“Listen closely to Gator Girl as she lovingly guides you through the grotesque muck of motherhood, loss, and pop culture. Tune in, in every sense of the phrase…” -Kailey Tedesco, author of MOTHERDEVIL Death Roll by Trista Edwards no available for pre-order in hardcover or paperback.

I keep forgetting to post on here, but we recently came out with a book & have another coming out tomorrow! 🦌✨✨✨

In this esoteric collection, a chorus of voices rises, each distinct, yet resonating together in a polyphonic exploration of the self, the world, & the spaces in between. whitestagpublishing.com/poetry-books...

#BLOODLORE A White Stag Anthology of Bloodlines & Myth is a collection of poetry & prose from over twenty writers exploring the threads that bind us through ancestral, cultural, mythical, & personal lore. 🩸 whitestagpublishing.com/poetry-books...

This has been in the pipes awhile and I'm thrilled to see it emerging from the incubator. #Bloodlore, an anthology from @whitestagpub.bsky.social is now available for pre-order! There's even a candle to go with it, if you're into the whole ritual thing whitestagpublishing.com/poetry-books...

A new OF INK & ANTLER interview just dropped! Chris McCreaey sits down with the editors of Cul-de-sac of Blood to talk about the inspiration & evolution of this iconic press. 💀 #poetry #smallpress whitestagpublishing.com/of-ink-and-a...

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Courtney & the Haunted Bong by editor, Courtney Leigh, now available for pre-order! ✨ whitestagpublishing.com/poetry-books... #poetrybook

The new episode of Writing The Rapids is out now! I talk to @kaliewrites.bsky.social about her new book Today, Aries (@whitestagpub.bsky.social), we also talk about Persephone's use as an image and idol, nostalgia, stumbling upon places I don't belong on tumblr, and more!

New website, who dis!? 🦌✨✨✨

Welcome to the world's first book cover tournament. Week 10 Theme: Repeat After Me Which is the best book cover of the week? Vote now: bookjacketbracket.com #booksky #art #design

a favorite local bookstore moved locations recently & I scooped this @whitestagpub.bsky.social volume from the new spot 🌚

“Lumes contains poetry evocative of the desert sky & the land with moments of tender inflection & inherited violence in memory. With photos displaying the boneyards of Tucson planes, it speaks to the wasteland that is the desert, war, & sometimes, home.” whitestagpublishing.com/poetry-books...

Show our debut author @kaliewrites.bsky.social by sharing her book, liking this post, or purchasing a copy of her book! There is also an option to get a whole damn set & I hear you can use coupon code WHITESTAG20 for 20% off! #poetrybook #poetry #book whitestagpublishing.com/poetry-books-1

I feel like writing poetry is often a spiritual & emotional process & AI lacks all that depth. Craft can be learnt even by AI, but everything else comes from the individual. Reaching into the depths of your spirit, sharing your understanding of the world you experience, that is more fulfilling. ✨

“Hayes’ poetry emphasizes the connection between the cosmic & earthly spiritual realms while distilling the fruits of our subconscious with a generous dose of sentient ritual & psychoanalytic symbiosis.” #poetry #book whitestagpublishing.com/poetry-books...

We just love publishing poetry. 🥺✨ #poetry

TODAY, ARIES: poetry book exploring connections of astrology, tarot, & Persephone RITUAL CANDLE: for embodying a connection to the poetry to create a more sensory experience STATIONARY: for recording poetic tarot readings from Kalie’s online generator to coincide with the book. #poetry #book #aries

“Each poem invokes Lizzie’s spirit, trying to parse out the many difficulties that Lizzie faced during her time through the lens of a modern speaker, questioning maybe why, or even if she actually committed those murders.” #poetry #horror #book whitestagpublishing.com/poetry-books...

“The Scales is a meditative experience on balancing work life with personal life & passions, the spiritual & the realm of realism, the demands of expression & sorrows of exploitation, as well as the inherent & social judgements put upon humans.” #poetry #book whitestagpublishing.com/poetry-books...

“These poems are open wounds that unveil memories & their ghosts, offering gifts of hard won wisdom and visceral clarity to carry into the present...” #book #poetry whitestagpublishing.com/poetry-books...

“A Collection of Thirst Traps, Sonnets, & Other Forms, this book offers an unexpected and unique perspective on the profound impact of pop culture icons. Within these pages, are a celebration of both strong fictional divas and real-life rock stars.” #book whitestagpublishing.com/poetry-books...

