Unsolicited Press Releases Terry Tierney’s Poignant Poetry Collection Why Trees Stay Outside10/1/2024
 Portland, OR — Why Trees Stay Outside, the latest poetry collection by Terry Tierney, releases today through Unsolicited Press. Through evocative imagery and multifaceted voices, Tierney’s collection delves into the complex relationship between humans, nature, and society. With sharp turns of phrase and emotional depth, his poems invite readers to question assumptions and seek redemption amid social and ecological turmoil.
Tierney’s work has been praised for its vivid language, introspective themes, and masterful craft: "With a fine ear and a sharp eye, Terry Tierney soars and dives into the conundrums of living we didn’t realize but need to know. In Why Trees Stay Outside, the final waiting room, affection turned inside-out, raw wind, man disassembled, aliened, then put back together again with heart. His turns of phrase will stay with you—a masterful book of poems--Bravo Terry!" Bruce Isaacson, Emeritus Poet Laureate, Clark County, Nevada "Terry Tierney’s Why Trees Stay Outside beats an enduring pulse of loss and love, pain and wonder in counterpoint with the ecological and political chaos of this time. Delicate recollections that span across generations of experience merge with tender acceptance of what is to form a reverence as complexly layered and awakeningly clear as the oscillations of a struck bell. Tierney shows us how photographs are ghosts, how “a gopher chants recipes / from her pulpit of sifted loam”, how “islands / punch through the fog like knuckles”, how the “sappy redwood drools / pooling in ice between roots”, and how life gushes on in prismatic filagree no matter how much we might lose in the process. Like a jewel in an echo chamber, this collection of skillfully crafted poems, rich with arresting imagery and lyrical language, leaves a lingering sparkle in the mind." Maw Shein Win, author of Storage Unit for the Spirit House (Omnidawn) "Why Trees Stay Outside is a delightful exploration of innocent questions, earned curiosities, and fugitive answers. Terry Tierney plays expert words into poems." Kim Shuck, 7th Poet Laureate of San Francisco Emerita About the Author: Terry Tierney is an accomplished poet and novelist, with works including The Poet’s Garage and Lucky Ride. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. For media inquiries or review copies, contact Unsolicited Press at [email protected].  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 27, 2024 Unsolicited Press is excited to announce the release of The Cabin at the End of the World, the latest poetry collection by acclaimed poet Douglas Cole. Available on August 27, 2024, this collection invites readers into a world of prose poetry that is both surreal and sharply observant, offering a powerful commentary on the state of American society. In The Cabin at the End of the World, Cole takes readers on a journey through a series of dreamlike snapshots and longer, more reflective pieces that delve into the possible futures of a crumbling empire. The collection includes shorter, vivid poems such as "Game of Chicken," "Double Tree," and "Patrolman," where Cole's keen eye captures the fractured and fragile nature of contemporary life. These pieces provide a raw and unfiltered look at the underbelly of American society, revealing the tensions and fears that lurk just beneath the surface. In contrast, the longer poems—"Notes for the Grey Man," "Casino People," and "Distances"—expand the scope of Cole's vision, offering a contemplative exploration of the broader implications of societal decay. These poems consider the future, not just of individuals, but of the nation as a whole, painting a picture of an empire on the brink of collapse. Cole's work in The Cabin at the End of the World is a masterful blend of the surreal and the real, creating a collection that is as thought-provoking as it is haunting. His prose poetry blurs the lines between the imagined and the actual, urging readers to reflect on the world around them and consider the paths that lie ahead. Book Details
Douglas Cole’s The Cabin at the End of the World is available for purchase through Unsolicited Press and other major retailers. For review copies or interview requests, please contact: [email protected] About the Author Douglas Cole is a poet and writer whose work has been widely published and recognized for its incisive exploration of contemporary life. His prose poetry is known for its vivid imagery, keen social commentary, and a unique blend of the surreal and the real. About Unsolicited Press Unsolicited Press is an independent publisher dedicated to discovering and promoting unique voices in literature. With a diverse catalog of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction, Unsolicited Press is committed to publishing works that challenge, inspire, and engage readers. Unsolicited Press Announces the Release of David John Rosenheim’s Debut Poetry Collection, OWL8/13/2024
 PORTLAND, OREGON — Unsolicited Press is thrilled to announce the upcoming release of OWL, the debut poetry collection by David John Rosenheim. Set to hit shelves on August 13, 2024, OWL is a profound exploration of the intersection between the human heart and the natural world, rendered with the lyrical precision that Rosenheim has honed over years as a songwriter, executive coach, and climate advocate.
