Trio House Press is committed to publishing authors who fully engage in the literary conversation -- who bring new voices and/or perspectives to the table -- who encourage empathy, understanding and growth. Recent authors whose work has garned awards and recognition include Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, Christian Gullette, Issam Zineh, David Groff, and Jennifer Manthey.
In 2025, we will be releasing a record ten new titles, featuring poetry and prose that engages with diverse experiences and issues, including two memoirs, an essay collection, a Korean poetry translation, and seven poetry collections. Your donation supports these authors and our press in our work to bring more readers into these important literary and societal conversations.
Read more about some of our forthcoming authors and their work
Rhoni Blankenhorn is a Filipina-American translator and poet; her poems have recently appeared in Narrative Magazine, The Cortland Review, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Beloit Poetry Journal, and others. Her first collection, Rooms for the Dead and the Not Yet, Winner of the 2024 Trio Award, will be published by Trio House Press in July, 2025.
Martheaus Perkins is an African-American writer, raised by a single mother in Texas. A first-generation college graduate, his first poetry collection, The Grace of Black Mothers, will be published by Trio House Press in July, 2025.
Deborah Derrickson Kossmann is a practicing psychologist. Her memoir, Lost Found Kept, explores her experiences as she confronts the fact she's been hiding from herself for years - her mother is a hoarder and needs help. Lost Found Kept: A Memoir releases in early January, 2025
Heid E. Erdrich is author of seven collections of poetry and the inaugural Minneapolis Poet Laureate. Her honors include a National Poetry Series award, Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Fellowship, Loft-McKnight Fellowship in Prose, Minnesota State Arts Board grants, and two Minnesota Book Awards. Heid is Ojibwe, enrolled in the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. Her newest title, Verb Animate: Poetry and Prose from Collaborative Acts, will be released by Trio House Press in early December, 2024.
Kalehua Kim is a poet living in the Pacific Northwest. Born of Hawaiian, Chinese, Filipino and Portuguese descent, her multicultural background informs much of her work. A 2023 winner of the James Welch Prize for Indigenous Poets, she is the winner of the 2024 Trio House Press Editors Choice Prize. Her first collection of poems, Mele, is forthcoming from Trio House in July of 2025.