High praise! 🥹

“from whimsy to grandeur on a dime” 🤹‍♀️ John’s Table by Lesle Lewis is out in two months & we are READY! This blurb by one of our favorite writers, Donna Stonecipher, is so damn good

Kiik's debut collection is part of a bracket challenge. Starting with 124 covers, we won the first 2 rounds, now we’re in the semifinals. If we win, we go to the championship. Please vote! No sign-up, no log-in, just click the cover & vote! It takes 5 seconds. bookjacketbracket.com

Two months from today, we're dropping these two fantastic poetry collections! Pre-orders keep us afloat! asterismbooks.com/publisher/pi...

You can order this 2-in-1 book via @asterismbooks.bsky.social asterismbooks.com/product/spli... (if you’re interested in a review copy, DM us & let us know!)

the 8 pillars of running a successful indie press in 2026: 1. patience 2. failure 3. trial & error 4. delusions 5. more failure 6. isbn? 7. podcasts 8. ????

Nathan Hoks is one of our very favorite poets. A Chicagoan who blends surrealist writing with visual art, abstraction with experimentation, seriousness with play. Every book is uniquely Hoks, further expanding the strangeness he’s been building since releasing his debut in 2010.

Nathan Hoks is one of our very favorite poets. A Chicagoan who blends surrealist writing with visual art, abstraction with experimentation, seriousness with play. Every book is uniquely Hoks, further expanding the strangeness he’s been building since releasing his debut in 2010.

it's all happening @pizamapress.bsky.social asterismbooks.com/publisher/pi...

the 8 pillars of running a successful indie press in 2026: 1. patience 2. failure 3. trial & error 4. delusions 5. more failure 6. isbn? 7. podcasts 8. ????

“A dance of resemblances and dissemblances. A mess of mimicry.” 🎭 Split / Game of Little Deaths, a two-in-one book by Réka Nyitrai, is out in May & this blurb by @johannesg.bsky.social is A+

I see some folks designating themselves as a human writer. I get it, but, for me, gently, it feels as if ceding the high position on the battlefield. I am a human writer, but I'm not likely to add "human writer" to my profile or my social media names. Instead, generative AI can go fuck itself.

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First review of John's Table is in!!

In two months, we’ll be releasing John’s Table by Lesle Lewis, her 6th full-length collection. Arranged in 45 monostich pieces, all with single-word titles, this collection showcases a poet who continues to master her craft. May 27th. Grab a copy. Spread the word. asterismbooks.com/product/john...

wasn't sure which way to take the cover of one of our 2027 releases, so I created 29 mock-ups #onepersonindiepress

Some of our favorite poetry books *ever* have been written by Matthea Harvey. The author of four solo collections, one collaborative release, and multiple children’s books / graphic novels, it goes without saying that no one writes quite like Harvey.

I spy Réka Nyitrai's new collection

one year ago today ❤️ come a long way

“the mythic becomes familiar, the familiar becomes strange” 🧙‍♀️ We can’t wait to release Split / Game of Little Deaths, a two-in-one book by Réka Nyitrai. This blurb by Mikko Harvey says it all

We’ve been fans of poet, educator, & curator @noahfalck.bsky.social since discovering his writing back in 2019/2020. His collection ‘Exclusions’ remains a favorite. Regardless of which one you grab, you won’t be disappointed.

We’ve been fans of poet, educator, & curator @noahfalck.bsky.social since discovering his writing back in 2019/2020. His collection ‘Exclusions’ remains a favorite. Regardless of which one you grab, you won’t be disappointed.

artist call later today with one of our 2027 authors it'll be her debut collection and we CAN'T WAIT to share more

Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi wisdom for your Thursday ashleyyangthompson.substack.com/p/discomfort...

thanks to Ashley Yang-Thompson for reading Kiik's book & interviewing him on your Substack! ashleyyangthompson.substack.com/p/discomfort...

The best way to support a new indie press? Pre-order! Plus, did we mention, this is two books for the price of one? Talk about a deal! Split / Game of Little Deaths is out on May 27. It’s a surrealist fever dream. A book unlike any other, we promise. asterismbooks.com/product/spli...

Piżama authors & masthead 🎨 Julia Soboleva

The best way to support a new indie press? Pre-order! Plus, did we mention, this is two books for the price of one? Talk about a deal! Split / Game of Little Deaths is out on May 27. It’s a surrealist fever dream. A book unlike any other, we promise. asterismbooks.com/product/spli...

so damn proud of these first three books from my new press @pizamapress.bsky.social

@pizamapress.bsky.social preorder: asterismbooks.com/product/spli... "One side is a hybrid & experimental work blending Nyitrai's real diary entries w imagined diaries of surrealist artists Unica Zürn, Hans Bellmer, & Francesca Woodman. The other is a dream world mixing free verse & prose poetry."

Where I'll be at #AWP:

camera 1 or camera 2? asterismbooks.com/publisher/pi...

Something no one ever told us about starting an indie press: one of the best parts is taking glamor shots of the ARCs 📚

UNBOXING JOHN’S TABLE! While this stunning book of prose poems by Lesle Lewis isn’t out until May, we will have some ARCs on hand at AWP. Find us if you want to learn more! asterismbooks.com/product/john...

Lesle Lewis recently appeared in @periodicities.bsky.social & in the forthcoming collection with @pizamapress.bsky.social

UNBOXING SPLIT / GAME OF LITTLE DEATHS! While this two-in-one book of surrealism by Réka Nyitrai isn’t out until May, we will have some ARCs on hand at AWP. Find us if you want to learn more! asterismbooks.com/product/spli...

Two Lesle Lewis prose poems were released today! Both appear in her upcoming Piżama collection, JOHN'S TABLE

Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi spotted 👀

“Réka Nyitrai’s poems radiate with strange wonder” 🪄 We can’t wait for this double release: Split / Game of Little Deaths by Réka Nyitrai. This poetic & magical blurb by @noahfalck.bsky.social couldn’t be more on-the-nose

Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi

Exciting news! Disintegration Made Plain and Easy has advanced to the Elite 8! @willpassbooks.com Book Jacket Bracket is in full force & Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi’s cover is in the top 8 of 124 covers 😍 Head to bookjacketbracket.com for more info & to vote on the current covers

March 4th in Baltimore!

John’s Table by Lesle Lewis is out in about three months & we can’t wait! This blurb by @danikastegeman.bsky.social couldn’t have said it better

collage by Lesle Lewis

From 2002-2023, Michael Earl Craig released 6 books of poems, two with Fence & four with Wave. A farrier living in Montana (& the poet laureate from 2015-2017), Craig masterfully blends humor with observation, insight with absurdity. Every one of his poems is like stepping into an off-kilter dream.

“diary entries, dream songs, & folk tales” 🔮🦩🌗 We’re eagerly awaiting the double release of Split / Game of Little Deaths by Réka Nyitrai & this blurb by @vikshirley.bsky.social is giving us endless energy

“diary entries, dream songs, & folk tales” 🔮🦩🌗 We’re eagerly awaiting the double release of Split / Game of Little Deaths by Réka Nyitrai & this blurb by @vikshirley.bsky.social is giving us endless energy

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