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Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· 7d

Taking the #SealeyChallenge this month? Here are our favorite weird, wonderful and (most importantly) short books of poetry

Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· 26d

Peak Attitude: Gary Indiana on Renata Adler “Attuned to the wrong word, the malapropism, the gauche remark, the fatuous rejoinder, she finds something wildly skewed, insensible, ominous, untenable, intolerable, or at least a little off in nearly every situation.” sevenstories.com/blogs/423-pe...

Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· 27d

Advance copies of @ruwithsonali.bsky.social’s BREAKING ICE have arrived in the office!

Cover of BREAKING ICE by Sonali Kolhatkar

A gripping, on-the ground account of the growing movement against state violence, featuring interviews with those on the frontlines of the fight for immigrant justice and what it means to belong.

Features a foreword by Salvadoran American journalist and author Roberto Lovato.

"Breaking ICE provides us with much-needed lessons from activist warriors fighting against MAGA's assault on immigrants. Each story serves as a powerful reminder of why building deep solidarity is our best weapon in the fight for justice. This book helps us transform our fears into collective resilience. I look forward to sharing Breaking ICE with my students, community members, and all those in the struggle today."
—VICTOR NARRO, Project Director and Professor, UCLA Labor Center

"These uniquely curated voices are not just reflections of the foremost battle of our time, but inspire on-going action, solidarity, and a roadmap rooted in justice for immigrant families and people of color."
—ERIKA ANDIOLA, Political Director for the National Day Laborer Organizing Network

A national movement dedicated to protecting communities and reversing racist and authoritarian policies is challenging MAGA's violent anti-immigra-tion regime. In Breaking ICE, award-winning journalist Sonali Kolhatkar interviews over a dozen movement organizers, documenting the impact of ICE violence, workplace raids, mass surveillance, and intimidation tactics, and how communities from Maine to California are organizing for a better world

Features conversations with: Pablo Alvarado, Nikki Marín Baena, Eduardo Delgado, Adela de la Torre, Shannon Gibney, Ron Gochez, David Huerta, Ibram X. Kendi, Robin D. G. Kelley, Josefina Lopez, Leonardo Martinez, Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Favianna Rodriguez, Luis Rodriguez, Ruben Torres, Richard Wallace, Yohuru Williams, and Kent Wong.

Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· Jun 26

BREAKING NEWS: “Horse Crazy” by Gary Indiana is finally back in stock on Seven Stories Dot Com

Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· Jun 23

Annual reminder that your favorite bookstore isn’t an ICE collaborator.

MIT Technology Review: Amazon is the invisible backbone of ICE’s immigration crackdown

Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· Jun 17

your favorite yearner's favorite yearner

Olivia Rodrigo: . And I recently read Simple Passion, by Annie Ernaux. Have you read it?

Dazed: Yes! I love it.

Olivia Rodrigo: Honestly, it inspired a lot of my album. There’s one song in particular about that feeling of liking someone so much that you just feel kind of miserable and insane, like a disease you can’t shake.

Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· Jun 16

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Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· Jun 15

Today’s the last day to shop our biggest sale of the year. Take up to 70% off all books we publish, including the very best of Annie Ernaux, Che Guevara, Nelson Algren, Octavia Butler, Abdellah Taia, Gary Indiana, Cat Fitzpatrick, Robert Graves, Alex DiFrancesco, and more. sevenstories.com

Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· Jun 10

“I am back in writing [about our summer sale] hell. As if each time I start writing [about how all our books are up to 70% off], I have to go through the same hell again.” —Annie Ernaux www.sevenstories.com/blogs/306-su...

Image of burning palm tree in front of beautiful sunset, with the words “SUMMER WAREHOUSE SALE, UP TO 70% OFF sevenstories.com”

Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· Jun 4

NYC: Join us TONIGHT to launch @alessandrostardust.bsky.social's incredible new book THE GRIEF SHOP at @strandbooks.com with Paula Bomer! 7PM at The Strand Union Square.

JUN 4 7 PM
BOOK LAUNCH FOR
ALEX DIFRANCESCO
with PAULA BOMER

“What a gift to have this vision of a world beyond feeling and all its feverishly dreamed emotional hustles—and what a gift to have as our Virgil Alex DiFrancesco, that master of the punch that wakes up your heart.”

