Michele McDannold
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A.S. Coomer
A.S. Coomer A.S. Coomer is a writer, musician and native Kentuckian currently serving out a purgatorial existence somewhere in the arctic midwest. His work has appeared in over forty literary journals, magazines, anthologies and the like. He was nominated for the Pushcart Prize three times in 2016. His debut novel, Rush’s Deal (Hammer & Anvil …
Mary Dean Cason
Mary Dean Cason Mary Dean Cason absorbed the art of storytelling on the front porches of North Carolina where she grew up. She is a featured writer/performer at numerous Chicago area storytelling venues including This Much is True, Story Sessions, Homewood Stories and more. She is the founder of Wine, Women & Stories and Michiana …
Michele McDannold
Michele McDannold Michele McDannold is a poet, editor, publisher and literary activist. She was the Editor-in-Chief at Red Fez Publications for five years and is currently the editor/publisher at Citizens for Decent Literature. In 2010, she founded The Literary Underground, a grassroots effort committed to supporting independent artists, promoting diversity in creativity, and fostering community …
Puma Perl
Puma Perl Puma Perl is a widely published poet and writer, as well as a performer and producer. She is the author of two chapbooks, Ruby True and Belinda and Her Friends, and two full-length poetry collections, knuckle tattoos, and Retrograde, (great weather for MEDIA press.) She is the creator, curator, and producer of “Puma …
Gimmick Press
Gimmick Press is an independent publisher of niche literature and art founded by the creative tag team of Josh Olsen and Katie MacDonald. Our first release is Working Stiff, an anthology of pro-wrestling themed poetry, fiction, essays, comics, and illustrations, written and created by a stable of over 50 different writers and artists. Gimmick Press …
Josh Olsen
Josh Olsen Josh Olsen has written two collections of flash fiction /nonfiction/poetry/nonsense, Six Months (Tainted Coffee Press, 2011) and Such a Good Boy (2014). He is the co-founder of Gimmick Press, and he is the editor of Working Stiff: The Anthology of Professional Wrestling Literature & Art, as well as the forthcoming Three-Way Dance chapbook …
EMP
EMP sprang from the question: “Really, how hard is it to make a decent looking book from start to finish and print it off at this desk?” About as hard as the average person is resourceful. Took 11 hours. Start to finish. From getting out of the shower and deciding to ignore my phone …
Bill Gainer
Bill Gainer BILL GAINER is known for the openness of his confessional poetry and is recognized as one of the founding contributors to the modern movement of “After Hours Poetry“. Gainer says, “My poetry is written with an economy of words. I believe that the strongest way for poetry to achieve its goal, to express an …
Jeremiah Walton
Jeremiah Walton Jeremiah Walton grew up round NH campfires in the shadows of rumbling freight. He’s been off & on the road for ~4 years, running traveling bookstore Books & Shovels, performing from street corners to the NYC Poetry Festival + San Francisco Lit Crawl + Cleveland Snoetry Festival + Oakland Beast Crawl + This …
Ezhno Martin
Ezhno Martin Ezhno is a Kansas City Queer hearing the call of multiple former eastward homelands. Ezhno doesn’t believe in pronouns and doesn’t use them, but does believe in making books and tangible pieces of art to take home and love. Ezhno’s Press EMP focuses on publishing freaks and females, but will publish dudes down …