In OWL, Rosenheim's poetry oscillates between the deeply personal and the universally existential, offering readers a meditation on impermanence and human connection in a world increasingly shaped by climate change. Each poem serves as a poignant reminder of our place within nature, urging us to observe, feel, and act amidst the uncertainties of a rapidly changing environment. Drawing from his rich background in music and leadership, Rosenheim’s poetic voice is both intimate and expansive. The collection invites readers to reflect on their own relationships—with others, with themselves, and with the planet. With themes of love, loss, and the fragile beauty of our surroundings, OWL is not just a book of poetry; it is a call to action. OWL will be available for purchase on August 13, 2024 at all major retailers and through the Unsolicited Press website. Preorders are now available. About the Author: David John Rosenheim is a poet, songwriter, executive coach, and climate advocate. His work is informed by a lifetime of observing the natural world and a deep commitment to addressing climate change. OWL is his debut poetry collection. About Unsolicited Press: Unsolicited Press is an independent publishing house committed to promoting new voices in literature. We publish thought-provoking books that challenge conventions and explore the human experience in all its complexity. For Media Inquiries, Review Copies, or Interview Requests: Contact: Summer Stewart Email: [email protected] Website: www.unsolicitedpress.com  Portland, OR — August 6, 2024 — Unsolicited Press is thrilled to announce the release of Shotgun Woman, a gripping and unflinching novel by Beau Bernstein. Set against the stark backdrop of rural America, Shotgun Woman takes readers on an intense journey through the life of a woman pushed to her limits, forced to confront her past and fight for her future.
About the Book From the outside looking in, Wheaton County is a picturesque little farm town on a sleepy stretch of interstate, deep in the heart of Texas. A slice of the American dream in its Golden Age. But beyond this carefully manicured façade, something sinister is beginning to surface. The year is 1953 and hot on the heels of a fiercely divisive local election, with desegregation on the ballot, the challenger to the County Commissioner has just been found dead in a roadside ditch. In the eyes of the sheriff’s department, the fatality is just an unfortunate traffic accident. But to the man’s grieving widow, Eudora Burleson, it’s anything but. To uncover the twisted conspiracy and expose the truth, Eudora must go toe-to-toe with corrupt politicians, two-faced townsfolk, and even the infamous Ku Klux Klan themselves – in a town that’s all too sympathetic to their cause. But make no mistake; Eudora Burleson is no timid housewife. Raised by a grizzled old outlaw during the Great Depression, Eudora’s upbringing was tough, so tough she became. And though she’s outnumbered, outflanked, and outgunned, with allies few and far between, Eudora’s not backing down. She’s taking the fight to them, come hell or high water. Key Information:
About the Author Beau Bernstein is a professional writer, amateur anthropologist, and terrible musician. Born and raised in Texas, he now lives in the majestic Pacific Northwest with his wife and two Portuguese Water Dogs. He was last spotted wandering in the forest somewhere west of the Olympic Mountains. Availability Shotgun Woman is available for purchase at major book retailers, including Unsolicited Press, Amazon, and local independent bookstores. Contact: For media inquiries, author interviews, or review copies, please contact: Unsolicited Press Email: [email protected] Stay updated with the latest releases and news from Unsolicited Press by following us on social media:
Unsolicited Press is a small publishing house committed to bringing unique and powerful voices to the literary world. Our mission is to support and promote authors who challenge the status quo and push the boundaries of traditional storytelling. Unsolicited Press Proudly Announces the Release of Raki Kopernik's New Novel, The Memory House7/23/2024
 Portland, OR—July 23, 2024—Unsolicited Press is thrilled to announce the release of The Memory House, a captivating memoir by Raki Kopernik, available now at Unsolicited Press. The Memory House is a poetic memoir based on stories about the Israeli immigrant experience, ranging from the author's grandparents leaving Eastern Europe during the holocaust, to her parents immigrating from Israel to America in the sixties, and then to her own experiences growing up between Israel and the US in the eighties. The book is bilingual and weaves back and forth through time, crossing cultural lines and making connections with ancestral lineage.
