Author Archives: Seven Kitchens Press

New chapbook release: David Troupes, Trespasses (Summer Kitchen Series)

We’re closing out August with the fifth title in our Summer Kitchen Series, Trespasses by David Troupes. Only 24 copies are available from the press; the other 25 belong to the author. Get yours now!

September 2 update: This chapbook has sold out. Thank you!

New chapbook release: Jennifer Polson Peterson, Must Resemble Leisure (Summer Kitchen Series)

The heat is still on as we celebrate the fourth title in our Summer Kitchen Series, Must Resemble Leisure by Jennifer Polson Peterson. Only 24 copies are available from the press; the other 25 belong to the author. Get yours now!

New chapbook release: Jeff Tigchelaar, Prayed on at the Y (Summer Kitchen Series)

Our August releases are on fire! The third title in our Summer Kitchen Series, Prayed on at the Y by Jeff Tigchelaar, was released August 19 and we are already out of copies. Only 24 copies were available from the press; the other 25 belong to the author.

August 21 update: This chapbook has sold out. Thank you!

A.V. Christie Series selections

We are grateful to this year’s guest judge, Nathalie Anderson, for selecting the first two manuscripts to appear in our new A. V. Christie Series. Nathalie selected The Square Where Ariadne Sleeps by Catherine Bancroft and Trail of Roots by Gail Thomas. Catherine’s and Gail’s chapbooks were selected from sixty manuscripts–a very strong response for our series launch–and will be published this fall.

Thanks also to our reader, Diana Becket. Your care and attention is greatly appeciated.

Please join us in congratulating these poets and their work!

New chapbook release: Susan M. Craig, Hush (Summer Kitchen Series)

Our August releases continue with the second title in our hot, limited-edition Summer Kitchen Series: Hush by Susan M. Craig is #2 in Volume Ten of this series. Only 24 copies are available from the press; the other 25 belong to the author.

August 15 update: This chapbook has sold out. Thank you!

New chapbook release: Joshua Davis, Reversal Spells in Blue and Black (Summer Kitchen Series)

What better month than August to launch our hot, limited-edition Summer Kitchen Series? First up is Reversal Spells in Blue and Black by Joshua Davis, selected as #1 in Volume Ten of this series. Joshua’s chapbook launches officially on August 9. Only 24 copies are available from the press; the other 25 belong to the author.

August 9 update: This chapbook has sold out. Thank you!

Dan Kraines, Licht (Robin Becker Series)

We’re delighted to announce the publication of our 27th title in the Robin Becker Series: Licht by Dan Kraines, selected by series editor Steve Bellin-Oka, is available now for order. Our thanks to last year’s readers, Halsey Hyer and Rocky Halpern, who selected Dan’s manuscript along with two others in 2021. (Stay tuned for the reveal of our 2022 selections!) Please join us in welcoming Dan to the Seven Kitchens family.

Arden Eli Hill, Bloodwater Parish (Editor’s Series)

We celebrate the release of our newest chapbook, Arden Eli Hill’s Bloodwater Parish, which was launched yesterday at Blue Cypress Books in New Orleans. (Many thanks to Brad Richard and to the folks at Blue Cypress, and to Patty Paine for the stunning cover image.) Please join us in welcoming Arden to the Seven Kitchens family. Read more about Bloodwater Parish here.

Keystone Chapbook Series is now open

We are now reading manuscripts for our annual Keystone Chapbook Series through the month of June. Our new series editors, Jeff Walt and Karen J. Weyant, are eager to read your work.

The Keystone Chapbook Series was launched in 2007 with Underground Singing by Harry Humes. We welcome poetry manuscripts from writers with a Pennsylvania connection. Full guidelines are available here.

Give Ten: The Brigid Alliance

In response to increasing attacks on reproductive health care in the U.S., we have decided to dedicate this year’s Give Ten donations to The Brigid Alliance. The Brigid Alliance arranges and funds confidential, personalized travel support to those seeking abortion care in increasingly hostile environments.

Ten percent of all sales will be directed to The Brigid Alliance. Instead of a one-month donation drive, we will continue this donation from May 1 through the end of this year. Please consider donating to this cause.

  • Final update: Since May 1, you have made it possible for us to donate $340 for The Brigid Alliance. Thank you for supporting our poets and for helping poetry support reproductive health care!