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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · Dec 18
A photo collage of 60+ book covers accompanied by the following text: kith est 2022 trans, queer, and disabled owned and operated submissions always welcome wim@kithbooks.com the funny little press making funny little books
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 19h
"Sobriety becomes an incantation, a summoning spell. I gather bird feathers and selenite. I keep my pocketknife close."
- Christy Tending, Sobriety Through the Major Arcana

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Sobriety Through the Major Arcana Christy Tending cover: a chunk of amethyst weighing down a tarot deck seen through an arched opening in the palest of pinks text: Sobriety becomes an incantation, a summoning spell. I gather bird feathers and selenite. I keep my pocketknife close.
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 19h
"Sobriety becomes an incantation, a summoning spell. I gather bird feathers and selenite. I keep my pocketknife close."
- Christy Tending, Sobriety Through the Major Arcana

@christytending.bsky.social
Print: kithbooks.com/shop/p/sobriety
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Sobriety Through the Major Arcana Christy Tending cover: a chunk of amethyst weighing down a tarot deck seen through an arched opening in the palest of pinks text: Sobriety becomes an incantation, a summoning spell. I gather bird feathers and selenite. I keep my pocketknife close.
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 1d
"in turns demanding, interrogatory, and at times self-soothing, these poems dis/construct entire worlds, manipulate media into fractions of self"
- BEE LB

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DISASTERFIRE/DISASTER STAR tommy blake cover: a sepia toned view of smoke through bars. the title "DISASTER STAR" appears fractured in both cream and dark grey, once right side up and once down. text: in turns demanding, interrogatory, and at times self-soothing, these poems dis/construct entire worlds, manipulate media into fractions of self - BEE LB
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Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social · 1d
My magpie moon
still shining
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 2d
"The end comes slowly.
Takes hours and every ounce of strength. As she sits by his bed Alice’s lungs grasp at the last remaining atoms of hot and fetid air.
And still the magpie stays."
- Magpie Moon, Rachel Canwell
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Magpie Moon Rachel Canwell cover: a grayscale painting of moonlight through a conifer forest with two magpies in the foreground. text: The end comes slowly. Takes hours and every ounce of strength. As she sits by his bed Alice’s lungs grasp at the last remaining atoms of hot and fetid air. And still the magpie stays.
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 1d
"in turns demanding, interrogatory, and at times self-soothing, these poems dis/construct entire worlds, manipulate media into fractions of self"
- BEE LB

@tommywyattblake.bsky.social
Print: kithbooks.com/shop/p/disasterfire
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DISASTERFIRE/DISASTER STAR tommy blake cover: a sepia toned view of smoke through bars. the title "DISASTER STAR" appears fractured in both cream and dark grey, once right side up and once down. text: in turns demanding, interrogatory, and at times self-soothing, these poems dis/construct entire worlds, manipulate media into fractions of self - BEE LB
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 2d
"The end comes slowly.
Takes hours and every ounce of strength. As she sits by his bed Alice’s lungs grasp at the last remaining atoms of hot and fetid air.
And still the magpie stays."
- Magpie Moon, Rachel Canwell
@bookbound2019.bsky.social

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Magpie Moon Rachel Canwell cover: a grayscale painting of moonlight through a conifer forest with two magpies in the foreground. text: The end comes slowly. Takes hours and every ounce of strength. As she sits by his bed Alice’s lungs grasp at the last remaining atoms of hot and fetid air. And still the magpie stays.
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 3d
Green Latitudes
Rick Magee

"Green latitudes plums the depths of memory, the legacy of experiences that are felt and kept long after they're lived."
- Sandy Carlson

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Green Latitudes Rick Magee cover: a green typographical map with a brown state park sign bearing the title and author's name text: "Green latitudes plums the depths of memory, the legacy of experiences that are felt and kept long after they're lived." - Sandy Carlson
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 2d
"The end comes slowly.
Takes hours and every ounce of strength. As she sits by his bed Alice’s lungs grasp at the last remaining atoms of hot and fetid air.
And still the magpie stays."
- Magpie Moon, Rachel Canwell
@bookbound2019.bsky.social