Raki Kopernik, known for her evocative and lyrical prose, crafts a narrative that is both deeply personal and universally resonant. Her characters, each grappling with their own histories and secrets, come alive on the page, drawing readers into a world where the line between the tangible and the ephemeral is beautifully blurred. Critics and early readers have praised The Memory House for its poignant storytelling and emotional depth. Kopernik's ability to capture the complexities of human experience has earned her a place among contemporary literary voices to watch. The Memory House is now available for purchase at Unsolicited Press and wherever fine books are sold. Don't miss the opportunity to immerse yourself in this unforgettable literary journey. For more information or to request a review copy, please contact: Unsolicited Press Email: [email protected] Website: www.unsolicitedpress.com Follow Unsolicited Press on social media for updates on author events, new releases, and more. About Unsolicited Press Unsolicited Press is an independent publisher dedicated to bringing bold and innovative literary voices to the forefront. Our mission is to publish works that challenge, inspire, and resonate with readers from all walks of life. About the Author Raki Kopernik is a Minnesota-based author and poet. Her work has been featured in various literary journals and anthologies. The Memory House is her latest novel, showcasing her talent for weaving intricate narratives that explore the depths of human emotion and experience.  PORTLAND, OREGON; JULY 23, 2024--Rest Upon The Flood serves as beacons, each one weaving a narrative, a rhythm, or the mere silhouette of a tale that mirrors the odyssey we all navigate. Appel’s poems delve into the pivotal instances of our existence, uncovering the genuine experiences that shape real lives. Within these traversed routes, and etched into the very fabric of each verse, lies an enduring elegance—a bastion of solace to anchor your spirit and banish desolation.
About the Author After a succession of meaningless jobs (busboy, waiter, camp counselor, etc.), Rich Appel worked in Grey's Ferry in South Philadelphia as a social worker and community organizer for five years, before studying Folklore and Mythology at UCLA. Rich has received three National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship Awards for Teachers, and worked as an eleventh and twelfth grade English teacher for over thirty years. He also was an adjunct at Delaware County Community College teaching freshman English. He has been writing poetry since undergraduate school at Penn State University, where he first met older, more accomplished writers who never laughed at the bad poetry he’d first written. ABOUT THE PRESS Unsolicited Press strives to produce exceptional works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from award-winning authors. Unsolicited Press is based out of Portland, Oregon and focuses on the works of the unsung and underrepresented. As a womxn-owned, all-volunteer small publisher that doesn’t worry about profits as much as championing exceptional literature, we have the privilege of partnering with authors skirting the fringes of the lit world. We’ve worked with emerging and award-winning authors such as Lara Lillibridge, Douglas Cole, Amy Shimshon-Santo, Brook Bhagat, Tara Stillions Whitehead, and John W. Bateman. Learn more at unsolicitedpress.com. Find us on twitter and Instagram, @unsolicitedp. REST UPON THE FLOOD is available on July 23, 2024, as a paperback (108.; 978-1-963115-11-6) and e-book (all major retailers). Retailers, schools, and libraries can order copies through Ingram. The author is open to speaking with the media, holding readings, and engaging in other author opportunities.  JUNE 11, 2024 -- PORTLAND, OREGON: Thirty-six-year-old Kita Fletcher is fleeing a dead marriage riddled with affairs. After a chance meeting with a small group of people headed to the Rainbow Gathering, she can go her own way or choose to embrace her adventurous spirit that was snuffed out years ago.
