We’ve been looking forward to this title since last summer, and now we can finally say that it’s time to pre-order your copy of Daniel Nathan Terry’s brilliant, harrowing Days of Dark Miracles, with gorgeous original cover art by Benjamin Billingsley. Number 13 in our Editor’s Series. 29 pages. You know you want one.
A bit behind schedule, we’re delighted to bring out Mary Meriam’s exquisite The Poet’s Zodiac tomorrow, August 19, as Number 4 in our hot, hot Summer Kitchen Series. Please join us in congratulating Mary!
And if you’re in the Atlanta area, please come celebrate the reissue of Collin Kelley’s Slow to Burn, Number 4 in our visionary ReBound Series. Collin will read from StB, as well as new work, on Saturday, August 20th, 3pm at Bound to Be Read Books. Congratulations, Collin!
How did August 15th creep up on us so quickly? Today’s the deadline to submit work in consideration for the Keystone Chapbook Prize, which will be judged this year by the fabulous Sascha Feinstein. If you’re sending by e-mail, you still have time (a little over four hours here in my time zone); if you haven’t posted your snailmail manuscript by midnight tonight, it’s officially too late.
Note that I said “officially”: folks, I’m a teddy bear. Send the manuscript tomorrow or even Wednesday with a creative note of apology and we’re perfectly happy to accept it. So please don’t panic on our account.
Oh–the guidelines are here.
We’re very happy to announce that we’ll be publishing Breakfast in the Suburbs by David J. Daniels in next year’s Editor’s Series. David’s manuscript was a finalist for the 2011 Editor’s Prize, and we’re thrilled to bring it to you in March of 2012. Stay tuned for more information (including how to pre-order), and please join us in congratulating David and welcoming him to the Seven Kitchens clan!
Slow to Burn: poems by Collin Kelley. Number Four in the ReBound Series. Originally published by Metromania Press in 2006; published in a new second edition with an introduction by Karen Head. Please join us in congratulating Collin as we celebrate the reissue of his chapbook on August 4!
Civilian Aboard U.S. Navy Ship at Sea: poems by Jonathan Bracker. Number 3 in the second volume of our limited-edition Summer Kitchen Series, publishing today, July 31!
In the land of speculation & seismography: poems by Celeste Gainey. Number 2 in the second volume of our limited-edition Summer Kitchen Series, publishing Monday, July 25. Thanks to a wave of pre-orders, this title sold out quickly, but the last three titles in this year’s series are still available.
Dear Red Airplane: poems by Robin Reagler. Number 1 in the second volume of our Summer Kitchen Series, publishing tomorrow, July 11. This is a limited-edition series, and only a handful of copies remain available of Robin’s title. Our sincere thanks to the kind folks who pre-ordered!
July 15 update: This title has sold out. You might be able to get a copy directly from the author, but our copies are all spoken for. Thanks again to everyone for your support of this series!
Get those manuscripts ready: the reading period for this year’s Keystone Chapbook Prize opens tomorrow, July 1. Writers eligible for the Keystone Chapbook Prize include those who live in or have lived in Pennsylvania, those who were born here, and those who are writing with some Pennsylvania connection in their work. See full guidelines here, and good luck!
Please join us in congratulating RJ Gibson, whose chapbook, Scavenge, is now in its third printing! Co-winner of the 2009 Robin Becker Prize, this title is one of our best sellers and absolutely deserves its ever-widening readership. We can’t wait till RJ has a full-length book, but till then, we wholeheartedly recommend this collection: 24 pages of smart, sharply observant poems whose titles alone–from “Coming from a Farm” and “Earthly Delights” to “Erotics” to “Ontology: Britney Spears”–let you know you’re in for an original treat. Congrats, RJ!
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