Category Archives: publication news

Two new titles in February

We’re happy to announce the imminent release of two new chapbooks: Letter to Frank O’Hara by Steve Turtell, winner of the 2010 ReBound Prize, which drops on February 14, and Between Careen and Caution by Heather Burns, #11 in our Editor’s Series, which will publish on February 28.

Pre-orders are being accepted now for Steve’s chapbook, and Heather’s will be available for pre-order very soon. Please join us in welcoming our two newest authors!

Newest Robin Becker Series title by Austin Gray

Please join us in congratulating Austin Gray on his soon-to-be-released chapbook, The Mystery of Horses, selected by Eloise Klein Healy as co-winner of the 2010 Robin Becker Chapbook Prize along with Christina Hutchins’ Radiantly We Inhabit the Air. Pre-orders are now being accepted for this title, which is scheduled for official release on January 27.

Over the next week, we will e-mail poets who entered manuscripts for the 2010 series to ask which title you’d like to receive. If you have changed your e-mail or postal address since this past summer, please contact us.

New Robin Becker Series title by Christina Hutchins

We’re thrilled to announce the imminent release of Christina Hutchins’ latest collection, Radiantly We Inhabit the Air, selected by Eloise Klein Healy as co-winner of the 2010 Robin Becker Chapbook Prize. Pre-orders are now being accepted for this title, which is scheduled for official release on January 21.

Please stay tuned for more news on the other co-winning title–Austin Gray’s The Mystery of Horses–also due out this month.

ReBound Series titles for 2011

Please join us in congratulating the winner of this year’s ReBound Chapbook Prize, Steve Turtell, for his chapbook Letter to Frank O’Hara (P & Q Press, 2000). Steve’s chapbook will be brought out in a fresh, new edition on February 14, 2011. (Yeah, we thought that would be a nice valentine to Frank O’Hara.) More news about Steve and his chapbook will be posted here on his author page.

We are triply excited to announce that three more titles in the ReBound Series will come out next year: Jeffrey Beam‘s Midwinter Fires (French Broad Press, 1990); Louis McKee‘s No Matter (Pig in a Poke Press, 1987); and Collin Kelley‘s Slow to Burn (MetroMania Press, 2006). [Click on author’s name for more details and updates as we move ahead.]

Congratulations to all four poets and deepest thanks to all who have supported this vital project by spreading the word, nominating outstanding chapbooks, and purchasing titles in this series. We couldn’t do it without you.

Summer Kitchen titles scheduled

It may be snowing like mad up in Minnesota, but here in central PA we’re thinking summer. Specifically, the second hot wave of our Summer Kitchen Series. Here, in the order of their scheduled appearance, are the titles we’re bringing out next July and August (check for updates on individual titles under the “In production” tab):

  • July 11: Robin Reagler, Dear Red Airplane
  • July 21: Celeste Gainey, In the land of speculation & seismography
  • July 30: Jonathan Bracker, Civilian Aboard U.S. Navy Ship at Sea
  • August 11: Mary Meriam, The Poet’s Zodiac
  • August 21: Ava Rosen, The Express

Please join us in welcoming these poets to Seven Kitchens. And just wait till you see the covers!

Ordinances comes out

It’s a joy to announce tomorrow’s release of Naomi Lazard’s Ordinances, Number Two in our ReBound Series, published with an introduction by the inimitable Edward Field. Spread the word! Order yours today!

An Eye Fluent in Gray: new release by Gabriel Welsch

Our newest title, An Eye Fluent in Gray, is right on schedule–I’m just a day late posting about it. Click here for a sample poem and here to order the chapbook. Thanks to all the folks who preordered–your copies are shipping later this morning!

Ed Madden: Nest

The fifth and final title in this year’s Summer Kitchen Series, Ed Madden’s Nest is a gorgeous, lyrical collection. Read more about it here.

Guillermo Castro’s Cry Me a Lorca

The Summer Kitchen Series continues with today’s release of Cry Me a Lorca by Guillermo Castro: Number 4 in our limited-edition, hot, hot summer series.  View the gorgeous cover and read a sample poem here.

Terry Kirts: To the Refrigerator Gods

Just a few days off our original schedule, we’re proud to announce the release of Terry KirtsTo the Refrigerator Gods, Number 8 in our Editor’s Series and a finalist for last year’s Robin Becker Chapbook Prize. Please join us in congratulating Terry, and follow this link for more information on his chapbook.