After receiving a devastating diagnosis, Maddy Alexander leaves her medical residency and her fiancé behind. Taking only a few belongings—including her beloved guitar—Maddy travels the US trying to live as fully as she can before it’s too late. When she hears about the Rainbow Gathering, she’s intrigued and wants to go, but that dream is crushed when her car breaks down just outside Boulder, Colorado. Twenty-eight-year-old Elaine Kennedy is living her dream life in New York City, far away from her childhood home where she and her mother lived off the grid. When Elaine’s mother dies, those worlds collide when she’s forced to go back home to settle her mom’s affairs. Once there, she’s caught in a battle between everything she loved about her childhood and all the reasons she escaped it. Just shy of his eighteenth birthday, Talon Callahan’s conservative, religious parents are sending him to a conversion program after finding out he’s gay. Tempted to end his life, Talon instead runs away to the Rainbow Gathering. But with Talon’s wealthy father sparing no resources to look for him, Talon is in constant danger, even after he meets Kita, Maddy, and Elaine, three people who would do anything to help him. ALL POINTS OF LIGHT CONVERGE is an interwoven story that explores the internal battles of four strangers drawn to something that may save them from themselves. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Beth Burgmeyer writes fiction and creative nonfiction. Her work has appeared in Ponder Review, The Ocotillo Review, Santa Clara Review, Miracle Monocle, and others. She won first place in the CIBA Somerset Awards for Literary and Contemporary Fiction and was a finalist in the Acacia Fiction Prize. Beth is a mental health counselor specializing in equine assisted psychotherapy. She lives near Des Moines, Iowa with her family and a menagerie of animals. ABOUT THE PRESS Unsolicited Press strives to produce exceptional works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from award-winning authors. Unsolicited Press is based out of Portland, Oregon and focuses on the works of the unsung and underrepresented. As a womxn-owned, all-volunteer small publisher that doesn’t worry about profits as much as championing exceptional literature, we have the privilege of partnering with authors skirting the fringes of the lit world. We’ve worked with emerging and award-winning authors such as Lara Lillibridge, Douglas Cole, Amy Shimshon-Santo, Brook Bhagat, Tara Stillions Whitehead, and John W. Bateman. Learn more at unsolicitedpress.com. Find us on twitter and Instagram, @unsolicitedp. ALL POINTS OF LIGHT CONVERGE is available on June 11, 2024, as a paperback (236.; 978-1-963115-16-1) and e-book (all major retailers). Retailers, schools, and libraries can order copies through Ingram. The author is open to speaking with the media, holding readings, and engaging in other author opportunities.  JUNE 4, 2024 -- PORTLAND, OREGON: SKULL KINGDOMS: AN IMAGINARY OMBINUS by Matthew Burnside offers us an oblique collection of poetic games complete with explicit instructions on how each piece should be read. A series of meditations on imagining, pretending, unsleeping, dreaming, and, ultimately, escaping by waking unto new selves, Skull Kingdoms is in communion with the vicious, big tent circus that is growing up.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Matthew Burnside’s forthcoming books include Centrifugal: Unstories (Whiskey Tit) and Skull Kingdoms: An Imaginary Omnibus (Unsolicited Press). He is the author of Wiki of Infinite Sorrows and Postludes (both from KERNPUNKT), Rules to Win the Game (Spuyten Duyvil Press), Dear Wolfmother (Heavy Feather Review), and Meditations of the Nameless Infinite (Robocup Press). He lives in Virginia and teaches at Hollins University. ABOUT THE PRESS Unsolicited Press strives to produce exceptional works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from award-winning authors. Unsolicited Press is based out of Portland, Oregon and focuses on the works of the unsung and underrepresented. As a womxn-owned, all-volunteer small publisher that doesn’t worry about profits as much as championing exceptional literature, we have the privilege of partnering with authors skirting the fringes of the lit world. We’ve worked with emerging and award-winning authors such as Lara Lillibridge, Douglas Cole, Amy Shimshon-Santo, Brook Bhagat, Tara Stillions Whitehead, and John W. Bateman. Learn more at unsolicitedpress.com. Find us on twitter and Instagram, @unsolicitedp. SKULL KINGDOMS: AN IMAGINARY OMBINUS is available on June 4, 2024, as a paperback (80.; 978-1-963115-02-4) and e-book (all major retailers). Retailers, schools, and libraries can order copies through Ingram. The author is open to speaking with the media, holding readings, and engaging in other author opportunities.  MAY 7, 2024 -- PORTLAND, OREGON: THIS KIND OF MAN offers an unvarnished look at life in 21st Century America, excavating the complicated, tender, wild truth of what it is to be a man across generations and relationships.
