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Community-organized press publishing chapbooks and books. New chaps in 2026 from Bob Holman, rob mclennan and others, as well as books by Daniel Bouchard and Elizabeth Marie Young, Kimberly Lyons’ selected, and Steve Carey’s collected.
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The Nu Review mourns the loss of contributor Rachel Blau DuPlessis (1941-2026). Her poems “You” and “Manna Stories” appeared in Volume One Issue Seven. Baruch Dayan Ha’emet.
You 1. The finger, leaking blood Is licked and swallowed back Into the mammal of Me, not You. Mouths and songs, and It's like squinting Into, living in, the moments Of nebula. Or folding and wobbling Quietly, where the tremendous Ur-dots entered Not majesty, not over-view But dot to dot, and mite to mite And making troubles with their Shocking songs, blasts and blows. And we can't explain it, what we do. The excuse is, were just learning The "language" to talk of What we try and think we know. But don't know who To be human are. We bomb children under bridges. We gun them in classrooms. We starve them encircled by fencing. Is this the we That we must accede to? Thus how to recite any ritual Without revulsion is the question. Then always someone is pointing and intoning "Those are the enemy; destroy their trees and shrines!" Replying, "Huh! you're kidding" Is apparently not An adequate rejoinder. 2. And then You is You. Here or not, hosting there-fore And where-fore. We are Us, and crosswise hope That we can cope with a Residual You, the stupid You, and Survive "all this." I think were expected to glorify You With praise. Us? Why us? Weve barely got resigned To our evident fungibility. And You! I mean, aren't You "a wind that passes and does not come again," And whatever could we know about that? But suppose the You is posited As agreed upon beginning: Like those hills from whence We stumbled, embittered, Into the shadow realm of despair, At sickening water from denatured skies, and strange dust across denuded lands, While the wealthiest finger Money Wads In their purse-hoard, and assume Their Credit Rachel Blau DuPlessis • Manna Stories 1. Called Floating Wefts-this weaving with a thread angled through differently (crosswise) (lemon color of delight) (readiness). This touch of resistance crosses against the looms and toils of necessity. Another pleasure, like the bread of angels! And we have eaten the bread of angels gathered as it falls, gently, in quiet clumps. Blazing like sunsets, but edible. Save extras for later. Or tomorrow. That's for, in case it forgets. It might forget us. So we shouldn't depend on ourselves. Yes? No? 2. Floating Wefts release a yellow thread running sideways across the gridded ladder of the pattern. It's an aslant direction. For us, the bread of angels! It fell to us. For this, grateful. We had been hungry, wandering, and endlessly stuck, Swamp then desert. Not much of a choice. So we folded the extras in our napkins. Taking leftovers is all. We do give thanks for the petit pains already fallen. They are good, honey-flavored, trace of coriander. A bit unvaried, but no complaints. Yet even when it falls, we worry. We watch for tomorrow. Will it, wont it, all about it. Tcha tcha, tcha, gossip the stories. Is it really forbidden to save some? Any? One piece? Just two, maybe? Even though we have also gorged on quail?
September 3, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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RIP Rachel Blau DuPlessis
September 3, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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Halfway through @luaz.bsky.social ‘s excellent book, Mapless, which is a treasure trove of wisdom and whimsy. Here’s a poem I really enjoyed:
August 29, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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I am such a Kyla Houbolt fan. This came in the mail today. Deft poems that defy location. Each place feels familiar until it's all wrong. Kyla has done something really good here.
How to Spell a Prayer (for A.S. when the poet runs the coast he holds down the land for the love of the deeps let the edge hold, he hopes. life prevails in the shape it will footsteps made a sturdy seal in spiral time the kiss of waves always a blessing The cover of Kyla Houbolt's book Mapless: Poems. There is a badge that shows this book has won the 2026 Shine "Come As You Are" Book Prize. The background shows a map.
