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In S4 Ep3 of Authors Unbound, Howard Altmann reads "Kyiv" from his third English-language poetry collection, Infinite Sky Divided (Unbound Edition Press, 2026). Listen to the full episode: ueplit.short.gy/AltmannUnbound Infinite Sky Divided: ueplit.short.gy/InfiniteSky #podcast #booklaunch #poetry
In S4 Ep3 of Authors Unbound, we sit down with acclaimed international poet Howard Altmann to discuss Infinite Sky Divided, a remarkable new collection that explores the meeting place of private memory and collective history. This is Howard Altmann Unbound. Listen: ueplit.short.gy/AltmannUnbound
Don Bogen's Everywhere We Are is available for order! In his 6th book of poetry, Bogen confronts illness, loss, and the inexorable passage of time. The book moves through five sections exploring how beloved presences dissolve into memory, landscape, and the natural world. ueplit.short.gy/Everywhere
Don't miss Tom Sleigh's interview with Ira Wood on WOMR's The Lowdown, in which the two discuss Tom's "achingly personal", "amusingly absurd" Rosie: A Memoir of Farewell. Listen: ueplit.short.gy/SleighWOMR Rosie: ueplit.short.gy/Rosie #memoir #radio #deathwithdignity #interview #literarycommunity
Unbound Edition Press will publish Willard Spiegelman’s memoir, My (Lucky) Stars (October 2026). Spiegelman weaves an unconventional memoir—part cultural criticism, part personal testament, his essays reveal how we come to know ourselves through what delights us. More: ueplit.short.gy/SpiegelmanNews
Eleanor Goodman's Lessons in Glass is available for order! Goodman’s spare, muscular language interrogates what it means to inherit fragility: what shatters, what endures, and what we choose to preserve in the delicate architecture of memory. These poems are built to last. ueplit.short.gy/lessons
In S4 Ep2 of Authors Unbound, Christian Bancroft reads from "Chiaroscuro" in A Ghost Has No Fantasies. Full Episode: ueplit.short.gy/BancroftUnbound Order A Ghost Has No Fantasies: ueplit.short.gy/Ghost #podcast #lgbtq #holocaustremembrance #pinktriangle #poetry
In S4 Ep2 of Authors Unbound, Christian Bancroft reads from "Early Relationships" in A Ghost Has No Fantasies. Full Episode: ueplit.short.gy/BancroftUnbound Order A Ghost Has No Fantasies: ueplit.short.gy/Ghost #podcast #lgbtq #holocaustremembrance #pinktriangle #poetry
In S4 Ep2, Christian Bancroft discusses A Ghost Has No Fantasies, a groundbreaking collection that explores the lives, loves, and losses of LGBTQ+ people targeted during the Holocaust. This is Christian Bancroft Unbound. Listen: ueplit.short.gy/BancroftUnbound Order: ueplit.short.gy/Ghost
A wonderful recommendation in @pshares.bsky.social for J. Allyn Rosser's Chronic Transience. “Jill Rosser is an old favorite of mine, and this new book is full of her mordant, occasionally melancholy, wit . . ." pshares.org/issue-articl... Order Chronic Transience: ueplit.short.gy/Chronic #poetry
We are thrilled to share that Unbound Edition Press will publish Janet W. Hardy’s extraordinary collection of essential work, A Slut’s Life in Three Acts. The title is scheduled for publication in September 2026. Read more: ueplit.short.gy/HardyNews #literarycommunity #lgbtq #indiepublishing
In S4 Ep1 of Authors Unbound, Angie Estes shares from "You Had Me at Premier Cru," which appears in her newest collection, The Swallows Come Out: Selected Poems, 1995-2025. Listen to the Full Episode: ueplit.short.gy/EstesBurtUnbound Order The Swallows Come Out: ueplit.short.gy/Swallows #podcast
The Wellfleet Public Library will be hosting authors Tom Sleigh and Kai Maristed for an evening of reading and conversation. The event, which will be held at 7pm on July 27, is free to the public but seating is limited. Event Details: ueplit.short.gy/events Order Rosie: ueplit.short.gy/Rosie
