by Kat Georges

Here’s an origin story for you: 3RP co-directors Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges met at The Rite Spot bar in San Francisco while they were both writing and editing poetry. Yes, the origins of Three Rooms Press are with poetry, and every time National Poetry Month comes around, we feel a warm vibe all over that we want to share by offering a huge discount of 25% off for every poetry book we have published. Just choose your favorites and use the code POETRY2025.

Visit our complete poetry collection here.

Some of our most celebrated titles include:

• FULL MOON STAGES, a poem written over 50 years—with a new verse added every full moon—by legendary Living Theatre founder and actress Judith Malina;
• MALANGA CHASING VALLEJO, translations of the poetry of renowned Peruvian poet César Vallejo by poet, photographer and Warhol associate Gerard Malanga;
• ON EARTH AND IN HELL, a bilingual (German/English) edition of the earliest poetry of renegade Austrian author Thomas Bernhard; and
• ATRIUM, the award-winning first poetry collection by revered Palestinian-American author Hala Alyan.

And to get an idea of that where that fateful first encounter of Peter and Kat came from, check out their latest collections:

• AWE AND OTHER WORDS LIKE WOW, by Kat Georges, poems in which she consciously searches for joy in a world of growing darkness; and
• LIFE IN THE PAST LANE, by Peter Carlaftes, who offers poems that are both daring and discreet, ranging from full frontal assaults on political and religious cults to tender, discerning, intimate studies of the challenges of self-faith, relationships and maintaining quiet equilibrium in the noisy space of modern life.

Enjoy your discount and celebrate poetry!