Did someone say rare books?!

pros of only releasing 1-2 books a year: sustainable, no burnout, bearable amount of work cons of only releasing 1-2 books a year: if I find something else I want to release, it won't come out until 2028

appeasing the robots every time we show human life

appeasing the robots every time we show human life

5 novels, 3 books of poetry, 1 book of essays, & 1 hybrid assemblage 📚📚📚 #books #recommendations #novels

thanks, ben! i’ve stepped away from promoting this for a couple months as i’ve been responding to front-burnered nonpoetic matters. but THE HORSE is still galloping: www.lulu.com/shop/jay-bes...

Lookin good!

5 novels, 3 books of poetry, 1 book of essays, & 1 hybrid assemblage 📚📚📚 #books #recommendations #novels

put on my @pizamapress.bsky.social editorial hat this morning & have been chipping away at an eleven item to-do list 2026 (and 2027) looking BRIGHT

Piżama Press ending the summer with a bang! spending the rest of the year working on books two & three for 2026

ONE COPY LEFT

three copies left asterismbooks.com/product/disi...

Can any other publishers or authors relate to this strange post-release feeling?

new poetry & more new poetry 📚📚📚 #books #recommendations #poems

TONIGHT! Doors at 6 & reading (in order of the flyer) starting promptly at 6:30 Arrive early! We're anticipating a packed house

An experience beyond limits -- pain and pleasure, indivisible. #AWP26

So sorry for the increased heart rate 😂😭 god help us all

Yay! LOVE seeing Percival Everett’s GOD’S COUNTRY in the mix! 🫶🏽 If y’all enjoyed JAMES, you gotta read his earlier books like this one to see where his wit and bite come from.

rare book acquired!

Much love to Perpetual Books for a memorable first visit! A great addition to the city @sad13.horse / @beaconpress.bsky.social / @fencebooks.bsky.social / @joyellemcsweeney.bsky.social / @hanumaneditions.bsky.social / @hanumaneds.bsky.social / @miketopp.bsky.social 🎶 Ian Ewing - Starlit

in good company bookjacketbracket.com

helping to host this first reading & will be seated for this second reading!

we routed a book 5,500 miles today a Wednesday win

What community looks like 👇🙂 Book love ftw! 💙

The people have spoken! We’re so grateful to everyone who has grabbed a copy of Kiik’s debut poetry collection & offered up some positivity surrounding the book. Your words go a long way and truly help this book (and this brand new indie press) continue to find new readers.

We won't be announcing our *two* 2026 books until January 1, but we can offer up two hints: - one of the authors is not American - one of the authors has five books & a Wikipedia page

Have you heard of @bartonsmock.bsky.social The prolific Ohio poet posts 1-3 poems a day on his Instagram & his website (kingsoftrain.com) then bundles them into self-published pay-what-you-want books whenever he feels like it (or whenever a particular sequence is as complete as complete can be).

Have you heard of @bartonsmock.bsky.social The prolific Ohio poet posts 1-3 poems a day on his Instagram & his website (kingsoftrain.com) then bundles them into self-published pay-what-you-want books whenever he feels like it (or whenever a particular sequence is as complete as complete can be).

only 18 copies remain with this current printing 🤯 asterismbooks.com/product/disi...

you can hear me read three of my poems (one via @thedodgemag.bsky.social, one via @havehashad.com, one via @thirtywestph.com), while closing with a poem by Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi via @pizamapress.bsky.social thanks to @mallorysmart.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4Txj...

a Piżama-adjacent occasion

LOVE seeing Kiik's book available at @openpoetrybooks.bsky.social 😍 open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/collections/...

“I’ve quit many times as a writer.” Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi shares some vulnerability & some practical advice, reminding us how it can be a difficult grind, but inspiring us to keep going. asterismbooks.com/product/disi...

Virtual launch is this upcoming Sunday! Join us for a marathon featuring over a dozen surrealists bit.ly/surrealabsurd

🏆 Week 16: Disintegration Made Plain and Easy wins with pop culture callouts, cartoon revenge, and a wink at the abyss. Now: Week 17. New Folk. Which is the best book cover? Vote: bookjacketbracket.com #booksky

WINNER WINNER 🏆

We'd love it if you voted for Kiik's book cover in this weekly art contest (voting ends in two days) Kiik's book is described as "Absurd, surreal, and full of pop culture glitches. A poetic field guide to unraveling the self." bookjacketbracket.com

Here are 11 sentences from the 11 featured readers aka the closing cento from my LA offsite reading Full video: youtu.be/T-buPF_9uaA [already scheming on 2026]

Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi wrote “a sonnet” & it’s 61 lines long 🧐😱 here are the first eight lines, from his debut poetry collection, Disintegration Made Plain and Easy, out now. Because rules are meant to be broken.

tomorrow! join us! ask questions in the chat! books! wab.org/event/kiik-a...

Don't miss out on this event tomorrow with Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi and @pizamapress.bsky.social ! ( Kiik's novel THE BOOK OF KANE AND MARGARET (selected by @aimeeparkison.bsky.social ) won our 2019 Ronald Sukenick Contest (which opens again on Friday! fc2.org/prizes/ )

chatting with Kiik tomorrow via Writers & Books! come join us (virtual, free): wab.org/event/kiik-a...

Spending August training for this marathon. Mark your calendars. A dozen readers, a dozen presses. September 5. The Whistler.

Reading the first book from @pizamapress.bsky.social with a cat using a headlamp during a power outage.

Sent a manuscript acceptance offer today for one of our 2027 book picks & she said yes! We now have: Both book picks for 2026 Both book picks for 2027 More info soon 🤐

Join us (virtually) on August 12, where we'll chat with Kiik about his debut poetry book, his creative process, his journey to publication, and much more! wab.org/event/kiik-a...

spending August re-reading some favorite poetry collections & giving them more dedicated time. A day late for #thesealeychallenge but here we are

everyone's talking about Piżama Press at this Northern Indiana gas station

"I love this book. I read it straight through yesterday. It's rare to find something so beautiful and original and hilarious (can't remember the last time a book made me laugh out loud). Fantastic!" asterismbooks.com/product/disi...

real Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi energy