“Staggering forth from his darkened soundstage, Orpheus searches for the perfect alchemical polymer of pop songs & corporate jargon to imbue midlife’s perilous journey with a synthesis of mythic significance.” #poetry #book whitestagpublishing.com/poetry-books...

“These poems are elegant & inspire infinite perspectives & possibilities past, present, & future to not only find meaning in the cosmos, but one’s place within it. Kalie pays homage to liminal spaces & curiosity in this coming-of-tarot story.” #poetry #book whitestagpublishing.com/poetry-books...

“…Drawing upon the ancient art of alchemy as an archetype for personal evolution, this collection guides the spirit through the elemental stages of change, mirroring the journey of self-discovery & integration.” #book #poetry whitestagpublishing.com/poetry-books...

“Enter through the once grand gate that nature long ago claimed & step into Rappaccini’s Garden, here a mysterious yet familiar path has been crafted, drawing you in with the dangerous allure & fatal charms of this verdant realm.” #poetry whitestagpublishing.com/poetry-books...

"The Witch, A Play" dances with the archetypes of fairy tales, unfolding through a tapestry of poetic monologues where characters weave their narratives…the Mother, the Children, the Hero, & the Beast roam, while the Witch lingers at the fringes…” #poetry whitestagpublishing.com/poetry-books...

“a spellbinding collection of poetry that reimagines the legend of the New Jersey Devil through the eyes of Mother Leeds...” #poetrybook whitestagpublishing.com/poetry-books...

Dear Readers, White Stag Publishing is gearing up for some rebranding this summer in order to clarify our mission & goals, as well as to continue our efforts at making our books accessible to as many readers as possible. whitestagpublishing.com/poetry-books-1

“A toast to Lily of the Valley— Raise a crystal vase, sample humility, sweetness and toxin—Our Lady’s Tears…” -Lily of the Valley from Rappaccini’s Garden by Jules Jacob & Sonja Johanson #poetry #book

“saint of traces the contours of longing, ruin, and transformation, blurring the boundaries between the carnal and the celestial. These poems are not only an invocation of saints—they are a declaration of self.” whitestagpublishing.com/poetry-books...

Happy Motherdevil! I mean, Mother’s Day! 💖 #poetry

I hear those White Stag books are pretty rad. 👀✨ #books #poetry whitestagpublishing.com

“Sickle cell moon / slices clean through window blinds / silver tendrils embedding under fingernail / where it regrows where its magic propagates…” -from LUMES by Nichol Goff #poetry

“it’s like that because you are in love you find yourself deep in the citrus taxonomy recess of the internet with forbidden rind and pith…” -“Climbs up” from UNUSUAL LIGHT SOURCE by Caroline O’Connor Thomas #poetry

“It is more accurate to characterize my concern as an alchemy of worry rather than affection—” -from COMPUNCTIONS + THEFTS by Adam Stutz #poetry

“i wonder what of me will antique itself in you.” -from “hereditary” (MOTHERDEVIL by Kailey Tedesco)

“The universe weighs as a mind needing every part of its body present, the orbits of the moons around the planets, the planets around their suns, the suns draining into their galaxies’ black holes, the joint and socket of the skull to its atlas.” -from Rocket Celestial by John-Michael Bloomquist

✨Candle Magick✨

“poet curious mind between the decks are endings you pretend / to understand these floral waves let go nature is flowing” -Kalie Pead from her debut poetry collection, TODAY, ARIES

“the difference between silicon and silicone is a girl, a rarity so abundant as to exist in natural elementals…” -Hanna Tawater from her poetry book, VOID

Poetic Ritual Ephemera ✨

“Plant the spear here between the rivers let it root & flower over scorched & riven ground let blood become an arrow stripped & rendered in monument meadows in place of graves” -Chris McCreary from “Fifty Il” from his poetry collection, AWRY

“I seek limited contact with the world. I keep mohair at my throat. Pink of iron on my breast.” -Thera Webb from THE WITCH, A Play

“I challenge / the carcass of / my family structure living dented / just a part / of the debit—“ -Adam Stutz from “Adam’s Balance” from his book The Scales

“i’m a woman filled & they make believe my fill is not of woman…” -Kailey Tedesco from “Supernatural Eloquence” from her poetry collection LIZZIE, SPEAK

This month’s goodness. 🌸

“This, the ritual that strips me clean. Lighten my hair, unfilth my name, kill my god. I am the object new, object groomed, object beloved, object taken.” -Lisa Marie Basile from “saint of erasure” from her new poetry book “saint of”