Friends!
If you’re at AWP this year here in Baltimore, come swing by table 621!!!!! I’ll be there pretty much the entirety of AWP.
Nadie se salva cover reveal and preorder announcement
Friends!
It is with untold amounts of joy that i get to reveal the cover of the next akinoga publication: Nadie se salva by Dylan Connell!!!!
Be sure to check out the Spotlight page to learn a bit more about Nadie se salva and read an excerpt. And be sure to snag yourself a preorder, because PREORDERS ARE AVAILABLE!!!
Keep your eye on the site for the release date as well! I will be announcing it soooooooooon.
–mz
The Other Side of the Hallway cover reveal and preorder announcement!
Friends!
I am so thrilled to share the cover of the next akinoga press book: The Other Side of the Hallway, a corporate-horror novelette by the incomparable Tim Paggi!
I am also thrilled to announce that preorders are now open!!!! Head on over to the catalogue page to grab yourself a discounted copy! And go check out the Spotlight page for some more info about the novelette, as well as an enticing excerpt!
The Other Side of the Hallway will be launching in November, so be sure to check back for the official release date!
a violet stretch of sky cover reveal/preorder announcement
Friends!
It is with incomparable excitement i get to reveal the cover of the first akinoga press book for 2025, as well as the first book of this current publishing cohort: Meggie Royer’s A Violet Stretch of Sky!
I am also incomparably excited to announce that preorders for A Violet Stretch of Sky are now available! Meggie’s chapbook will be coming out on Saturday, May 31st, so make sure you get your discounted copy before then!
Also, head over to the Spotlight page to get a little more info on/read an excerpt from A Violet Stretch of Sky!
Poems for Two Voices cover reveal and preorder announcement!!!!!
Friends!
It it with tremendous excitement that i get to reveal the cover of the last akinoga press book for 2024, as well as the last book of this current publishing cohort: Max Henninger’s Poems for Two Voices!
It is also with a tremendous amount of excitement that i get to announce that preorders for Poems for Two Voices are up and running! And don’t forget to stop by the Spotlight page to get a little more info about the collection/read an excerpt!
Poems for Two Voices will be published on New Years, so make sure you get your discounted copy before the end of the month!
–mz
Wheatfield with Reaper cover reveal/preorder announcement
Friends!
It is with TREMENDOUS joy that i reveal the cover of the next akinoga press collection: Wheatfield with Reaper, a poetic suite by David Capps!
As well as announce that preorders are now open!!!!! You can get your copy at the special preorder discounted price right up until the pub date, Wednesday, November 13th!
And, as always, stay tuned for launch/release event details. Until then, head on over to the Spotlight page to get a some more info about Wheatfield with Reaper and read an excerpt.
–mz
POP CULTURE POETRY LAUNCH NEWS *CORRECTION* THE LAUNCH IS ON APRIL 5TH
Friends!
Can you believe that Michael B. Tager’s debut poetry collection launches in just a month?! That’s right! On Friday, April 5th, Pop Culture Poetry: The Definitive Collection will be launching with a book party and salon at Ottobar (upstairs)!
Swing on by at 6:30 to catch all of the amazing readers/performers; it’s going to be a hell of a time!
And please swing on over here to preorder yourself a copy! Preorders will be available right up until April 6th, but i will be sending them out starting in a few weeks, so don’t sleep on getting your hands on a copy early!
And if you’d like a little more info about/an excerpt from Pop Culture Poetry, swing on over to the Spotlight page!
I hope to see you at Ottobar on the 6th!
–mz
TOUCH / breaks cover reveal and preorder announcement!!!!
Friends!
I am thrilled, THRILLED I SAY, to reveal the cover of the next akinoga press book and announce that preorders are now available for TOUCH / breaks by poet and writer Dina Paulson!!!!
It has been an absolute dream working with Dina over the past year or so to give this steamy chapbook a physical presence in the world. Check back in for more info about the launch (keep an eye on mid-November), and go grab a discounted copy today (which will be mailed out about a week or so before launch)!
Aaaaaaaaaand head over to the Spotlight page to get some more info about/read an excerpt from TOUCH / breaks!
Pop Culture Poetry cover reveal and preorder announcement
Friends!
I am BEYOND EXCITED to reveal the cover of Michael B. Tager’s debut full-length collection, Pop Culture Poetry: The Difinitive Collection, which will be releasing on April 9th, 2024.
I’m also beyond excited to announce that it is available for preorder! I know, i know: this is waaaaaay earlier than my usual preorder announcements, but…y’know, be the change you want to see in the world. Or something.
Anyway! Preorders will be shipping out a week or two early (at the end of March) and will also be discounted a bit from $20 to $17, so get a copy while the getting’s good!
112th Street Notebook cover reveal and preorder announcement
Friends!
I am so, so excited to reveal the cover and announce preorders for the next akinoga book! May i present 112th Street Notebook, by poet and artist Krsitjana Gunnars!