Jeanne Thornton,
author of Summer Fun

Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· Jun 4

“I am the person I am not because of the nice things I did, but because of the mistakes I made, the slaps I got… So do not be scared to rebel if someone oppresses you. I am a rebellious woman and I am proud!”–Marjane Satrapi, 1969-2026

Photo of Marjane Satrapi gazing at the camera in a black peacoat.
Caption: Marjane Satrapi, 1969-2026

Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· Jun 2

"The Grief Shop is nothing less than a triumph over the worst in and of us", says @wrefinnej.bsky.social in their new interview with @alessandrostardust.bsky.social for @bombmag.bsky.social bombmagazine.org/articles/202...

"Yet through the dystopia of The Grief Shop runs a deep vein of humanity, and social media also has that vein: friendships can blossom there, and I consider Alex a friend. What I admire in Alex, I admire in their writing. Alex’s body of work, which includes two memoirs, a novel, and a previous story collection, shines with moral clarity while grappling with the complexity of existing in this broken world. Alex put this moral clarity into practice after the 2024 election, when they quit a dream job in protest of their publisher employer’s new ultra-right-wing imprint—an act that came at great financial and personal cost. Yet they, like their characters, carry on, and Alex’s art continues to thrive: The Grief Shop is nothing less than a triumph over the worst in and of us."

Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· Jun 2

it's all happening and by “it” we mean every single book we publish is currently 25-70% off on sevenstories.com

SUMMER WAREHOUSE SALE
UP TO 70% OFF
sevenstories.com

Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· May 26

Trans poetics by Cat Fitzpatrick and urban planning history by Mike Davis mean this is perhaps our most Bluesky-pilled pub date ever

UNDER THE PERFECT SUN by Mike Davis, Kelly Mayhew, and Jim Miller

Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· May 26

Happy pub day to UNDER THE PERFECT SUN! Written by Kelly Mayhew, Jim Miller, and the late great Mike Davis, this muckraking history of San Diego covers the city’s shift towards the left while also outlining a new cast of right-wing villains and tenacious activists fighting for social justice.

"Behind the luminous veneer of San Diego, there is also a powerful story of radical activism and resistance—vital inspiration for our times.”

– Angela Y. Davis

Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· May 26

it is DINNER PARTY DAY have you paid your respects to our beloved @catfitzpatrick.net yet? Remember, she saw what you did in a fit of passion at that party 20 years ago this very night and never told a soul. It's the least you can do.

The Dinner Party is brilliant, hot, uproarious, and gay as hell: at once a high-wire camp performance and an aching tribute to the sounds and shapes of our language.”

– Maggie Millner, author of Couplets: A Love Story

Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· May 19

Your favorite Extremely Online Presses are united by many things, but our total adoration of Hanif Abdurraqib is one of the top three

Two people hardstyling in flannel, labeled “deep vellum/Dalkey archive/burro libro” and “seven stories/two dollar radio”

Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· May 7

Congratulations to MR. DISTINCTIVE for earning a spot on this star-studded list! We're as happy as we can make ourselves look in the mirror.

Illustration from MR. DISTINCTIVE of a smiley face drawn in a fogged up mirror

Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· Apr 30

Finished copies of UNDER THE PERFECT SUN have arrived in the office! If you're a journalist or critic interested in coverage, shoot us a DM

a copy of UNDER THE PERFECT SUN by Mike Davis, Kelly Mayhew, and Jim Miller

Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· Apr 22

THE SYMPOSIUM BEGINS! Come find @catfitzpatrick.net on THE DINNER PARTY tour to hear her wax poetic on the true nature of love, friendship, and food, and join her afterwards for a drink at some of her favorite bars. Always wondered what ‘the good life’ is? Here’s your chance to find out!

May 12 Biblioasis Bookstore (Windsor, ON)
with The House of Lamb (drinks to follow at Dominion House)

May 15 Another Story Bookshop (Toronto, ON)
with Niko Stratis (drinks to follow at Tommy's Wine Bar)

May 21 Hive Mind Books (Brooklyn, NY)
with Rainer Hamilton (drinks to follow at Carmelo's)

May 25 World Trans Forum (Brooklyn, NY)
with Jeanne Thornton & Anton Solomonik (drinks to follow at venue)

May 26 Greedy Reads 29th St (Baltimore, MD)
with Lyra Peacock (drinks to follow at 29th St Tavern)

May 27 Lost City Books (Washington, DC)
with Andrea Morgan (drinks to follow at The Raven)

May 28 All She Wrote Books (Somerville, MA)
with Andrea Lawlor (drinks to follow at Tavern at the End of the World)

May 30 The Dinner Party Party (details coming soon!)

Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· Apr 1

This is a big one, folks. Get excited.

Publishers Marketplace
Category: Reprints: Gesamtkunstwerk
THE ENTIRE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
Imprint: Fifteen Hundred Stories Press
Deal Report
April 1, 2026
Seven Stories Press, publisher of Annie Ernaux and Kurt Vonnegut, has acquired THE ENTIRE SIXTEENTH CENTURY, as in every book we have records of from 1500-1599, in an exclusive deal. Says the press, "Everyone loves reprints right now. So we figured, why not reprint all of the sixteenth century? We've decided to go in chronological order, so don't get excited for Shakespeare just yet. Right now we're mostly focused on The Boke of Cokery." The publisher also announced they would be printing all texts in period-accurate formats, and are looking for summer interns who specialize in medeival carpentry.

Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· Mar 17

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! To celebrate, our friend Eoghan Walls has put together a list for Electric Lit of his favorite darkly surreal Irish books. electricliterature.com/7-darkly-sur...

7 Darkly Surreal Irish Books to Read This St. Patrick’s Day

These days the air has a keen edge. A desperate edge. What forms can the imagination take when power seems nonsensical and cruelty deliberate? These questions haunt and should haunt our fiction.
My new novel, Field Notes from an Extinction, deals with ecological disaster, weaponized starvation, and anti-immigrant sentiment.
These are keenly felt today, but the Irish have always been immigrants we build our souls on emigration and return and I wanted to remind the Irish of this. But rather than now, I set my novel in the Irish potato famine when there was money enough for great scientific enterprises, but people were let starve to protect market freedoms. When Irish immigrants were demonized too. My protagonist, Ignatius Green, an English scientist, has to suddenly deal with a starving half-dead child thrust onto his research outpost.
The story is dark with Great Auks and starvation and despair and the faintest hint of a werewolf as it steps through realist suffering with humor and one eye on the surreal.
How can we dare surreal humor in the face of real desperation? As an Irishman, it's the first tool I would reach for, and I am not alone in this. Surrealism, wit in the face of desperate times, seems to me everywhere in Irish writing now. Take these seven books as prime examples.

Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· Mar 5

Seven Stories Press staff recommendations for March 2026, with appearances by @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social, @berlantbro-more.bsky.social, @poetshouse.bsky.social, @archipelagobooks.bsky.social, and more~ sevenstories.substack.com/p/our-staff-...

Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· Mar 4

The perpetual war, facilitated by the U.S. and Israel, changes shape with the needs of the imperial project, moving from attacks on one country to another with the whims of the military class. It changes shape, but remains the same goal: to dominate the region and eliminate resistance and dissent.

HANDS OFF IRAN

A READING LIST AND FREE EBOOK
SEVEN STORIES PRESS

Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· Feb 27

Today we’re celebrating 92 years of our friend, author, and favorite public advocate Ralph Nader, born on February 27, 1934 💛

Nader on a plane reading a newspaper, 1960-something

Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· Feb 25

It certainly doesn’t feel like it this week, but summer will, in fact, arrive. We’ve just received galleys of six spring/summer 2026 titles we’re absolutely psyched about. Grab your favorites and start daydreaming of beach reading days. forms.gle/D6Lpv6ywkaia...

Grid of available galleys from Seven Stories Press

New form for online creators to request galleys

Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· Feb 23

To mark the publication of Ramzy Baroud's Before the Flood: A Gaza Family Memoir, we're proud to share Baroud's introduction to the text, a history of Palestine told through a beautiful multigenerational narrative of the author's family. sevenstories.com/blogs/408-th... (1/4)

Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· Feb 17

Celebrate his life and work with 30% off THE NEW HUEY P. NEWTON READER, edited by David Hilliard and Donald Weise with a new introduction by Elaine Brown www.sevenstories.com/books/4144-t...

Picture of THE NEW HUEY P. NEWTON READER

Quote from Huey: The ideas will always be among the people. The prison cannot be victorious because walls, bars, and guards cannot conquer or hold down an idea.

Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· Feb 17

Revolutionary icon and Black Panther Party co-founder Dr. Huey P. Newton was born on February 17, 1942 🎂

Huey Newton looking effortlessly cool in a very chic apartment

Seven Stories Press@sevenstories· Feb 13

Some love notes for you, from all of us here at Seven Stories. Get 30% off our Valentines favorites here: www.sevenstories.com/blogs/406-30...