Kudos: Carolyn Oliver, Night Ocean

We are proud to announce that Carolyn Oliver’s chapbook, Night Ocean, was selected by Jennifer Jean for Honorable Mention in this year’s Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize. Follow this link to the New England Poetry Club announcement. Congratulations, Carolyn!

New chapbook release: Robert Carr, Phallus Sprouting Leaves [Rane Arroyo Series]

We’re thrilled to announce the publication of Robert Carr’s Phallus Sprouting Leaves, Number 22 in our Rane Arroyo Series. Please join us in welcoming Robert to the Seven Kitchens family, and then click here to read a sample poem and order your copy!

New chapbook release: Connie Wieneke, What Couldn’t Be Fixed [Summer Kitchen Series]

New chapbook release: Robert Fanning, Prince of the Air [Summer Kitchen Series]

Manuscripts selected: A.V. Christie Series

Thank you to all the poets who sent work for the A.V. Christie Series. We have selected two manuscripts: Night Swimmers by Jody Winer of Sag Harbor, NY; and What the Hollow Held by Rebekah Wolman of San Francisco, CA. Each chapbook will be published in an edition of 100 hand-tied copies. Please join us in welcoming these poets to the Seven Kitchens family! We hope you will support their work.

We are thrilled to officially welcome Sandy Yannone as our Series Editor. The author of two poetry collections, Boats for Women and The Glass Studio (both from Salmon Poetry), Sandy is also co-founder and host of Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry, an international, intersectional, intergenerational poetry group and reading series.

New chapbook release: Karen McPherson, Long for This World [Summer Kitchen Series]

Our hot, hot Summer Kitchen Series continues with Karen McPherson’s Long for This World, #2 in this year’s volume. Published in a limited edition of only 49 copies (25 go to the poet, and the other 24 are only available on the Seven Kitchens site). Please join us in welcoming Karen to the Seven Kitchens family, and then click here to read a sample poem and order your copy!

Manuscripts selected: Robin Becker Series

We’re thrilled to announce the newest titles to be included in the Robin Becker Series. Our series editor, Steve Bellin-Oka, has selected Kitchen Small-Talk by Regina Ruggiero of Manchester, UK, and Forests of Woundedness by Jan Wiezorek of Buchanan, Michigan. Each chapbook will be published in an edition of 100 hand-tied copies. Please join us in welcoming these poets to the Seven Kitchens family! We hope you will support their work.

We would also like to announce the runner-up manuscript, Dead Time Carousel by Michael Russell of Toronto, Ontario, and to thank everyone who sent us their poems, which were read with great care and deliberation.

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New chapbook release: John Repp, Star Shine in the Pines (Editor’s Series)

We are proud to announce the release of our third July chapbook: John Repp’s Star Shine in the Pines is the first title in Volume 6 of our Editor’s Series, and it’s John’s third chapbook with Seven Kitchens Press. Please check out his poems, and click here to order your copy now!

New chapbook release: Erik Schuckers, Pretty Boys in Trouble (Keystone Series)

We are proud to announce the release of our second July chapbook: Erik Schuckers’ Pretty Boys in Trouble was selected by Keystone Series editors Karen J. Weyant and Jeff Walt as #27 in our longest-running chapbook series. Please join us in welcoming Erik to the Seven Kitchens family, and click here to order your copy now!

New chapbook release: Trevor Moffa, Always, hopefully, soon [Summer Kitchen Series]

Our hot, hot Summer Kitchen Series is back! Leading off is Trevor Moffa’s Always, hopefully, soon in a limited edition of only 49 copies (25 go to the poet, and the other 24 are only available on the Seven Kitchens site. Please join us in welcoming Trevor to the Seven Kitchens family, and click here to order your copy now!