Check out the Spotlight page for some more info/to read an excerpt and please go preorder yourself a copy!
I’m really, really proud of this little chapbook, and i cannot wait for it to be out in the world in mid-February!
The Candle Moth: cover reveal, preorder/launch info, and spotlight
FRIENDS!!!
It is with absolutely incredible excitement that i’m announcing the book being released by akinoga press! Let me formally introduce you to The Candle Moth, a story by Dave K!
This dark, nautically-themed prose poem will be launching via a virtual event in February, but preorders are available!
More info for the release will be forthcoming, so in the meantime, please check out the Candle Moth Spotlight page for some more info on the book and an excerpt. Trust me, y’all: this is NOT one you want to miss out on.
–mz
welcome Lora to the press!!!
Friends!
It is with equally tremendous excitement that i welcome Lora Robinson to akinoga press!!!
Lora Robinson is a poet, nonfiction writer, and amateur photographer from the Eastern Shore of Maryland, currently residing outside of Minneapolis. She grew up a ballerina and fiction writer, not discovering poetry until her first year in the creative writing program at Salisbury University. After relocating to Colorado, she took a four year hiatus from poetry, returning to her craft when she moved to Baltimore in 2019. She has been published in numerous magazines and journals and will be taking part in her first residency this fall at Art Farm Nebraska. Her writing focuses on imagery and experience and she takes influence from Greek mythology, surrealist art, nature, and dance. In her spare time, you can find her hiking, fishing, singing to her cats and folding origami. Connect with her on Instagram @theblondeprive and Twitter @starsinmyteeth.
YOU get an update AND YOU get an update
Friends!
Summer is almost upon us, and we all know that with the long, hot days nigh, books are not too far behind! I’ve been editing and design up a storm throughout the spring and i am so incredibly excited to be working on so many amazing books!
In the meantime, i wanted to be better with the PR side of things, so starting next week, i will be highlighting some of the writers being published in 2021/2022. They are all amazing and i cannot wait to usher their work into the world.
–mz
NADIA IS OFFICIALLY AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER
FRIENDS!!!!!!!
I am incredibly, INCREDIBLY proud to announce that NADIA, the debut sensuella (sensual novella) from sexuality educator mary adelle is now available for preorder!!!!!
Y’all. This is SUCH a tremendous lil’ book. It was such an absolute delight spending time with Nadia and getting to know her and her queer, pleasure-filled life. Please do not sleep on this.
And!!! please join us on Monday, November 30th, at 7 pm ET for a virtual launch event! The zoom link can be found here. Don’t sleep on this, either! It’s going to be a fucking magical time.
–mz
PLANT POWER SISTERHOOD IS NOW AVAILABLE
Friends!
It brings me great joy to announce that Plant Power Sisterhood: an anthology of eco-revolution is now officially out in the world!
So much time and care and energy went into the production of this book and i’m so thrilled that people get to now enjoy the fruits of so many labors.
Stay tuned for launch event details and for a new Spotlight page featuring the anthology!
–mz
the set is complete!
Friends!
Jack Slocomb’s Native Tongue, vol. 2: spring/summer is officially out and about in the world!
It brings me a lot of joy to have Native Tongue existing as a complete set. When Jack originally sent me the manuscript, i planned to release it all as one collection, but as i worked through it, spending time in Jack’s Alleghenies and really letting the world of the poems seep into me, the idea that the manuscript should be broken into a pair bubbled up from somewhere. Part of it, i’m sure, was the desire to hand-bind whatever book the manuscript turned into (how could these poems exist in anything but a hand-bound book?), but i think the driving force was the poems themselves. Something in their ordering wanted to be grouped into two piles, almost like they were being attracted to different magnetic poles: the quieter, earthtone poems of the fall and winter congealed on one side, and the lively, verdant poems of the spring and summer grouped up on the other. And, i honestly just ran with it (you don’t argue when poems tell you what they want to do and where they want to go).
In vol. 1, we got a taste of the Alleghenies as the world closed up shop for the season, as the openness of yellow and red flecked woods drowsed into silence and pristine white. We were invited into solitude and introspection. In vol. 2, Jack welcomes us to the siblinghood of spring, to the sheer communal joy of summer. We are asked to be a part of the world, to stitch ourselves to daily expressions and experiences. He gives us cupfuls of life being lived and shared. And, while it may not completely slake of thirst for what we’ve been missing for the past 8 months, it definitely eased my parchedness quite a bit.
It is also deeply, deeply comforting to me to know that Jack is still out there in the Alleghenies, diligently walking both old and new paths, enjoying every inch of the land, taking keen note of what needs paying attention to, and offering his hand as invitation into the clear, bracing waters of life.
A virtual launch for vol. 2 is in the works, but for now please visit akinogapress.com/books/nativetongue2 to order a copy.
–mz