August 23, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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two new chapbooks and a book-length essay
: Broke Press, Subpress collective + Spuyten Duyvil, / @spuytenduyvil.bsky.social @subpresspoetry.bsky.social @brokepress.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social ;
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August 8, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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two new chapbooks and a book-length essay : Broke Press, Subpress collective + Spuyten Duyvil, / @spuytenduyvil.bsky.social @subpresspoetry.bsky.social @brokepress.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social ;
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two new chapbooks and a book-length essay : Broke Press, Subpress collective + Spuyten Duyvil,
Okay, so I know you already know I had a poetry book out a couple of weeks back, but did you know Spuyten Duyvil just published a book-lengt...
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August 5, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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@jordandavis.bsky.social, from "Sorry, God" (@sider0xylon.bsky.social)
If you think about the future everything gets worse but if you think about other people you have a chance of not being the reason everything gets worse
August 1, 2026 at 11:44 AM
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Elizabeth Marie Young, An Inventory of Almost Everything / @subpresspoetry.bsky.social ;
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Elizabeth Marie Young, An Inventory of Almost Everything
12 Strange Facts About Lobsters Tell me one fact about Kentucky Two facts about yourself Three facts about Ruth Bader Ginsburg Four fact...
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August 2, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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From @luaz.bsky.social’s new book *Mapless*
Darkside I know a man who knew a man whose cousin knew the moon he said every night it just hung there big old rock in the sky waiting, waiting for a way to fall. Cover of Mapless (shows a map) The first sleight-of-hand 1 ever learned was how to make a toothpick disappear, by way of a little piece of hidden scotch tape and some patter. Kyla Houbolt's poems in Mapless work a similar magic: woven in & through the ordinary, they are possessed of a guileless voice whose levity and directness of address belie the book's sly treatment of serious themes, too, from alcoholism and climate change to intractable political gridlock and the "horrible numbers" we live with daily. Houbolt's poems harness the imagination hopefully, carving out a collectivity however flawed it, or we, might be: "We're all magical trailer trash / setting the world to rights / or on fire, / whichever comes first." I love being in the ambit of Houbolt's "we" - even if the tape unsticks and the trick fails, there'll always be sunlight. -Tom Snarsky, Author of MOUNTEBANK
July 24, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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From @luaz.bsky.social’s new book *Mapless*
Darkside I know a man who knew a man whose cousin knew the moon he said every night it just hung there big old rock in the sky waiting, waiting for a way to fall. Cover of Mapless (shows a map) The first sleight-of-hand 1 ever learned was how to make a toothpick disappear, by way of a little piece of hidden scotch tape and some patter. Kyla Houbolt's poems in Mapless work a similar magic: woven in & through the ordinary, they are possessed of a guileless voice whose levity and directness of address belie the book's sly treatment of serious themes, too, from alcoholism and climate change to intractable political gridlock and the "horrible numbers" we live with daily. Houbolt's poems harness the imagination hopefully, carving out a collectivity however flawed it, or we, might be: "We're all magical trailer trash / setting the world to rights / or on fire, / whichever comes first." I love being in the ambit of Houbolt's "we" - even if the tape unsticks and the trick fails, there'll always be sunlight. -Tom Snarsky, Author of MOUNTEBANK
July 24, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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only few copies left!

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July 22, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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I am told this is the first selected poems of rob mclennan available anywhere. An ideal introduction to the early work of a force of nature — “Highly enjoyable,” says Kevin Davies!
July 21, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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Now available! New chapbooks by Bob Holman and rob mclennan cccpchapbooks.bigcartel.com
CCCP Chapbooks
CCCP Chapbooks. New chapbooks from Bob Holman, rob mclennan!
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July 21, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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luaz.bsky.social
MAPLESS is today unleashed upon the world! and I hope it brings good things with it. It sure should!
Here's the purchase link:
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Image of book cover for Mapless, a collage of maps!
