PUBLISHING AFFIRMATIONS
Contributors: Archway Editions, Nightboat Books, SplashLand Magazine, Black Sun Lit, Forever Magazine, Tender Buttons Press, Nausikâe NYC, A Common Well Journal, Ugly Duckling Presse, Inpatient Press, Dead End Zine, The Whitney Review, Red Light Fiction, Arteidolia Press, Apogee Journal, The Goose Egg, Wonder Press
- Seasonal natural disasters will not affect the shipping schedules of my forthcoming titles
- All books in bookstores will be sold and not returned
- I’ve read enough
- Poetry is alive and well, actually
- It’s just poetry
- I have proofread this enough
- We will not have to extend our submission deadline
- Art is what one does with emptiness
- I will publish a Fall issue
- People are interested in hearing about my theories
- Poetry and play are essential to humans
- We will never turn you away from a launch party
- Artwork is turned in with stunning resolution and artist-made color corrections
- It’s for whomever it’s for
- Good sentences are all that matter
- You’re running a small press, not a hospital
- Read outside the lines
- But beware of God
- Building community at all costs
- People will stop expecting free zines because we are not run by nepo babies 🫀
- Black and white and read all over
- People will proofread their stories before submitting <3
- Love scenes will be sensuous, flawed, genuine, and so so true that they will wipe the cynicism off your tender, gentle heart
- Squint and you’ll probably miss it
- You never know what’s inside a zippered secret compartment
- A three sided hammer hits exactly where it should.
- A labor of love is love
- Your gut is your brain’s older sister
- Stolen geese lay golden eggs
- BLUE IS THE LANGUAGE THE SKY SPEAKS
- I TURN AND MY ASSHOLE TURNS WITH ME
- PRAYER IS WHATEVER YOU SAY ON YOUR KNEES
- SICK OF THE DISCOURSE, SICK OF THE VIBE
- WE’LL MAKE HEAVEN FROM WHATEVER WE’VE GOT
- HOOKER LAUREATE
(8/29/24)