Nothing feels like going home. Thank you to everyone in Miami (but esp @omiamifestival & @booksandbooks ) for making the Florida release of the book so special. See you again soon.
On the blog today: a conversation between P. Scott Cunningham and assistant fiction editor Travis Cohen Acosta on Cunningham’s new collection, Self-Portrait as the “i” in Florida.
Read the full interview through the link in our bio to Schooner Blog.
I used the 90s filter because it’s my pub day for my new collection, Self-Portrait as the “i” in Florida, from Autumn House Press. I’m thrilled it’s out in the world and I hope you’ll pick up a copy.
Happy Pub Day to Self-Portrait as the “i” in Florida!
Winner of the 2025 Donald Justice Poetry Prize, selected by Major Jackson, Scott’s collection is a meditation on fatherhood and a love letter with all its contradictions and beauty.
“. . . so deftly choreographed, so formally various and deliciously propulsive, that I read it in one happy blink, then immediately spent a weekend poring over it slowly, with frankly obscene relish and awe. I sit at its feet.” —Kaveh Akbar, author of Pilgrim Bell
Available now wherever books are sold, including eBook.
Here’s to Scott, to Florida, and to poetry. 🌴
#poetry #miami #poetrycollection #indiepress #independentpublishing #fatherhood
Join us in the beautiful Mangrove Ballroom at Gramps Getaway next Thursday, April 2 for a poetry reading with O, Miami founder P. Scott Cunningham! He'll be reading from and celebrating the launch of his new book, “Self Portrait as the 'i' in Florida.” 🌴
The night will also feature Darius Daughtry, founder and artistic director of Art Prevails Project.
See you there, poets! 🐊
🎟️ Free RSVP, link in bio
🗓️ Thursday, April 2
🕖 7pm
📍 Gramps Getaway
3301 Rickenbacker Cswy
Key Biscayne, FL 33149
An absolute delight to have a poem in the April 2026 issue of POETRY @poetryfoundation - to celebrate, I’m going to Miami to get some humidity, go to @omiamifestival and eat some Flanny’s. TY to @adrian.matejka & the whole PoMag team for inviting me to the party. It’s an incredible issue. A whole folio on Linda Gregg!! Go get a copy.
“My” first unboxing video. TY to Ada; Christine Stroud at Autumn House; Cyndy & everyone at West Chester U; Gabe Alcala & Mike del Marmol for the cover & design; and Major Jackson for selecting the book.
Thanks to Major Jackson, Erika Meitner, and Kaveh Akbar for their generous words about SELF-PORTRAIT AS THE "I" IN FLORIDA by P. Scott Cunningham.
SELF-PORTRAIT is available for preorder now (link in bio). If you'd like an ARC for review consideration, DM us!
@poetmajorjackson@kavehakbar.kavehakbar@rika99