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Magpie Moon Rachel Canwell cover: a grayscale painting of moonlight through a conifer forest with two magpies in the foreground. text: The end comes slowly. Takes hours and every ounce of strength. As she sits by his bed Alice’s lungs grasp at the last remaining atoms of hot and fetid air. And still the magpie stays.
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 3d
Green Latitudes
Rick Magee

"Green latitudes plums the depths of memory, the legacy of experiences that are felt and kept long after they're lived."
- Sandy Carlson

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Green Latitudes Rick Magee cover: a green typographical map with a brown state park sign bearing the title and author's name text: "Green latitudes plums the depths of memory, the legacy of experiences that are felt and kept long after they're lived." - Sandy Carlson
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 21d
"I didn't realize
that all these little rituals
we're only letting the mourning
swallow me while."
- Odette Augustine, For Spite and Rosemary
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For Spite and Rosemary Odette Augustine cover: a delicate line drawing of a corset in black on parchment is washed over in watercolors of purple and pink. text: I didn't realize that all these little rituals we're only letting the mourning swallow me while.
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 20d
cosign. our dependence on distro monoliths has been, and will be, disastrous for books.
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Jane Shi | 皮爬高 echolalia echolalia is out now @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social · 20d
I hate that instead of coding these whacky little customizable blogs we are prioritizing platforms that would instantly reach the largest audience, semi-pressured to create viral content.
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erika @yeeeerika.bsky.social · Jan 13
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 20d
Holds Up When Shattered
Merri Andrew
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"This is a voice to listen to, a
collection to re-read and re-read."
- Sarah St Vincent Welch, author of chalk borders

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Holds Up When Shattered Merri Andrew cover: a field of shattered glass reflects a warm white and cream interior structure text: This is a voice to listen to, a collection to re-read and re-read. Sarah St Vincent Welch, author of chalk borders
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 18d
"Jannotti's poems know well how
excruciating is waiting—waiting to be seen, to be held, to be loved."
- Lilia Marie Ellis

Angels & Insects are Creatures With Wings
Amy Jannotti

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Angels & Insects are Creatures With Wings Amy Jannotti cover: a fine line drawing of a moth with folded wings in black on a background of pale grey and olive green text: "Jannotti's poems know well how excruciating is waiting—waiting to be seen, to be held, to be loved." - Lilia Marie Ellis
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Space Witches, Esq. @popelizbet.bsky.social · 6d
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Great books consume you, speak to you, and it’s tempting, when it happens, to eat the book back. With scalpel held steady, Elizabeth McClellan has managed just that. The centos in Is My Chainsaw a Hea...
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 6d
"Beast Country redefines what it means to use language as reckoning, to speak in tongues of truth and grit."
- Courtney Faye Taylor, author of Concentrate

Beast Country
K. Christopherson

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Beast Country K. Christopherson cover: an inverse grayscale image of densely intertwined branches bisected by two bands, one red and one black, bearing the title and the author's name. text: "Both a literary and visual navigation, Beast Country redefines what it means to use language as reckoning, to speak in tongues of truth and grit." - Courtney Faye Taylor, author of Concentrate
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 6d
"Beast Country redefines what it means to use language as reckoning, to speak in tongues of truth and grit."
- Courtney Faye Taylor, author of Concentrate

Beast Country
K. Christopherson

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Beast Country K. Christopherson cover: an inverse grayscale image of densely intertwined branches bisected by two bands, one red and one black, bearing the title and the author's name. text: "Both a literary and visual navigation, Beast Country redefines what it means to use language as reckoning, to speak in tongues of truth and grit." - Courtney Faye Taylor, author of Concentrate
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 7d
"Sainwood has amassed a body of lush, sensuous poems about transition and blood, sex and death, faith and becoming."
- Magen Cubed, author of The Southern Gothic series

