Pulley Press locates, celebrates and publishes poetry from America’s rural places.

Our poetry imprint takes its inspiration from the industrial pulley: a sleek, ubiquitous tool that enables anyone to move heavy objects. In our case, we see the press itself as a device to help poets glide their poems into the hands of readers.

Pulley poets may be writing about their working lives and the places where they live. Within the intersection of landscape, workplace, and identity, the poets’ own back stories may influence their verse and bring new experiences to light.

We’re seeking poems from places perceived as remote—Indian Country, farms and ranches, small towns, from routes of migrant work, from factory floors and breakrooms—from the rich diversity of people and places beyond our cities.