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Books Published in 2023
Books Published in 2022
Books Published in 2021
Books by Friends—2023
Poetry | Fiction | Creative Nonfiction
Poetry
Miranda Beeson
Catch and Release
Dancing Girl Press: March 2023
Wildlife
Spuyten Duyvil: February 2023
Hélène Cardona, Translator
The Abduction
White Pine Press: April 2023
Donna Spruijt-Metz
General Release from the Beginning of the World
Free Verse Editions: January 2023
Fiction
Drema Drudge
Southern-Fried Woolf
Wit & Whimsy: January 2023
Susan Isaacs
Bad, Bad Seymour Brown
Atlantic Monthly Press: May 2023
Janet Leedom-Ackerman
Burning Distance
Oceanview Publishing: March 2023
Mark Ernest Pothier
Outer Sunset
University of Iowa Press: May 2023
Jane L. Rosen
On Fire Island
Berkley: May 2023
Joe Taylor
Highway 28, West
Sagging Meniscus Press: May 2023
Creative Nonfiction
André Le Mont Wilson
Hauntings
Newfound: March 2023
Books by Friends—2022
Poetry | Fiction | Creative Nonfiction
Poetry
Fran Abrams
I Rode the Second Wave: A Feminist Memoir
Atmosphere Press: November 2022
Stephen Ackerman
Late Life
Silverfish Review Press: August 2022
Kevin Arnold
Do Not Think Badly of Me
Manzanita Press: March 2022
David Bachner
Just Then, Just There
Woodland Arts Editions: December 2022
Allen Baswell
Mississippi Musings
Wildfire Publications: March 2022
Ann Bookman
Blood Lines
Kelsay Books: February 2022
Michelle Bracken
I Thought We’d Have Forever
B&B Publishing: May 2022
Judith Waller Carroll
Ordinary Splendor
MoonPath Press: April 2022
Caroline Cottom
Asylum
Main Street Rag Publishing Company: March 2022
Sharon Dolin
Imperfect Present
University of Pittsburgh Press: September 2022
Ron Dowell
Watts UpRise
World Stage Press: July 2022
Mark Elber
Headstone
Passager Books: October 2022
Rebecca Evans
when there are nine
Moon Tide Press: September 2022
Sarah Gordon
The Lost Thing: Poems
Mercer University Press: March 2022
Carol Jennings
The Sustain Pedal
Cherry Grove Collections: February 2022
Marilyn Kallet
Even When We Sleep
Black Widow Press: June 2022
Janet Kaplan
Ecotones
The Black Spring Press: June 2022
Susan A. Katz
Dreaming Missouri
Austin Macauley Publishers: August 2022
Alexis Krasilovsky
Watermelon Linguistics: New and Selected Poems
Cyberwit: January 2022
Rick Lupert
I Am Not Writing a Book of Poems in Hawaii
Ain't Got No Press: August 2022
Susan Cummins Miller
Making Silent Stones Sing
Finishing Line Press: February 2022
Maureen Owen
Let the heart hold down the breakage or the caregiver's log
Hanging Loose Press: September 2022
Judith R. Robinson
Buy a Ticket
Word Poetry: April 2022
L.B. Sedlacek
Chatt City Soul
GoatsOnMars Press: February 2022
Bigfoot Doesn't Believe in You Either
GoatsOnMars Press: March 2022
The Quiet Zone
Self-published: October 2022
Lilvia Soto
Lies of an Indispensable Nation
Atmosphere Press: September 2022
Anne Stewart
Growth
Self-published: November 2022
Maryfrances Wagner
Solving for X
Spartan Press: April 2022
Kenichi Yabusaki
During the Pause: A Collection of Tanka Poems
Self-published: April 2022
Fiction
Henry Alley
Galen's Legacy
Rattling Good Yarns Press: May 2022
Jenny Benjamin
Enhanced: Book One of The Terrian Trilogy
Ananke Press: July 2022
Corrupted: Book Two of The Terrian Trilogy
Ananke Press: July 2022
Heather Finch
Running Wild Press: June 2022
Karen Mocker Dabson
Tarentum
Self-published: May 2022
Suzanne Feldman
The Witch Bottle and Other Stories
Washington Writers' Publishing House: September 2022
Susan Feltman
Never See the Sun Again
ANJ Press: August 2021
JR Foley, Co-author
Dark Queen of Donegal
Pen Women Press: March 2022
Amber Herbert
Lipstick Covered Magnet
Tintagel Press: April 2022
Alice Kaltman
Almost Deadly, Almost Good
Word West Press: November 2022
Joshua Kornreich
Shakes Bear in the Dark
Sagging Meniscus Press: June 2022
Stephen Lalonde
Anissi
Ouranian Publishing of Spokane: June 2022
Kevin Lavey
Rat
Rats Rip Books: January 2022
Diane C. McPhail
The Seamstress of New Orleans
John Scognomiglio Books: May 2022
Sue Mell
Provenance
Madville Publishing: July 2022
Dennis Must
MacLeish Sq.
