by Galileo Press | Aug 25, 2026 | Telescope
By Danielle Hanson There are several paths to bringing a collection of poems into the world. For years, I’ve chased the publication prizes. I like the idea that I won, that my book was somehow objectively the best. But honestly, this is a ridiculous conclusion. As the...
by Galileo Press | May 19, 2026 | Telescope
In a letter to her psychiatrist, Anne Sexton wrote that writing was her way of mastering experience. I feel that deeply. Writing, for me, is how I make sense of my life. It is not throwing spaghetti against a wall—it is how I process, question, and ultimately...
by Galileo Press | Mar 4, 2026 | Telescope
Editor’s Note: Louise Glück was a longtime friend and supporter of the press from the days her son Noah was still swinging on her shoulder, and we were fortunate to publish three novels by her late husband John Dranow. Louise once told me during a conversation...
by Galileo Press | Feb 6, 2026 | Telescope
This review by Barrett Warner originally appeared in the LA Review of Books in 2016. David Huddle died last October 2025. I DON’T HAVE TO close my eyes to imagine David Huddle as a lanky boy with stringy, grease-spun hair. There he is — one of us — grabbing the...
by Galileo Press | Jan 20, 2026 | Telescope
I read like I’m overhearing a conversation between four people, one who I might know, one who I once saw somewhere. For the other two, strangers. I get by on the one third rule—how one third of everything is incomprehensible to me, or a bird I can hear but can’t see....
by Galileo Press | Dec 17, 2025 | Telescope
Back in November, Galileo’s editorial director, Barrett Warner, was interviewed by Kit Frick for The Sapling. Here’s how it begins: SAPLING: Galileo Press was founded in 1979 and has been publishing books for over forty years. Can you tell us a bit...
