Contemporary Literature & Non-Fiction

Throughout February, Black Lawrence Press celebrates the art of the chapbook: all chapbook titles are only $5! Buy our entire chapbook catalogue—11 stupendous collections of poetry or fiction—for only $50! Don't miss your chance to enjoy some of our favorite small books for a special small price.

INCONSIDERATE MADNESS

Helen Marie Casey

Finalist for the Julia Howe Award

“[P]owerful poems about a dark period of American history...” — Vivian Shipley

ISBN 0-9768993-7-X     SALE! $5.00

A CIVIC PAGEANT

Frank Montesonti

"Reading Frank Montesonti's poems is like finding a human heart in a gleaming grocery aisle." — Sommer Browning

ISBN 978-1-934703-74-8    SALE! $5.00

TURNING INSIDE OUT

Sandra Kolankiewicz

“Kolankiewicz's poems [are] vital and important. These are poems that demand to be read." — Robert Kinsley

ISBN 978-0-9826228-0-3   SALE! $5.00

DUTCH TREATMENT

D. E. Fredd

"D.E. Fredd writes in the tradition of John Cheever, exploring the territory

of the human heart with a keen eye and a wickedly precise pen."

         —Laurie Seidler

ISBN 978-1-934703-84-7      SALE! $5.00

PILGRIMS: A LOVE STORY

T. J. Beitelman

"Beitelman takes us on a pilgrimage both sensual and metaphysical, both comic and tragic, warning us against "shimmer, shine, and show" while delivering bushels of each."

      —Joel Brouwer

ISBN 978-0-9826228-6-5     SALE! $5.00

PERISHABLES

Tina Egnoski

"Surprising, moving, and funny by turns, these skillfully told stories explore the perishability of what we feel, know, and love."

      —Tracy McCabe

ISBN 9780982636411     SALE! $5.00

THE PILOT HOUSE

David Rigsbee

"The poet's intellect, moving over the face of psychic depths, makes connections with history, with literature and philosophy, but never forgets the human figures who have engaged his imagination, empathy, and love."

      —Carolyne Wright

ISBN 978-0-9826364-7-3    SALE! $5.00

SAINT MONICA

Mary Biddinger

"Biddinger crisply narrates these memorable tales that entwine horror and sensual discovery, using deft rhythms, head-snapping line breaks, and highly original imagery."

      —Rachel Dacus

ISBN 978-0-9828766-1-9      SALE! $5.00

IN THE CARNIVAL OF BREATHING

Lisa Fay Coutley

"Coutley deftly alternates moments of lyric contemplation with the brutal—and banal—realities of love...This is a terrific collection."

      —Sandra Beasley

ISBN  978-0-9828766-3-3  SALE! $5.00

BASIL

Katharine Rauk

"Haunted and haunting, lit by the distant flickering candlelight of childhood folktales, Rauk’s poems ... introduce us to an animistic universe of giddy possibility—hallucinatory, mysterious and beautiful."

      —Amy Gerstler

ISBN 978-0-9826364-5-9    SALE! $5.00

MARGINALIA FOR A NATURAL HISTORY

Keith Taylor

"Keith Taylor writes with such exquisite and elliptical beauty that the real world falls away as you read his poetry, and is replaced by a world even more real... These brief but substantial lyrics stand strong among the best writing that has taken place in conversation with nature."

      —Laura Kasischke

ISBN 978-1-936873-11-1   SALE! $5.00

CHAPBOOK BUNDLE:

enjoy all 11 titles for a special price!

SALE! $50.00