page feature in in-house catalog.
E-postcards will be sent to BOA’s academic contacts, reviewer contacts, bookstore contacts, and literary bloggers.
Simultaneous ebook and print publication. Ebook ISBN will be included on all press materials, author and publisher websites, and whenever print ISBN is listed.
Simultaneous audiobook release with print and ebook editions. The audiobook will be produced by John Behrens of Nashville Audio Productions. This is BOA's first audiobook title and will be promoted widely on social media and in BOA's newsletter.
The Southern Review of Books's "Best Southern Books of April 2021"
Punk-rock feminist poems exploring motherhood, pop culture, and resistance with a spirit of defiance, abundance, and irreverent joy
Kendra DeColo reaffirms the action of mothering as heroic, brutal, and hardcore. These poems interrogate patriarchal narratives about childbirth, postpartum healing, and motherhood through the lens of pop culture and the political zeitgeist. With references ranging from Courtney Love to Lana Del Rey to Richard Burton to Nicolas Cage, I Am Not Trying to Hide My Hungers from the World revitalizes the way we look at mothering: pushing its boundaries and reclaiming one's spirit of defiance, abundance, and irreverent joy.
