About the Press
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Diode Editions is an independent press based in Doha, Qatar, and Richmond, Virginia. Founded in 2012 as an offshoot of Diode Poetry Journal, the press has published 80 titles of poetry, chapbooks, and poetry-related nonfiction works and hosts yearly book and chapbook contests.
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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.
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The Diode Team
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Patty Paine
Editor
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Patty Paine is author of Grief & Other Animals (Accents Publishing), The Sounding Machine (Accents Publishing), and editor of Gathering the Tide: An Anthology of Arabian Gulf Poetry and The Donkey Lady & Other Tales from the Arabian Gulf. Her third chapbook, city of small fires, was recently published by Hysterical Books. Her poems, reviews, and visual work have appeared in Blackbird, Adroit, Gulf Stream, Lomography, The Denver Quarterly, The South Dakota Review, and other publications. She is the founding editor of Diode Poetry Journal, and Diode Editions, and is Director of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar.​
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Law Alsobrook
Editor & Art Director
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Law Alsobrook is an Associate Professor of Graphic Design at VCU in Qatar where he teaches semiotics, communication theory, bookbinding & typography. He has recently published in DIAGRAM, Typehouse Literary Magazine, After the Pause, Petite Hound Press, The Volta, Technoetic Arts: A Journal of Speculative Research, & Noema. He received an MFA in graphic design from RISD.
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Sruthi Subash
Designer
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​​Zoë Donald
Distribution
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Zoë Donald is an artist living in Richmond, VA. They have produced projects with special focus on book design, industrial fabrication, and architectural illustration. They studied painting and printmaking at Virginia Commonwealth University, where they were awarded the McLeod and Peachtree Scholarships and a Qatar Foundation Study Abroad Academic Scholarship.
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