by Desmond Peeples | Jul 1, 2022 | Featured, News
It has been a tumultuous two years since our start. Our mission of bringing together and celebrating rural queer and POC voices is no less necessary, but my energy has dwindled. Life has thrown me changes I can’t juggle along with this magazine. It pains me to...
by Mount Island | Jul 9, 2020 | Featured, News
During times such as these, poetry is often one of the vehicles that reminds us of the importance of bearing witness. Mount Island’s Lucy Terry Prince Prize has come to a close and we are excited to announce our grand prize winner, Brittny Ray Crowell’s “Blood...
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 Mount Island | May 1, 2020 | Featured, News, Village Voices
Are you a rural artist? Are you also part of the LGBTQ+ community? Or perhaps the POC community? Both, even? Mount Island would like to include you in its new feature, Mount Island’s Village Voices! As we adjust to the new landscape, Mount Island is excited to...
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...