These stories interrogate the pressures and tensions of contemporary life, and the ways men grapple with them, often without success. Issues such as marriage, fatherhood, aggression, alcoholism, gender expectations, generational backlash, and the inexorable dread of death, abound. Many of these stories live within a slow implosion of coping, and often failing, as well as those who refuse to succumb, addressing concerns oft-discussed, or not discussed enough, in mainstream print: gun violence, the recent history of coal country Appalachia, sports-related concussions, illegal immigration (and the jobs many of these ostensibly unwelcome folks are obliged to do), homelessness, and the inability of men to honestly connect or communicate. Far from excusing or exonerating toxic males, this collection locates their violence (toward others, against oneself) in the context of a deadening culture and the false narratives that prevail in an exploitative, zero-sum game capitalist model, where those without are encouraged to quarrel with similarly overworked and underpaid, mostly blue-collar workers. We see that our received notions of manhood and masculinity are inculcated—from the beginning and by design—to ensure willing participation in a system where the overwhelming majority are excluded from the start. We witness the way these dysfunctions are handed down like inheritance, and how every cliché, from fighting to drinking to intolerance of dissent and distrust of others, is a carefully constructed trap, preventing solidarity, empathy, and love (for others, for one’s self). Praise for THIS KIND OF MAN This Kind of Man, a suite of dramatic monologues and meditations, seems to pick up where Raymond Carver left off: anatomizing all the ways that American masculinity finds itself adrift, with a special thought for the women in the same lifeboat. Murphy sees how we live so plainly and clearly that, in the best possible way, it hurts. —Louis Bayard, author of The Pale Blue Eye The stories in Sean Murphy’s extraordinary collection This Kind of Man are swift, sharp, sometimes harsh, often sad, but so absolutely, transcendentally honest that the final effect is thrilling, a form of liberation. I know of no other eulogy for the post-war American male that so deftly captures the mingled love and anger of fathers and sons. —Robert Anthony Siegel, author of Criminals: My Family’s Life on Both Sides of the Law In This Kind of Man, Sean Murphy excavates the complicated, tender, wild truth of what it is to be a man across generations and relationships. His wistful, funny, precise honesty lights up the page and helps the reader see the complexity of the filter of maleness. An insightful and necessary book. —Karen E. Bender, author of Refund, Finalist 2015 National Book Award With its refreshing vulnerability, frankness, and insights, This Kind of Man fills a void in our literary landscape by artfully capturing both the tender and tormented sides of masculinity. Sean Murphy’s courageous stories do what groundbreaking literature should do—simultaneously comfort and disturb its readers. This is an important, indispensable read for our times. —Whitney Collins, author of Big Bad and Ricky & Other Love Stories Twenty-first-century manhood is a minefield – a terrain riddled with hidden dangers. A wrong word, a long-held grudge, even a mistimed joke can easily end in disaster. Traversing such explosive territory requires tremendous skill, a bucketful of courage, and no small amount of humor. Sean Murphy’s This Kind of Man has all three, in spades. —David McGlynn, author of One Day You’ll Thank Me: Lessons from an Unexpected Fatherhood This Kind of Man examines the moving target of modern masculinity and asks, from multiple angles, What is a man? The discourse around this question has been shockingly absent from the literary landscape, whether due to a lack of bravery or a certain paralysis that accompanies such an inquiry. Yet