Like Whitman listening to Kraftwerk, Michael J. Wilson’s A Child of Storm fuses the incandescent pulse of the forest with vivid projections of the life of Nikola Tesla. These currents turn together, a luminous aurora of sap, electricity, biography, and ecology in this profound collection of poems.
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“It is an attempt at reconciling growing up in the shadow of the AIDS crisis with the realities of PrEP and 21st Century LGBTQ+ culture. It is about finding personal balance in the face of the limits of gender and sexuality. This is a book for anyone who has felt out of sync with mainstream cultures, queer or not.”
Read More“The Breath Capital records points of bodily contact in urban environments where eye contact is tacitly forbidden, but where we breathe each other's molecules in and out. The collection is haunted by 20th-century Europe, but it exists in the Unites States in the 21st century, amid the current drama of late-capitalist class struggle tied to the past and present racial and gender politics.”
Read MoreCo-authored with Ivana Percl, Po(jest)zija/Po(eat)ry is a poetry collection featuring art by Dunja Janković (SKC NS, Serbia, 2013).
Read More“Brian Benson’s memoir about riding from the hinterlands of Wisconsin to Portland, Oregon on his bicycle is as poignant as it is gripping, as hilarious as it is wise. Going Somewhere is a tender, sexy, take-it-with-you-everywhere-you-go-until-you’ve-read-the-last-page beauty of a book.” — Cheryl Strayed, NYT bestselling author of Wild
Read MoreCo-written with activist Richard Brown, This Is Not For You tells the story of activist and photographer Richard Brown, a Black Portlander who has spent decades working to bridge the divide between police and the Black community.
Read More"Magic was there for her first steps, and he was there when her parents divorced. A lovingly written story in English and Chinese about a girl and her magical cat friend. Written and illustrated by Zoe Chao-Juarez and Yu-Han Chao."
Read MoreIn 2001, Craig Foltz collaborated with visual artist Shelton Walsmith to create an object that is equal parts chapbook and art piece. Published by the notoriously mysterious Loudmouth Collective in a hand-made edition of 150, this booklet unfolds into a mix of surrealist prose, poetry, and visual artwork, streaming out of die-cut pockets...
Read More“In Method and Mystery Tresha Faye Haefner, M.A. Humanistic Psychology/Creativity Studies and founder of teaching institute The Poetry Salon explores the fascinating, unpredictable and enriching process of facilitating a poetry writing workshop. She offers clear insight into how teachers can create the ideal conditions for their students to access that most mysterious of realms, the place from which inspiration springs. This book is for both independent and institutional writing teachers who want a new, research-based approach to take their students to deep places.”
Read MoreEdited by Christine Hamm, Like a Fat Gold Watch collects artists, poets, writers, and essayists who respond to Plath's life with images, poems, essays, short stories, and academic texts.
Read MorePublished via The Operating System—a radical experiment in open-sourced archival documentation, access to & distribution of print / digital resources, & platform for anti-hierarchical peer-to-peer learning / experimentation / collaboration—IN STILL ROOMS is Jones’ debut print-document, which came into the world on March 4th, 2020.
Read More““Equal parts conjuring, critique, and memorial, the passages in The Return to Viet Nam portray the entrenched hauntings of not only war but also cultural, national, and racial purity, as Hidle inverts shame with an elegiac rawness that holds a truthful mirror to the cultural value of racial purity within Vietnamese societies at home and abroad. By poetically portraying her own multiple transgressions of not belonging both 'here' and 'there,' Hidle's book reveals lifelong commingling of guilt and pride, deprivation and abundance, sacredness and profanity, loyalty and disobedience, rejection and rootedness.” —Julie Thi Underhill, author of Ghosts, Corner Shore, and The Gift Horse of War
Read More"In Frances Klein’s remarkable (Text) Messages from The Angel Gabriel, the ethereal is found in the everyday and unbelief is no obstacle to truth. Here we are reminded of lessons learned watching Mork and Mindy, SNL, WALL-E, The Good Place, and Battlestar Galactica, and who we truly are at baby showers, on nature walks, while Black Friday shopping, cheating at Scrabble, and placing non-booty calls. Klein’s poems are incarnational: the presence and absence of the divine lay bare what it is to be fully human. They not only leave a trail of breadcrumbs home but display how and why we keep walking into uncertain futures. Like the messages delivered and misplaced on these pages, if we let them into our lives, this collection is exquisitely suited to help us divest from our illusions and “to reveal us to ourselves.”” - Matthew E. Henry, author of The Third Renunciation
Read More“Loren Kleinman’s The Woman with a Million Hearts is a lyrical masterpiece. In this beautiful memoir, Kleinman weaves stories of heartache, pain, healing, and hope into a breathtaking journey told with an honesty that will leave you gasping for air.” —Amye Archer, Fat Girl, Skinny
Read MoreFeedback Editor Amaya Koss’s debut collection of magical realism, speculative fiction, nonfiction and prose poetry. The collection explores conception, birth, and autonomy in relation to experiences and relationships. The collection tries to balance what it means to coexist with social conditions, primal instinct, and a thirst for a greater understanding. The nonfiction elements of the collection work to tether the more surreal pieces to the physical world.
Read More"Italian dining, as any foodie knows, is a sacred art-one designed to bring the diner to a place of utmost satisfaction and well-being. Laid out like an extravagant ten-course feast, Alysa Levi-D'Ancona's An Absurd Palate pairs poetry and story in mouthwatering combinations menu of beauty, humor and grace. And, like all great meals, you're left bursting with joy and hungry for more." - David McGlynn, author of One Day You'll Thank Me
Read More“When memory fails, what can take its place? Speculation, Brigitte Lewis suggests, other ways of knowing: myth, history, science. Imagination. The quicksilver of language itself. The result is a memoir about what it means to re-member a life. Hybrid in form and lyrical in style, Speculative Histories is driven by an authentic voice and singular intelligence. This is a mind on the page, a story unfolding. To read it is to fall in love with what writing can do.” - Beth Alvarado, Jillian in the Borderlands and Anxious Attachments
Read More“Unlike other books that focus on universal dream interpretations, Dreaming Your Real Self shows you how to uncover individual dream symbols to find the personal messages behind them. Each night, through our dreams, we send ourselves messages to help us live better in the world and with others. By understanding our dreams and unlocking their mysterious language, we can reach self-understanding. Begin working with your dreams immediately and reap the rewards in your private, personal, spiritual, and creative life.”
Read More“In Exploring Your Sexual Self, author and licensed mental health counselor Joan Mazza helps journalers write about and understand their sexuality. They'll gain insights into themselves, enjoy greater sexual fulfillment and develop more fulfilling romantic relationships. With this sharper sense of self-awareness, journalers will achieve personal growth and make informed decisions about their lives. Readers will also find an exciting mix of instruction and writing prompts, along with plenty of room for writing.”
Read More“From Dreams to Discovery aims to take that material one step further, incorporating specific methods of paying attention to your subconscious with plenty of thick, creamy paper and inspiring quotes. Discussions on topics like physical sensation, language, characters, and current problems include a few "prompts"--writing ideas--that you can use as a starting place to address specific dream-related issues. Who knows what surprises await you?” - Jill Lightner
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