80 Notable Small Press Books of 2025 Thirty West Publishing

have you pre ordered "again, harder" from feminist press? here's some anonymized ballyhoo from friends & peers

The final award for the year: the #pushcartprize We nominate @toriiellen.bsky.social @hughbehmsteinberg.bsky.social with Afterimages prose, & Thirty West poets @jiecohen.bsky.social Abigail Michelini, Rayni K. Wekluk, & JP Infante Best of luck,writers! 🎉 You’ll get to read all 6 on our site soon!

Award nominations for Pushcart, Best Small Fictions, & Best Microfiction drops this week.

I just rewatched Sword of Doom the other day, and was remarking to my spouse about how cool it was that Tatsuya Nakadai was still around. RIP to a legendary actor.

My weirdest piece of writing ever is featured in this issue. Thank you Diagram :)

The Breeders

Bare minimum for holding a conversation: Gackt, L'arc-en-ciel, Dir en Grey, TM Revolution, The Pillows, Flow, Malice Mizer, Sambomaster, X Japan, Asian Kung Fu Generation, and High and Mighty Color

I hate my viewers

The problem with this, though, is that ultimately they are teenagers and want the easiest way out. Plus, that essay needs to be written eventually—so even though it is a good activity, those kids are still going to go back to generative AI to do the heavy lifting for their writing anyway…

Young refuseniks burn their IOF draft papers in the middle of Tel Aviv They refuse to serve in the Israeli Occupation Forces, and are willing to go to military jail for their position. The new generation of refuseniks is supported by the older, many of them spent months in jail already

I only have $150 more dollars to raise! Then I will be able to achieve my dream of attending #lambda ! I have one day to do it! Please consider throwing this cool #intersex teacher a bone <3 @lambdaliterary.org

I'm a high school teacher and I refuse to assign homework. It's one of my best qualities.

A career

when you receive a request for a full with a dream agent and you suddenly start to panic about every sentence in your damn manuscript lmao.

secure.givelively.org/donate/lambd... I am once again asking for your financial support. Please consider donating whatever you can to help me achieve my dream of attending the @lambdaliterary.org 2025 retreat as a poetry fellow. Give this intersex femme some sugar & I'll pay it forward when I can.

VENUS LIMBS IS BLOOMING thirtywestph.com/shop/venuslimbs

Was selected as a 2025 Lambda Literary Poetry Fellow. I am beyond excited :) I also just finished the first draft of my novel. Things are interesting.

🌹 VENUS LIMBS the debut chapbook by @jiecohen.bsky.social is open for preorders. A surreal exploration of how the medical industry treats fatness, chronic illness, & intersex conditions. The narrative is told through the POV of the Venus of Willendorf statue. 🌹 thirtywestph.com/shop/venuslimbs

April is for new growth. The Blooming is occurring all around us. 🌺

I love being a coastal elite. Do not follow me if you have heartland values

Wowza a Napkin Poem double feature! @jiecohen.bsky.social & Ashley Cline. Take a peek and read them on your coffee break. Only on Afterimages. “Genetic Disturbance”: open.substack.com/pub/thirtywe... “Breakfast Hymnal”: open.substack.com/pub/thirtywe...

I wrote about the right to bathrooms, trans rights, executive orders, personhood, the history of politicizing peeing, Susan Stryker, Sarah McBride, and public space for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

I have a profound and consuming loneliness being away from my community, friends, and social life. I love living in Turkmenistan and contractually obligated to stay one more year after this, but I really crave closeness with people.

TW presents a poet of The Blooming series 🌺 @jiecohen.bsky.social is a mixed, intersex writer whose work has been recognized by a Best of the Net award & 2024 Singapore Unbound Poetry Prize. They currently teach secondary English/Language Arts in Central Asia. VENUS LIMBS is their debut chapbook.

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