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What are you reading to get you through these times? What’s inspiring you? #booksky #writersky #poetrycommunity #queer #writers #smallpress

Oh my! The Rochester indie book and zine fair is so so good! Thank you to all who came out!! #booksky #printfest #writersky #zinesky #writersky #poetry #smallpublishing

years of lead paint vibes for sure

May we all increasingly forego the vanities of silence.

Really really wishing more ppl would get here and away from #META - #writers #hottakes #smallpress #poetry #writersky #booksky

So excited for the Rochester Indie Book and Zine Fair this weekend! This has been one of our favorite gatherings in past years! Come out and say Hi!

Pitymilk and @bathmatics.bsky.social will be tabling at the following fairs over the next few months! Come see us! Pittsburgh art book fair coming up first this weekend!

It’s Pitymilk EIC Chelsea Tadeyeske’s birthday!!! We want to celebrate!!! Everything in the shop (including a bunch of Chelsea’s books) is 12% off with code ‘VIRGOSZN’ until the end of Virgo szn on sept 20th!! Build that library!

Head to dissonant works tn in STL!!

Cincinnati Art Book Fair 2025 was another success!! Love this town and this event!

Tag your favorite #queer #poets who speak truth to power with tender viciousness. #booksky #writersky #poetry #politics

Who is reviewing little chapbooks now a days?! We've a few review copies of books by @zorknogg.bsky.social and others that deserve more attention! share and tag your friends! https://pitymilkpress.com/ —- check our titles! #writerscommunity #booksky #callforsubs #poetry #writersofbky

DUETDUET 12 is on the way with work from Cy March and Ola Faleti! Order the DUETDUET bundle to start your archive —- we will include issue 12! TOTAL 13 BOOKS!! https://pitymilkpress.com/product/duet-big-bundle/ #writerscommunity #booksky #callforsubs #poetry #writersofbky

BIG ANNOUNCE!! @zorknogg.bsky.social ‘s new book ‘How to Wear Makeup in a God Honoring Way’ is live on the website! This book bangs pretty hard and we are really excited for it to meet you! With images by our own Chelsea Tadeyeske throughout… get yours here — pitymilkpress.com #booksky #poetry

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IRL alert! The resurrection of The Bell Tower! Who else is still putting on #houseshows ?? #punksnotdead #poetrylives #smallpress #milwaukee #midwest

It really does frick.

It’s a sneaky peek! We are crazy excited about this book for good reason. #booksky #writersky #smallpress #newrelease #howdoyouusethisthing #poetsky

The #poetry we need.

VOL 2 of PITYBATH is live featuring work by moss berke, @ewenglass.bsky.social , Jesse McCarty and KD Sims. Have a look on our website —- #submissions are still open for future issues until June 15th. pitymilkpress.com #booksky #poetsky #queerwriters #writersky #smallpress #poetry

Who’s writing is exciting you rn?? We are trying to find the rad, weird, queer poets on this new blue platform… share this and tag yr talented friends? 🌈📚 #booksky #queerwriters #poetsky #writercommunity #writersky

Our online series PITYBATH will publish vol. 2 a week from today on tues june 10th featuring work from @ewenglass.bsky.social moss Berke, Jesse McCarty and KD Sims. —- vol. 1 is live if you want to get up to speed! #poetsky #booksky 🌈📚 #writersky #smallpress

A little explainer, encourager vid! Looking forward to seeing your work! #callforsubmissions #poetry #queerpoetry #smallpress

Submissions for PITYBATH are currently open! send 5 pages of work, an fun and/or strange author photo or few and an unprofessional and candid bio to pitymilkpress(at)gmail.com before june 15th. #writerscommunity #booksky #callforsubs #poetry #writersofbky

Madison’s print and resist zine fest is such a good time! Big thank you to all who came out!

Consider a lil thing.

Back on the road heading north! Thank you so so much #jackson —- #mississippi has been so so good to us. #nashville tonight with a bunch of presses for a shindig of sorts. @twinbeepress.bsky.social

From NOLA! Very very excited for the @nolapoetry.bsky.social tomorrow! House show tn!

Oh good goodness thank you to @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social and harriesburg, MS!! House shows are so so important ya’ll!

It’s a big weekend in Detroit! April 4th field trip w/ pity editor @edieroberts.bsky.social hosted by @kanownik.bsky.social —- April 5th is Detroit zine fest then the Girl God’ release party. Show up!!! #midwest #poetryreading #detroit #literaryevents #zinefest #zine #poetry #smallpresspoetry

Vote Wisconsin!

Juiced!!!

One week from today! Our own @edieroberts.bsky.social will be performing as part of the field trip series at book suey - organized by the one and only @kanownik.bsky.social —- be there! 7pm! This is your warning!! . . . #reading #detroit #performance #poetry

Pitymilk and @bathmatics.bsky.social will be popping up twice this weekend in Detroit. Friday 3/21 driftercoffee and on Sunday 3/23 as part of an anniversary celebration for jobstoppersinc —- @squabtastic will be at each with books and prints. Come through!! #detroit #ferndale #popup #zines #books

A piece by KP Kaszubowski from our first issue of PITYBATH. Read the rest on our website —- Pitymilkpress.com #blueskypoets #poetry #smallpress

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT - Stephanie Lane Sutton’s book ‘Girl God’ will be officially released in April! We will be celebrating at Book Suey in Detroit on April 5th with @kanownik.bsky.social and Talia Gordon supporting! After the Detroit Zine Fest! Come hang!

A little taste of PITYBATH VOL. 1 from @chloeallyn.bsky.social — head to our website to see the whole issue! pitymilkpress.com

Vol. 1 of PITYBATH is up on our website! With work by Chelsea Tadeyeske, @chloeallyn.bsky.social, @edieroberts.bsky.social and @kpkaszubowski.bsky.social pitymilkpress.com #poetsky #booksky #blueskypoets #writerscommunity #poetry

it’s official! Pitymilk and @bathmatics.bsky.social will be making our way down south for @nolapoetry.bsky.social april 12th & 13th!! we’re pinching ourselves over this opportunity and CANNOT wait to connect with so many impressive poets, makers and doers. see you s(w)on🫐💛

Cooking things up!

Excited to announce we will be at the Detroit Zine Fest April 5th with our sis press @bathmatics.bsky.social

#poetry marathon in #milwaukee for @woodlandpattern.bsky.social today with Chelsea Tadeyeske, @edieroberts.bsky.social, @chloeallyn.bsky.social, and more!!! So happy to be part of this event!

Follow our sister press @bathmatics.bsky.social

@firewordsparkler.bsky.social hiii! Thanks for the follow!

Never stop!

fix your hearts or die

We’ve been running a spotlight series on Instagram for a while now but a lot of those authors are not yet here… where are the #queer #blueskypoets ??

A call!

#interview with DUETDUET 8 contributor @dylanwk.bsky.social —- we love doing these interviews and hope you’ll head to the website to read this one. #booksky #poetsky #smallpress #poetry pitymilkpress.com/dylan-kriege...