Fierce, feminist voices.
Riot in Your Throat began as an idea during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 when Courtney LeBlanc found herself teleworking 100% of the time and struggling to keep herself sane and engaged. Dissatisfied by the experience with her first publisher – in fairness her first collection did come out in March 2020, the same week the pandemic shut down the world – Courtney wondered if she could do better. She wanted to offer poets more: more support, more communication, more promotion, more connectedness. She wanted to see more of the voices she craved – fierce, feminist voices – in the world and she wanted to be a part of it. The idea took root, and with both an MBA and an MFA – a truly unusual combination – Courtney knew she was well-suited to start a poetry press. With a goal of focusing on fierce, feminist voices, she launched Riot in Your Throat in 2021.