The subscription of 7 books prioritises women writers, BIPOC writers and queer writers from the US, continuing a long tradition of trans-Atlantic conversation. By bringing highly regarded literature from the US for readers based in the UK and Ireland we seek to enrich conversations around literature, cultural politics and global diasporas in a time of increased militarised borders and rising ethno-nationalism.

The87press has always rejected nationalist literary projects while also recognising literature produced in different national contexts is developed within distinct cultural conditions. Cross-culturality and creolisation remain important touchstones for our publishing practice and this set of books highlight those guiding ideas readily. 

These innovative works of literature showcase debuts from artists at an earlier stage of their writing life such as Susan Nguyen, Emily Lee Luan and Megan Pinto, as well as reissues from more established writers such as Lena Khalaf Tuffaha and Pat Parker not previously published in the British Isles. Also featured is Whiting Poetry Award recipient and Indigenous Nations poet Annie Wenstrup alongside a rising star of US poetry, Gabrielle Bates.

The seven-book subscription also includes our beautiful Late Modernist tote bag made from recycled cotton. 

Each book will be a French Style paperback with a maximalist design paperback printed on high quality FSC paper. 5 of the 7 books are typeset in our new house poetry font commissioned from Berlin-based typography and design studio ABCDinamo. 

With a total RRP of £109.94, this subscription not only saves you money; your subscription will be posted for free as part of our recognition of your support.

With the87press having moved, as of April 2025, to a non-profit Community Interest Company model, we can guarantee that your money is going directly to supporting the publication of future authors and to assist us in continuing our mission of contributing to literary culture in its global form. 

Each book will be posted a minimum of 30 days prior to the release date of each book and your first parcel will include your totebag. Don't forget to share your subscription journey with us via instagram, X (formerly known as Twitter), and/or Blue Sky.

Booklist

• Dear Diaspora by Susan Nguyen (September 2025)

  This collection is an unapologetic reckoning with history, memory, and grief. It explores the intersections of girlhood, identity and selfhood against the backdrop of the Vietnamese diaspora.
  

• Judas Goat by Gabrielle Bates (October 2025)
  Gabrielle Bates’ electrifying debut questions what it means to love another person and how to exorcise childhood fears. This collection wrestles with betrayal, forced obedience, violence and young womanhood.
  

• Saints of Little Faith by Megan Pinto (November 2025)
  These poems’ meditative transformations engage with South Asian experiences of addiction, domestic violence, and mental illness, refusing to ignore narratives treated as unspeakable and overlooked by the English canon.
  

• Something About Living by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha (December 2025)
  Something About Living explores Palestinian life through the lens of American language, revealing a legacy of obfuscation and erasure. What happens when language only permits ongoing disasters to be packaged neatly for consumption and subsequent disposal?
  

• 回 / Return by Emily Lee Luan (March 2026)
  Through the recurrence of memory, myth, and grief, 回 / Return captures the elusory language of sorrow and solitude that binds Taiwanese diasporic experience.
  

• The Museum of Unnatural Histories by Annie Wenstrup (March 2026)
  Debut poetry collection from Whiting Award recipient and Dena’ina indigenous nations poet Annie Wenstrup which reclaims the right of interpretation, reinvention, artifact and myth through the space of an imagined museum.
  

• Selected Poems by Pat Parker (May 2026)
  A selection from the most vital poems of by Black, lesbian, feminist poet Pat Parker. During her lifetime, Parker was beloved in her communities for her extraordinary performances of poems.