July 17, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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Oh my. Samantha made the beautiful video for Mapless! Please check it out:
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Book launch for 'Mapless,' the winner of SHINE's "Come As You Are" Prize
YouTube video by SHINE poetry & EIC, Samantha Terrell
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July 17, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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🎉3 days! 🎉 Friday the 17th is Release Day for Mapless! I'll be making a lot of noise, probably. 🎉🎉🎶🎉🎉
luaz.bsky.social Kyla Houbolt @luaz.bsky.social · Jun 28
So, coming down to the wire here, Mapless will be released on July 17th!

Many thanks to @tomsnarsky.bsky.social for the advance praise for this collection.
Cover image of Mapless and text of this blurb: The first sleight-of-hand I ever learned was how to make a toothpick disappear, by way of a little piece of hidden scotch tape and some patter. Kyla Houbolt’s poems in Mapless work a similar magic: woven in & through the ordinary, they are possessed of a guileless voice whose levity and directness of address belie the book’s sly treatment of serious themes, too, from alcoholism and climate change to intractable political gridlock and the “horrible numbers” we live with daily. Houbolt’s poems harness the imagination hopefully, carving out a collectivity however flawed it, or we, might be: “We’re all magical trailer trash / setting the world to rights / or on fire, / whichever comes first.” I love being in the ambit of Houbolt’s “we” — even if the tape unsticks and the trick fails, there’ll always be sunlight. -Tom Snarsky, Author of MOUNTEBANK
July 14, 2026 at 12:16 PM
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Are you ready?
July 8, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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10/13 - #DSPBposts #SmallPress #books from @dundurnpress.bsky.social @subpresspoetry.bsky.social @shannonblair.bsky.social @ninestarpress.bsky.social ‪@emilystjams.bsky.social 💙📚 #BookSky #bookish #booksta #booklovers
Book cover for Becalming by Aga Maksimowska, Rare Machines/Dundurn: Gosia, a high school chemistry teacher, travels to her native Poland to visit her estranged father. Back in Canada, meanwhile, her father-in-law — who has been more of a dad to her than her own — is dying of cancer. Away from her routine, Gosia questions everything in her life, including her long-term boyfriend, Peter. She feels stuck in the terrifying time of early adulthood, in her first grown-up job while managing student debt, monogamy, and existential dread. Gosia’s time in Poland gives her the chance to examine her life, and she finds herself pulled homeward to Canada, where she faces the fact that Peter’s father — like her own — is far from perfect. Can she love despite betrayal? Can she find hope in her fiery, complex love for Peter? Is there something more to this life that she didn’t even realize she had? https://www.dundurn.com/books_/t22117/a9781459756038-becalming Book cover for Woodworking by Emily St. James (Zando | Crooked Media Reads): Shortlisted for Transgender Fiction in the Lambda Literary Awards (winners announced June 12th): https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/current-finalists/. An unforgettable and heartwarming book-club debut following a trans high school teacher from a small town in South Dakota who befriends the only other trans woman she knows: one of her students. https://zandoprojects.com/books/woodworking-paperback Book cover for Moon’s Shadow by Shannon Blair, NineStar Press: When a delegation from his native Moonridge pays a surprise visit to Dawn’s Gate’s court, Moranthus is enlisted as a guard for Prince Orthenn: a man he once tried to kidnap. With Gerrick still employed as Orthenn’s double, Moranthus welcomes the opportunity to shield his lover from harm alongside the prince he protects. Then, a familiar face reappears and calls his loyalties into question once again. https://ninestarpress.com/product/moons-shadow/ Book cover for An Inventory of Almost Everything by Elizabeth Marie Young, Subpress: In Young’s much-anticipated second poetry collection, the list form allows for the poetic embrace of a bewildering world that cannot be comprehended but can be endlessly explored as a catalogue of terrors, treasures and marvels. The poems in An Inventory of Almost Everything move back and forth, like the list form itself, between mundane reality and extravagant fantasy. They engage the form’s trajectory from Babylonian Star Catalogues to Buzzfeed’s “24 Tumblr Posts That Are Just Kind Of Weirdly Pure”. Here, the built-in rigidity of the form serves as a counterpoint to explorations of what is uncontainable and incomprehensible – consciousness, eroticism, spirituality. https://www.subpresscollective.com/an-inventory-of-almost-everything-by-elizabeth-marie-young/
May 31, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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Here we go
shinepoetry.bsky.social SHINE Poetry @shinepoetry.bsky.social · May 25
Poetry lovers, SHINE is pleased to share the cover art for 'Mapless' by Kyla Houbolt -- winner of the "Come As You Are" book prize! Mapless will be coming soon -- keep an eye out in late July for this stunning collection.

