Luke Hankins

Asheville

Founder and Editor at Orison Books

Senior Editor at Asheville Poetry Review

Writer, Translator, Founder and Editor of @OrisonBooks, Senior Editor at Asheville Poetry Review

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Articles

The Sad Tale of the Soft Sale: How Book Returns Work and Why You Should Care

1 month ago | pw.org | Luke Hankins

Ten years ago I founded Orison Books, a nonprofit literary press in Asheville, North Carolina, with a unique mission to publish exceptional literary work that engages the life of the spirit from a broad and inclusive range of perspectives. At the time, I had experience as a published author and as a literary magazine editor, but I didn’t understand the complexities of book distribution.
Israel's Black Panthers: The Radicals Who Punctured a Nation's Founding Myth

Jul 1, 2024 | jewishbookcouncil.org | Angus Smith |Nomi Stone |Luke Hankins

Review By – July 1, 2024 The framers of Israel’s Declaration of Independence were careful to situate the guarantee of “equality of social and political rights to all of its inhabitants” at the very heart of the text.
Effing up the Ineffable, and: Composition

Dec 22, 2023 | muse.jhu.edu | Luke Hankins

Effing up the Ineffable, and: Composition Effing up the Ineffable We're always effing up the ineffable.We approach it stealthily, holding outa tender proboscis of words—and then the petals clench together,the nectar out of reach. Or we wake in the morning to find it strewnacross our bodies as simply as sunlight,and we try to grasp it, hold it close,but it fades to memory in our clutch,and then memory evaporates like a dream.
Riding Westward:

Aug 9, 2023 | ashevillepoetryreview.com | Luke Hankins

An Interview with Carl Phillips Carl Phillips is the author of nine books of poetry, including Quiver of Arrows: Selected Poems, 1986–2006, Riding Westward; The Rest of Love, a finalist for the National Book Award; and The Tether, which won the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. His other books include a translation of Sophocles’ Philoctetes and Coin of the Realm: Essays on the Life and Art of Poetry.