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100 Poems To Bestill Your Young Heart

By Kenneth Woods

139 pps., 8.5"x5.5", perfect bound

We were immediately struck by high school poet Kenneth Woods. Wise without falling into the precociousn trap of feigning experience beyond his years, Kenneth explores his changing identity, newly formed philosophies, and the tyranny of math. As snarky, tender, melodramatic, implacable and logical as any teen can be, 100 Poems defines the hopes, fears, and loves of the shy creative misfits we all once were.

$12.95

Pageboy #12

52 pps., 8.5"x5.5", perfect bound

Pageboy is a literary labor of love from Seattle, WA. Published quarterly, this slim poetry/art/experimental journal features writers Stacey Levine, Ed Skoog, John Wesley Horton, and anachronistic etchings and portraiture from Drew Christie. Elegant and engaging, Pageboy is a welcome addition to the independent lit scene!

$10.00

Peaches and Bats #6

By Sam Lohmann

64 pps., 8.5"x5.5", hand stitched binding, letterpress cover

A hand sewn, letter pressed bi-annual chapbook of experimental, traditional, and all together lovely poetry. Featuring

• Taryn Andrews
• Aaron Barrell
• Bill Berkson
• Meredith Blankinship
• Don Mee Choi
• Norma Cole
• Beverly Dahlen
• Joel Felix
• Kim Hyesoon
• Rodney Koeneke
• Kimberly Lyons
• Joseph Mains
• Scott Metz
• Hoa Nguyen
• Deborah Poe
• Dan Raphael
• Stacy Szymazek
• Dana Ward
• Mark Young

$5.00

Peaches and Bats #9

By Sam Lohmann

64 pps., 8.5"x5.5", hand stitched binding, letter press cover

A hand sewn, letter pressed bi-annual chapbook of experimental, traditional, and all together lovely poetry. Featuring

• Chris Abbey
• Laynie Brown
• Allen Edwin Butt
• John Coletti
• Andrew Hughes
• Sarah Kelly
• Maryrose Larkin
• Glenn Mott
• Sheila E Murphy
• Nate Orton
• Elana Rivera
• Linda Russo
• Cindy St. John
• James Yeary

$5.00

The Sad Drag Monologues

By Trinie Dalton

96 pps., 8.5"x5.5", saddle stitched

A hybrid experiment of performance art and short fiction, The Sad Drag Monologues collects small pieces from Trinie Dalton's Baby Geisha collection. A cast of sad clowns (Dalton and friends masquerading in horrific face paints) interrupt stories with narration and absurdist tableus echoing Dalton's minimalist and symbolic prose. The Sad Drag Monologues addresses the reader with a deft vocabulary inter-playing emotional and cultural self awareness of exploiting native lands and memories while traveling in "Scarlet Gilia" and "Escalator into the Ganges" to accepting suffering as a gift of the present in "Gray Squirrels" and "Orange". Hand printed on a Risograph press, this limited edition booklet represents the best of Trinie Dalton: animalistic, insightful, and poetic.

$12.00