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Whittle Micro-Press @whittlemicropress.bsky.social · 16d

What’s not to love? Download valentine’s day travelog now on our site (linked in bio).

Titles are only $5 via instant download, and all proceeds go to our authors.

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Whittle Micro-Press @whittlemicropress.bsky.social · 18d

This passage, from “val’s day, 2008,” blew us away.

Download this impactful chapbook, through the link in our bio.

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Whittle Micro-Press @whittlemicropress.bsky.social · 23d

Sylvester is having a love affair with poetry, and we’re having a love affair with his.

Download valentine’s day travelog for only $5.

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Whittle Micro-Press @whittlemicropress.bsky.social · 25d

Enjoy this reading of “14 février 2005” by Sylvester Kwakye, from his book valentine’s day travelog, available now through Whittle Micro-Press.

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Whittle Micro-Press @whittlemicropress.bsky.social · Sep 8

Here’s to unicorn days. May they never end in before.

Download Sylvester Kwakye’s valentine’s day travelog for $5, link in bio.

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Whittle Micro-Press @whittlemicropress.bsky.social · Sep 1

Sylvester Kwayke’s valentine’s day travelog is now available for only $5.

You’ll want to take this journey. All proceeds go to Sylvester.

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Whittle Micro-Press @whittlemicropress.bsky.social · Aug 29

Get to know Sylvester Kwakye’s work before the release of valentine’s day travelog (Sept 1) with “powerpoint presentation to villagetude,” first published in @callaloojournal.bsky.social.

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Whittle Micro-Press @whittlemicropress.bsky.social · Aug 26

“we’re willing / to fail & fail / again & again.”

Alex Stolis’ Soundtrack captures the ache of on-again off-again love through musical memory.

Just $5 from Whittle Micro-Press.

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Whittle Micro-Press @whittlemicropress.bsky.social · Aug 21

Alex Stolis wrote Soundtrack nearly a decade ago, capturing the early moments of his journey.

He says, “writing out of my comfort zone has enabled me to grow.”

Soundtrack is just $5.

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Whittle Micro-Press @whittlemicropress.bsky.social · Aug 19

With its focus on “how we define moments in time and associate them with a particular song,” we had an emotional response to reading Alex Stolis’ Soundtrack, and we think you will, too.

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Whittle Micro-Press @whittlemicropress.bsky.social · Aug 12

Thank you for the support🤍

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Whittle Micro-Press @whittlemicropress.bsky.social · Aug 12

Photos by Alex Stolis capture the heart of his collection Soundtrack.

See the full collection on our IG @whittlemicropress & grab the chapbook on our site for $5.

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Whittle Micro-Press @whittlemicropress.bsky.social · Aug 5

Personal as it is, Alex Stolis’ Soundtrack puts into words feelings we may all have felt, but don’t know how to express.

Soundtrack now available for download, at $5.

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Whittle Micro-Press @whittlemicropress.bsky.social · Jul 31

Alex Stolis’ collection, Soundtrack, which ruminates on the ways music can evoke memory, is available now for instant download!

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Whittle Micro-Press @whittlemicropress.bsky.social · Jul 30

To get you ready for Soundtrack, read “Telling Dad the trials and tribulations of Atomic City (Minneapolis Radiation Oncology)” by Alex Stolis.

Published in One Art.

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Whittle Micro-Press @whittlemicropress.bsky.social · Jul 28

“Music never lies.” Soundtrack by Alex Stolis will be available July 31 and is infinitely relatable.

Enjoy this one and more by downloading for $5.

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Whittle Micro-Press @whittlemicropress.bsky.social · Jul 23

Whittle is thrilled to announce the upcoming release of Give Sorrow by Eilinor Ann Walker, a requiem in fragments that gathers “elegiac” lines to speak when words fail.

Arriving March 2026.

#chapbooks #indiepoets #indiepoetry #indieauthors #indiebooks #smallpress #elinorannwalker #givesorrow

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Whittle Micro-Press @whittlemicropress.bsky.social · Jul 21

Our catalog features titles by Kelly R. Samuels, Cyril Wong, Abbie Kiefer, Lauren Davis, Miranda Dennis, Katherine Fallon, & Roseanna Alice Boswell.

All proceeds go to authors!

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Whittle Micro-Press @whittlemicropress.bsky.social · Jul 16

Whittle is happy to announce the acquisition of VOIDGAZING by mk zariel, which in exploring digital space and gender, is both “tender and insurgent.”

VOIDGAZING will be available May 2026.

#chapbooks #indiepoetry #indieauthors #indiepub #indiebooks #smallpress #queerpoetry #mkzariel #voidgazing

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Whittle Micro-Press @whittlemicropress.bsky.social · Jul 16

“‘I Want You to Want Me’ comes on and it's back to high school, drinking warm beer.”

- Alex Stolis, on Soundtrack, available on July 31.

Photos by Stolis.

#chapbooks #indiepoets #indiepoetry #indieauthors #indiepub #indiebooks #poetrycommunity #smallpress #soundtrack #alexstolis

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Whittle Micro-Press @whittlemicropress.bsky.social · Jul 10

Whittle is proud to announce the acquisition of LJ Ireton’s Unclaimed— lyrical poetry giving voice to Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard, and Mary, Queen of Scots.

Available in Feb. 2026.

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Whittle Micro-Press @whittlemicropress.bsky.social · Jul 8

Whittle received so many strong manuscripts, we had to close subs early—for the first time ever.

We're thrilled with the 2026 lineup and can't wait to share each poet's work!

#chapbooks #indiepoetry #smallpress #poetrycommunity #indieauthors

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Whittle Micro-Press @whittlemicropress.bsky.social · Jul 3

Whittle is proud to announce the acquisition of Allegra Wilson’s Sex Party at the Opera House, which celebrates “queer sex and desire as ancient, ornately beautiful, and revolutionary.”

Sex Party at the Opera House will be available in December 2025.

#indiepoets #queerpoetry #allegrawilson

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Whittle Micro-Press @whittlemicropress.bsky.social · Jul 1

Lauren Davis, author of Sivvy, has recently released her debut fiction collection.

Available for purchase @yesyesbooks.bsky.social

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Whittle Micro-Press @whittlemicropress.bsky.social · Jun 26

Whittle is proud to announce the acquisition of nat raum’s april, buttersoft, which “luxuriates in poetry of the everyday, grounded in equal parts lyricism and sensory detail.”

april, buttersoft will be available in November 2025.

#digitalpublishing #newacquisition #aprilbuttersoft #natraum

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