Thanks to the help of some generous friends, I’ll be packing up my car and driving to DC the first of August for the OutWrite Conference: Seven Kitchens Press will have a book table on Saturday, and we’re on a 3pm panel discussing chapbook publishing. If you’re in the DC area, please stop by. And if you’re interested in helping out with the book table, even if only for a little while, please contact us (sevenkitchenspress@gmail.com). Hope to see you there!
Last day for Keystone Chapbook manuscripts
July 15 is the last day to send in your manuscript for the Keystone Chapbook Series (for Pennsylvania poets, however you wish to define that term). Don’t miss your chance to join this gallery of amazing poets!
New release: Matt Daly, Red State (Rane Arroyo Series)
What better day than July 4 to bring out Matt Daly’s new chapbook, Red State, selected by Dan Vera & Ron Mohring as Number 11 in our Rane Arroyo Chapbook Series? Click here to check it out and also read about the release of Matt’s full-length collection, Between Here and Home.
Remember that 100% of all chapbook purchases for the weekend of July 5 – 7 will be donated to Raices in solidarity with Bookstores Against Borders!
Bookstores Against Borders: Pop-up fundraiser for Raices

During the July 5-7 weekend, Seven Kitchens Press will donate 100% of our chapbook sales to Raices in solidarity with #Bookstores Against Borders, with a guaranteed minimum donation of $50. Please consider donating to this urgent cause, whether through your purchase with 7KP or through a direct donation of any amount to Raices.
Update: Raices is very close to their fundraising goal of $300K. Any amount you can give will help!
New release: Rae Gouirand, Jinx (Summer Kitchen Series)

Volume Seven of our limited-edition Summer Kitchen Series continues with the release of Rae Gouirand’s new chapbook, Jinx, as Number 2 in the series. We’re thrilled to publish Rae’s poems. Only 24 copies will be sold by the press, so get yours now!
Just released: Rogan Kelly, Demolition in the Tropics (Editor’s Series)

What a thrill to launch Rogan Kelly’s new chapbook, Demolition in the Tropics, with a gorgeous cover design by Michelle Rojas Hagler. This title is Number 2 in Volume 4 of our long-running Editor’s Series, and you’re going to love it. Check out this review by Eric Steineger over at Citron Review, and this interview by Philip F. Clark over at The Poet’s Grin. And click here to read Rogan’s poem “Silence at the Borderline Bar” and to order a copy of his chapbook!
New title: Lucas Jacob, Wishes Wished Just Hard Enough (Summer Kitchen Series)

We’re happy to announce the publication of Lucas Jacob’s new chapbook, Wishes Wished Just Hard Enough, as Number 1 in the seventh volume of our limited-edition Summer Kitchen Series. Only 24 copies will be sold by the press, so get yours now!
6/22 update: This chapbook has sold out. Thank you for your amazing support of this poet and his work!
25 x 25 Fundraiser: Doubling Down for Skull + Wind Press
If you’re following us on Facebook, you know we’re doing a special 25 x 25 fundraiser for Skull + Wind Press–for every chapbook we sell through May 25, we’re donating 25% to this new press launched by Trevor Ketner, one of our authors.
Today, we’re doubling down: We will donate all funds from every copy we sell of Trevor’s chapbook, Negative of a Photo of Fire, to Skull + Wind Press.
Please join us with your support!
updates:
- 25 x 25 tally as of May 25: $71.28 — Thank you for helping us raise these funds for Skull + Wind!
- double-down tally as of May 25: $123.52 — This tally will update through the print run of Trevor’s chapbook. Thanks so much for helping to donate to a groundbreaking new press!
Hot peek: Three Rane Arroyo titles

We’re just mailing out proof copies for this year’s Rane Arroyo Series selections and even though it’s a bit behind schedule (volunteers are always welcome, y’all) I do hope you can feel the anticipation and growing excitement as we move ahead with fabulous chapbooks by Oliver Baez Bendorf, Alyse Knorr, and Matt Daly!
New title release: Jennifer Jackson Berry, Bloodfish (Keystone Chapbook Series)
Please join us in congratulating Jennifer Jackson Berry on the publication of her chapbook, Bloodfish, Number 19 in our Keystone Chapbook Series and our thirteenth chapbook of this year. That’s a baker’s dozen, folks, just in time to celebrate National Poetry Month and take a much-needed break to write some new poems. We’ll be back with new chapbooks in May (and June, and July–just check our “in production” tab for title updates).
Meanwhile, check out a poem from Bloodfish and order your copy here!


















