Diode Is Headed To Kansas City!
Diode Editions
Diode Editions is an independent press based in Doha, Qatar and Richmond, Virginia. Editor in Chief Patty Paine founded the press in 2012 as an offshoot of diode poetry journal. To date, the press has published 60 works of poetry and poetry-related nonfiction and hosts yearly book and chapbook contests.
Our mission is to amplify diverse voices. We are committed to justice, inclusivity, anti-racism, and equity. We strive to craft beautiful books and fanatically support our authors.
At Diode Editions, we are committed to amplifying voices for peace, justice, and equity. We stand in unwavering support and solidarity with the people of Palestine. We mourn the tragic and senseless loss of life and are deeply disturbed by the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in real time. We unequivocally condemn the occupation and genocide of Palestine. We stand in unwavering support of intifada and in condemnation of zionists.
Diode has pledged to follow the call from the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) to comprehensively and consistently boycott all Israeli academic and cultural institutions.
Signed by the Diode Team,
Patty Paine, Law Alsobrook, ZS Donald and Lex Wanas
New Books
Featured Author
Shanta Lee
Shanta Lee is a writer across genres, a visual artist and a public intellectual actively participating in the cultural discourse with work that is widely featured. Winner of the National Arts Strategies - New England Creative Community Fellowship and the Abel Meeropol Social Justice award, Shanta Lee also produced and created Vermont Public’s “Seeing...the Unseen and In-Between within Vermont’s Landscape.” Shanta Lee is the author of several collections and a regular contributor to Ms. Magazine and Art New England. Her collections include GHETTOCLAUSTROPHOBIA: Dreamin of Mama While Trying to Speak Woman in Woke Tongues, Black Metamorphoses, and her latest forthcoming book, This Is How They Teach You How to Want It...The Slaughter: A Field Guide for the Hunted & the Hunter, The Dead-Alive, The Live-Dead Ones, The... (Harbor Editions, 2024). As a visual artist, Shanta Lee’s multimedia exhibitions have included, Dark Goddess: An Exploration of the Sacred Feminine – a work that includes her short film, interviews, and photography, and items from the museum's permanent collection – has been on view at the Bennington Museum, the Fleming Museum of Art, and the Southern Vermont Arts Center. Shanta Lee has an MFA in Creative Non-Fiction and Poetry at the Vermont College of Fine Arts, an MBA from the University of Hartford and an undergraduate degree in Women, Gender and Sexuality from Trinity College. To learn more about her work, visit: Shantalee.com.