by Desmond Peeples | Jun 8, 2020 | News
Dear friends, Much has happened over the past few months. Please take a moment to read our statement in support of the movement for racial justice and police abolition. Given the many social and economic uncertainties presented by the Covid-19 pandemic, we have found...
by Desmond Peeples | Jun 8, 2020 | Featured, News, Other
Mount Island is a Black-run publishing house, and we stand unequivocally with the current movement for justice in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and so many other beloved Black lives. This is a Black Spring now. An...
by Desmond Peeples | Feb 5, 2020 | Featured, News
In December 2019 we announced our first writing contest, the Lucy Terry Prince Prize for rural poets of color, which honors the legacy of the first known African-American poet in English literature. Major Jackson, celebrated poet and professor at both University of...
by Desmond Peeples | Feb 5, 2020 | In the Press, News
This article was originally published on December 24, 2019 in the Keene Sentinel. Rural communities can feel isolating, especially for underrepresented populations, like those who identify as LGBTQ+ or people of color. After a five-year hiatus, a Brattleboro-based...
by Desmond Peeples | Dec 4, 2019 | Featured, In the Press, News
Published in Seven Days on December 4, 2019 Brattleboro-based Mount Island, founded by Desmond Peeples, is a literary magazine devoted to the voices of rural LGBTQ and people of color. This week, the online quarterly began accepting submissions for a new poetry prize...