Our open call for Memoirs of Survival closes July 15th! We are seeking book-length works of non-fiction memoir that address the subject of survival. There is no set word count. Hybrid or cross-genre experiments are welcome. Learn more: ueplit.short.gy/submit #memoir #opencall #writingcommunity
Authors Unbound opens Season 4 with acclaimed poet Angie Estes in conversation with literary critic, poet, and scholar Stephanie Burt to celebrate Estes's collection The Swallows Come Out: Selected Poems, 1995–2025. This is Angie Estes and Stephanie Burt Unbound: ueplit.short.gy/EstesBurtUnbound
We are so happy for Tom Sleigh and his discussion of Rosie: A Memoir of Farewell on NPR's All Things Considered. Listen here: www.wbur.org/upnext/2026/... Order Rosie: ueplit.short.gy/Rosie #endoflifecare #mother #memoir #assisteddying #npr
Fancyboy by Walker Brown is now available for order! A blend of memoir and manifesto – with a few good recipes sprinkled in – Fancyboy reminds us that sometimes the most revolutionary thing we can do is set a beautiful table and invite everyone to sit at it. Order: ueplit.short.gy/fancyboy
Don't miss Christian Bancroft at upcoming readings on Monday, June 22 in Berkeley, CA and Tuesday, June 23 in San Francisco, CA. Visit ueplit.short.gy/events for details. @pegasusbooks.bsky.social @booksonthepark.bsky.social #poetry #poetryreading #authorevent #booklaunch #indiebookstores
We are thrilled to announce our open call for Memoirs of Survival. Submissions are open through July 15. Please share! ueplit.short.gy/submit #opencall #writingcommunity #memoir #submittable #literarycommunity #indiepress #submissionsopen
Congratulations to Tom Sleigh whose prose piece "Rosie's Remedial Religion"—an excerpt from Rosie: A Memoir of Farewell—has been selected for the Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses anthology along with his poem "Deer Fleeing a Forest Fire," which will also appear in a new collection in 2027.
Tom Sleigh reflects on finding his mother's diaries just minutes after her death. Watch Ed Robbins' video series for Rosie: A Memoir of Farewell at ueplit.short.gy/RosieMedia. Order Rosie: ueplit.short.gy/Rosie #memoir #diary #journal #endoflifecare #mother
"What does that mean, the fire in us? Say instead the fire that we are in time. Taste flakes of charcoal stirred in water. Taste bread, and wine. Already alive in fire are its embers . . . " -From "TO A FRIEND SICK AGAIN" in W. S. Di Piero's Burning Money Read More: ueplit.short.gy/BurningMoney
Unbound Edition Press proudly congratulates the three selected authors from our "Fiction Resisting Conventions" open call. Their outstanding work is scheduled for publication in spring of 2028. Read More: ueplit.short.gy/FictionCall2025 #indiepublishing #fiction #smallpress #opencall
Tom Sleigh reflects on the parallels between his mother's presence and the figures on screen at the drive-in movie theatre owned by his parents. Watch the full video series by Ed Robbins at ueplit.short.gy/RosieMedia Order Rosie: A Memoir of Farewell: ueplit.short.gy/Rosie #memoir #driveinmovie
Unbound Edition Press today announced it will publish Eleanor Goodman’s second collection of poetry, Lessons in Glass. The title is scheduled for publication in June 2026. "These poems are immediate, vivid, and built to last.” -Peter Campion, executive editor More: ueplit.short.gy/GoodmanNews
Tuesday, May 12, Tom Sleigh will read from his new book, Rosie, at Jake's Dilemma as part of the Must Love Memoir Reading Series. Learn more here: ueplit.short.gy/events