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Mapless by Kyla Houbolt book cover reveal
May 25, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Becalming by Aga Maksimowska, Rare Machines / @dundurnpress.bsky.social & An Inventory of Almost Everything by Elizabeth Marie Young, @subpresspoetry.bsky.social. See alt-text.

#DSPBposts #bookish 💙📚 #BookSky #bookstodon #booktok #booksta #bookstagram #booklovers
Book cover for Becalming by Aga Maksimowska, Rare Machines/Dundurn: Gosia, a high school chemistry teacher, travels to her native Poland to visit her estranged father. Back in Canada, meanwhile, her father-in-law — who has been more of a dad to her than her own — is dying of cancer. Away from her routine, Gosia questions everything in her life, including her long-term boyfriend, Peter. She feels stuck in the terrifying time of early adulthood, in her first grown-up job while managing student debt, monogamy, and existential dread. Gosia’s time in Poland gives her the chance to examine her life, and she finds herself pulled homeward to Canada, where she faces the fact that Peter’s father — like her own — is far from perfect. Can she love despite betrayal? Can she find hope in her fiery, complex love for Peter? Is there something more to this life that she didn’t even realize she had? https://www.dundurn.com/books_/t22117/a9781459756038-becalming Book cover for An Inventory of Almost Everything by Elizabeth Marie Young, Subpress: In Young’s much-anticipated second poetry collection, the list form allows for the poetic embrace of a bewildering world that cannot be comprehended but can be endlessly explored as a catalogue of terrors, treasures and marvels. The poems in An Inventory of Almost Everything move back and forth, like the list form itself, between mundane reality and extravagant fantasy. They engage the form’s trajectory from Babylonian Star Catalogues to Buzzfeed’s “24 Tumblr Posts That Are Just Kind Of Weirdly Pure”. Here, the built-in rigidity of the form serves as a counterpoint to explorations of what is uncontainable and incomprehensible – consciousness, eroticism, spirituality. https://www.subpresscollective.com/an-inventory-of-almost-everything-by-elizabeth-marie-young/
May 23, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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2026 #2 is getting there cc @robmclennan.bsky.social
The cover of rob mclennan’s first American selected poems, coming soon
May 18, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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A review of the Selected Steve Carey (2009) here at Isola di Rifiuti . . . Good to see the bigger volume’s out.
Steve Carey’s <em>Selected Poems</em>
A Wall Edit’d with a preface by Edmund Berrigan and select’d for printing by Anselm Berrigan, The Selected Poems of Steve Carey (Subpress, ...
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May 15, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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New! The Collected Poems of Steve Carey, edited by Edmund Berrigan asterismbooks.com/product/the-...
The cover of The Collected Poems of Steve Carey.
May 15, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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luaz.bsky.social
And here it is, my happy news I mentioned. Mapless is close to my heart for many reasons and I am SO pleased it is going to find its way into the world, and (I hope) into your hands! ❤️
shinepoetry.bsky.social SHINE Poetry @shinepoetry.bsky.social · Apr 24
🎉CONGRATULATIONS goes to Kyla Houbolt (@luaz.bsky.social), whose 'Mapless' was selected as SHINE's "Come As You Are" book prize winner! It was an honor to read the many wonderful manuscripts -- thanks & love to all who participated!

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SHINE's book prize winner promo
April 24, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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I wonder. Would you like to know more about Subpress/CCCP’s authors?
April 21, 2026 at 3:03 PM