Red Hen Press: November 2022
Andrea Petitte
Hit Me!
Self-publisher: April 2022
Timothy L. Rodriguez
Never Is Now
Warren Publishing: September 2022
Jane L. Rosen
A Shoe Story
Berkley: June 2022
L.B. Sedlacek
The Jackalope Committee and Other Tales
Alien Buddha Press: May 2022
Nancy Shattuck
Suzanne, the Midwife
The Ardent Writer Press: July 2022
Ann Stolinsky, Editor
DracuLAND
Celestial Echo Press: October 2022
Joe Taylor
Bad Form
Sley House Publishing: May 2022
Stanley B. Trice
A Chance to Tell Ten Stories
Every Word Rise: January 2022
Rhonda Wiley-Jones
Song of Herself
Atmosphere Press: September 2022
Gary Wilson
For Those Who Favor Fire
Adelaide Books: July 2022
Creative Nonfiction
Elizabeth Alsop
Daughter of Spies: Wartime Secrets, Family Lies
Regal House: October 2022
Marjorie Becker
Dancing on the Sun Stone: Mexican Women and the Gendered Politics of Octavio Paz
University of New Mexico Press: December 2022
Leslie Y. Dawson
Swindler: A.E. Dawson and the Canadian Problem
Friesen Press: February 2022
Deirdre Fagan
Find a Place for Me: Embracing Love and Life in the Face of Death
Pact Press: November 2022
Aliza McCracken
Expressions of Hope
Self-published: January 2022
Joyful Creativity
Self-published: April 2022
Poetry in Bloom
Self-published: July 2022
Holly Brians Ragusa
Met the End
Amused Moon: November 2022
Eugene Stelzig
True Lies and Short Takes: Assorted Life Writing Essays
Hamilton Books: October 2022
Books by Friends—2021
Poetry | Fiction | Creative Nonfiction
Poetry
Chanel Brenner
Smile, or Else
Press 53: April 2021
W. Yusef Doucet
Black Dot Clubhouse
World Stage Press: November 2021
Judson Evans
Chalk Song
Lily Poetry Press, Boston: September 2021
Susan A. Katz
The Limits of Light
Austin Macauley Publishers: August 2021
Arden Levine
Ladies' Abecedary
Harbor Editions: July 2021
Tara Mesalik MacMahon
Barefoot Up the Mountain
Open Country Press: August 2021
Rob McCabe
A Letter to Frank & Other Poems
Musehick Publications: September 2021
Junky
Musehick Publications: November 2021
Larry Pike
Even in the Slums of Providence
Finishing Line Press: October 2021
Dorothy Ryan
Grace Beheld
Self: November 2021
Robert Savino
I'm Not the Only One Here
Self-published: December 2021
No Distance Between Us: The Next Collection
Local Gems Press: October 2021
Rhonda Slota
By Fire
Atmosphere Press: December 2021
Eugene Stelzig
Walking Through the Four Seasons: An Impromptu Poetry Journal
Poets' Choice: December 2021
Terry Tierney
Lucky Ride
Unsolicited Press: December 2021
Jane Ward
In the Aftermath
She Writes Press: September 2021
Romaine Washington
Purgatory Has an Address
BambooDart Press: April 2021
Alan Walowitz
In the Muddle of the Night
Arroyo Seco Press: March 2021
Fiction
David Bachner
Kirinski’s Life & Times
Woodland Arts Editions: June 2021
Nancy Brashear
Gunnysack Hell
The Wild Rose Press: February 2021
Beth Castrodale
I Mean You No Harm
Imbrifex Books: August 2021
Andrea Dejean
Sphinx
Middle Creek Publishing & Audio: October 2021
Michael Fantus
The Rage of Ganymede
Austin McCauley: May 2021
Margaret Hermes
The Opposite of Chance
Delphinium Books: March 2021
Joshua Kornreich
Cavanaugh
Sagging Meniscus Press: October 2021
Stephen Lalonde
Mentu the Nubian
Ouranian Publishing of Spokane: March 2021
Nancy Shattuck
Mary, the Clairvoyant
The Ardent Writer Press: August 2021
Ann Stolinsky, Editor
TIME Blinked
Celestial Echo Press: November 2021
Creative Nonfiction
Eileen Obser
Three Rooms, Shared Bath: a Landlady in the Hamptons
Sunbury Press: June 2021
Noel Haughey
My Life and Poetry
Self-published: March 2021
Amy Scher
How to Heal Yourself from Depression When No One Else Can
Sounds True: February 2021
Sam Simon
The Actual Dance, Love's Ultimate Journey Through Breast Cancer
TAD Publishing: November 2021