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What was eaten was given Wilhelmina "Billie" Sainwood cover: a slab of raw liver on a white sketch of a place setting on a background of gloss black text: "Sainwood has amassed a body of lush, sensuous poems about transition and blood, sex and death, faith and becoming." - Magen Cubed, author of The Southern Gothic series
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Ellen Chang-Richardson @ehjchang.bsky.social · 8d
You know what I love? The ephemerality of poetry chapbooks. On that note: paperbillpress.wordpress.com
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Chapbooks for the Wild
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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 7d
no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask
A screenshot from Publisher's Lunch: Jennifer L. Armentrout and Hellmann's In a promotion designed for BookTok enjoyment, Jennifer L. Armentrout’s just-published THE PRIMAL OF BLOOD AND BONE is available in a special, limited-edition "garlic-scented copy, infused with Hellmann’s Garlic Aioli to create a one-of-a-kind, Craven-proof book." They explain: "This exclusive edition is printed with garlic-infused ink, designed to ward off Armentrout’s bloodthirsty monsters, the Craven. While humans may dread garlic breath, Hellmann’s has cleverly transformed this social faux pas into an unexpected – and delicious – form of supernatural protection."
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periodicities : a journal of poetry and poetics @periodicities.bsky.social · 8d
above/ground press: 2026 subscriptions now available!
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above/ground press: 2026 subscriptions now available!
The race to the half-century continues! And with more than FOURTEEN HUNDRED TITLES produced to date over nearly thirty-two years, there’s be...
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 7d
"Sainwood has amassed a body of lush, sensuous poems about transition and blood, sex and death, faith and becoming."
- Magen Cubed, author of The Southern Gothic series

@DriedMarigolds
Print: kithbooks.com/shop/p/whatwaseaten
eBook: kithbooks.com/digital/p/whatwaseaten
What was eaten was given Wilhelmina "Billie" Sainwood cover: a slab of raw liver on a white sketch of a place setting on a background of gloss black text: "Sainwood has amassed a body of lush, sensuous poems about transition and blood, sex and death, faith and becoming." - Magen Cubed, author of The Southern Gothic series
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · Sep 8
“There is thrill in feeling the rigid shatter
against the soft”
- Allison Thung, MOLAR

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MOLAR Allison Thung cover: a nori flecked almond on a background of very pale grey text: “There is thrill in feeling the rigid shatter against the soft”
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 8d
exit wound (no point of entry)
arushi 'aera' rege

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"exit wounds makes me want to fall in love all over again just so I can feel the emotions one more time"
- Ashley Elizabeth, author of A Family Thing

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exit wound (no point of entry) arushi 'aera' rege cover: a purple tinted photo of two people cuddled together in airplane seats. their faces are obscured by a strip torn away to reveal the title and author's name in purple on a background of grey text: "exit wounds makes me want to fall in love all over again just so I can feel the emotions one more time" - Ashley Elizabeth, author of A Family Thing
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 8d
exit wound (no point of entry)
arushi 'aera' rege

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"exit wounds makes me want to fall in love all over again just so I can feel the emotions one more time"
- Ashley Elizabeth, author of A Family Thing

Print: kithbooks.com/shop/p/exitwound
eBook: kithbooks.com/digital/p/exitwound
exit wound (no point of entry) arushi 'aera' rege cover: a purple tinted photo of two people cuddled together in airplane seats. their faces are obscured by a strip torn away to reveal the title and author's name in purple on a background of grey text: "exit wounds makes me want to fall in love all over again just so I can feel the emotions one more time" - Ashley Elizabeth, author of A Family Thing
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🎠 @jennajaco.bsky.social · 9d
i love this book
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 9d
unholy fruit
dre levant

"[unholy fruit] is a treacle delight that lingers
long after the first taste"

- Elena Sichrovsky, author of Eating Out Anne Sexton

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unholy fruit dre levant cover: a pastel sketch of a face in profile in black, pink, and purple. a large flower is tucked in at the neck. text: "[unholy fruit] is a treacle delight that lingers long after the first taste" - Elena Sichrovsky, author of Eating Out Anne Sexton
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