Mentee Maya Collins Releases First Chapbook from Bottlecap Press

Girls Write Now mentee Maya Collins recently released her first chapbook from Bottlecap Press

New York, NY – May 24, 2024

Girls Write Now mentee Maya Collins recently released her first chapbook, Buried Paper Airplanes —And You, from Bottlecap Press.

“A young woman’s confessional narrative takes its shape in old minivans, hospital waiting rooms, and childhood bedrooms. In the midst of isolation, a thread of longing is woven into moments, sifted through like photographs. The poet longs for the friend, embodied in an imagined somewhere, a dream of home,” reads the description. “Ultimately, paper airplanes crafted from children’s coloring sheets reflect a belief in the ability to fly beyond hospital walls into a future of belonging and togetherness.”

Bottlecap Press is a publishing company founded in 2014, best known for its poetry chapbooks and full lengths. Their books have been showcased in Dazed, Forbes, New York Magazine, The New York Times, NME, Nylon, Poets & Writers, Vogue, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA PS1, and The Studio Museum in Harlem, among others. Bottlecap authors have performed at Art Basel, SXSW, TED, and more, and have received awards, grants, and critical acclaim.

Learn more and order the book at the link below!