New and forthcoming titles from independent book publishers and university presses. Blurbs provided by publishers.
New & Noteworthy
Posted December 19, 2018
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Difficult People
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- Book Type Fiction
- by Catriona Wright
- Publisher (link) Nightwood Editions
- Date Published February 2019
- ISBN-13 978-0-88971-339-0
- Format Paperback
- Pages 176pp
- Price $19.95
Manipulators, liars, egomaniacs, bullies, interrupters, condescenders, ice queens, backstabbers, hypocrites, withholders, belligerents, self-deceivers, whiners, know-it-alls, nitpickers: these are some of the characters you’ll encounter in the collection of stories, Difficult People. As these characters fumble through their quests for freediving fame, stand-up glory, romantic love, stable employment or anyone who can tolerate them, they reveal that we are all, in our own ways, difficult people.
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Fluid States
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- Book Type Poetry
- by Heidi Czerwiec
- Publisher (link) Pleiades Press
- Date Published February 2019
- ISBN-13 978-0-8071-7059-5
- Format Paperback
- Pages 108pp
- Price $17.95
A collection of lyric essays that considers the way subjects, stories, facts, and memories are as interconnected as streams in a watershed, Fluid States explores the interlocking issues created by the oilfields of North Dakota, the ephemerality of perfume, canning tomatoes, a fungus that infects and transforms mushrooms, and being the focus of internet hate. Short essays that present delightfully surprising facts with elegantly lyric language, her pieces all share underlying currents that question assumptions about gender, violence, reason, and intuition.
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Leopard Lady
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- Subtitle A Life in Verse
- Book Type Poetry
- by Valerie Nieman
- Publisher (link) Press 53
- Date Published October 2018
- ISBN-13 978-1-941209-89-9
- Format Paperback
- Pages 98pp
- Price $14.95
"You have not before read a book like this one. This one will take you where you have never been. Yes, you may have seen a circus but that is not exactly what is here. Nor have you met these people before. Unique, deeply moving, funny, and withal composed on the edge of danger and enlightenment, Leopard Lady is masterful. Nieman's syntax, rhymes, meter and scenes make music while the reader is charged with an energy that takes us closer and closer to the singular truth we must bear." —Kelly Cherry
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Lethal Theater
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- Book Type Poetry
- by Susannah Nevison
- Publisher (link) Ohio State University Press
- Date Published February 2019
- ISBN-13 978-0-8142-5516-2
- Format Paperback
- Pages 84pp
- Price $16.95
In her new poetry collection, Lethal Theater, Susannah Nevison reckons with the rituals of violence that underpin the American prison system, both domestically and abroad. Exploring the multiple roles of medicine in incarceration, Nevison’s poems expose the psychological and physical pain felt by the prison system’s inhabitants. Lethal Theater is an attempt to articulate and make visible a grotesque and overlooked part of American pain.
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A People's Guide to Publishing
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- Book Type Nonfiction
- by Joe Biel
- Publisher (link) Microcosm Publishing
- Date Published December 2018
- ISBN-13 978-1-62106-285-1
- Format Paperback
- Pages 416pp
- Price $19.95
Drawing on 23 years of experience operating an independent publishing company, Joe Biel has written the most accessible and comprehensive guide to running a successful publishing business. Featuring interviews with other upstart independent publishers and funny anecdotes from publishing's long history as well as detailed charts and visuals, this book is intended both beginners looking for a realistic overview of the publishing or self-publishing process and for experienced publishers seeking a deeper understanding of accounting principles, ways to bring their books to new audiences, and how to advance their mission in a changing industry.
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Anthology Posted December 19, 2018
LGBTQ Fiction and Poetry from Appalachia, Jeff Mann & Julia Watts, West Virginia University Press
True Trans Bike Rebel, Ed. Lydia Rogue & Elly Blue, Microcosm Publishing
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Fiction Posted December 19, 2018
Aya Dane, Mhani Alaoui, Interlink Publishing Group
The Great Czech Navy, Richard Katrovas, Carnegie Mellon University Press
Hit Your Brights, Constance Squires, University of Oklahoma Press
The Last Pier, Roma Tearne, Gallic Books / Aardvark Bureau
Lowdown, Anthony Schneider, Permanent Press
An Orphanage of Dreams, Sam Savage, Coffee House Press
Savage Conversations, Leanne Howe, Coffee House Press
Song for the Unraveling of the World, Brian Evenson, Coffee House Press
Stella Maris: And Other Key West Stories, Michael Carroll, Turtle Point Press
When We Were Someone Else, Rachel Groves, BkMk Press
Your Love Alone Is Not Enough, Richard Froude, Subito Press
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Nonfiction Posted December 19, 2018
This Heart Holds Many: My Life as the Nonbinary Millennial Child of a Polyamorous Family, Koe Creation, Thorntree Press
To Build a Trail: Essays on Curiosity, Love, & Wonder, Paul J. Willis, WordFarm
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Poetry Posted December 19, 2018
Bad Harvest, Dzvinia Orlowsky, Carnegie Mellon University Press
Children of the Anxious City, Al Russell, Vegetarian Alcoholic Press
Crude Angel, Suzanne Cleary, BkMk Press
Dark Sister: Poems, Linda Rodriguez, Mammoth Publications
Deer at Twilight, Paul J. Willis, Stephen F. Austin State University Press
Destruction of the Lover, Luis Panini,
End of the Business Day, Robert Herson, Hanging Loose Press
ever really hear it, Soham Patel, Subito Press
Gunshot, Peacock, Dog, Rick Campbell, Madville Publishing
Ill Angels, Dante Di Stefano, Etruscan Press
The Imaginal Marriage, Eleanor Mae Stanford, Carnegie Mellon University Press
Known by Salt, Tina Mozelle Braziel, Anhinga Press
Li Bai Rides a Celestial Dolphin Home, Tom Sexton, University of Alaska Press
Luxury, Blue Lace, S. Brook Corfman, Autumn House Press
May Is an Island, Jonathan Johnson, Carnegie Mellon University Press
Mitochondrial Night, Ed Bok Lee, Coffee House Press
No Beautiful, Anne Marie Rooney, Carnegie Mellon University Press
Our Colony Beyond the City of Ruins, Janalyn Guo, Subito Press
Ransom Street, Claire Millikin, 2Leaf Press
Rosa's Einstein, Jennifer Givhan, University of Arizona Press
Secret Formulas & Techniques of the Masters, Jackie Craven, Brick Road Poetry Press
Sunbathing on Tyrone Power's Grave, Kim Dower, Red Hen Press
Sweet Herbaceous Miracle, Berwyn Moore, BkMk Press
To Those Who Were Our First Gods, Nickole Brown, Rattle
Traveling for No Good Reason, George Franklin, Sheila-Na-Gig Editions
The Turning, Ricardo Pau-Llosa, Carnegie Mellon University Press
When the Bird Is Not a Human, HR Hegnauer, Subito Press
when they say you can't go home again what they mean is you were never there, Marty McConnell, Southern Indiana Review Press
Wounds Fragments Derelict, Carlos Gabriel Kelly, 2Leaf Press
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Children's Lit Posted December 19, 2018
Moxie, Alex Poppe, Tortoise Books
Rest in My Shade: A Poem about Roots, Nora Lester Murad & Danna Masad, Interlink Publishing Group
The Storyteller of Damascus, Rafik Schami, Interlink Publishing Group
Rebel Voices: The Global Fight for Women's Equality and the Right to Vote, Louise Kay Stewart, Interlink Publishing Group