Murphy dives in head-first, offering stories that explore marriage, fatherhood, aggression, alcoholism, gender expectations, generational backlash, and more with nuance, humor, and an abundance of truth. His prose thrillingly invites us to think deeply. Instead of hiding from what it means to be a man today, he gives us a broad canvas from which to take in the answers, plural, to this essential question. —Cheryl Della Pietra, author of Gonzo Girl From yearnings never expressed by “strong and silent” types to competitive father/son relationships, veteran misogynists and burgeoning incels, Murphy’s new collection looks straight at the worst traits of the white American male with a view to the future where these men can do better, be better, think beyond themselves. A timely, gripping read by a courageous writer. —Courtney Maum, author of The Year of the Horses About the Author Sean Murphy is founder of the non-profit 1455 Lit Arts, and directs the Storytelling Initiative at Shenandoah University. He has appeared on NPR's "All Things Considered" and been quoted in USA Today, The New York Times, The Huffington Post, and AdAge. A long-time columnist for PopMatters, his work has also appeared in Salon, The Village Voice, Washington City Paper, The Good Men Project, Sequestrum, Blue Mountain Review, and others. His chapbook, The Blackened Blues, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2021. His second collection of poems, Rhapsodies in Blue was published by Kelsay Books in 2023. His third collection, Kinds of Blue, and This Kind of Man, his first collection of short fiction, are forthcoming in 2024. He has been nominated four times for the Pushcart Prize, twice for Best of Net, and his book Please Talk about Me When I'm Gone was the winner of Memoir Magazine's 2022 Memoir Prize. To learn more, and read his published short fiction, poetry, and criticism, please visit seanmurphy.net/ and @bullmurph. ABOUT THE PRESS Unsolicited Press strives to produce exceptional works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from award-winning authors. Unsolicited Press is based out of Portland, Oregon and focuses on the works of the unsung and underrepresented. As a womxn-owned, all-volunteer small publisher that doesn’t worry about profits as much as championing exceptional literature, we have the privilege of partnering with authors skirting the fringes of the lit world. We’ve worked with emerging and award-winning authors such as Douglas Cole, Amy Shimshon-Santo, Brook Bhagat, Tara Stillions Whitehead, and John W. Bateman. Learn more at unsolicitedpress.com. Find us on twitter and Instagram, @unsolicitedp. THIS KIND OF MAN is available on May 7, 2024, as a paperback (252p.; 978-1-963115-15-4) and e-book (all major retailers). Retailers, schools, and libraries can order copies through Ingram. The author is open to speaking with the media, holding readings, and engaging in other author opportunities.  APRIL 2, 2024 -- PORTLAND, OREGON: After her mother is killed in a rogue Northern Michigan tornado, Sadie Wixom is left with only her father and grandfather to guide her through the pitfalls of young adulthood.
Hundreds of miles away in western Saskatchewan, Stefan Montegrand and his Indigenous family are forced off their land by multinational energy companies and flawed treaties. They are taken in temporarily by Sadie’s aunt, a human rights activist who heads a cultural exchange program. Stefan, whose own father died in prison while on a hunger strike, promptly runs afoul of local authority, but Sadie, intrigued by him and captivated by his story, has grown sympathetic to his cause and complicit in his pushback against prejudiced accusations. Their mutual attraction and struggle for equilibrium is stymied when Stefan’s older brother, Joachim, who stayed behind, becomes embroiled in the resistance, and Stefan is compelled to return to Canada. Sadie, concerned for his safety, impulsively follows on a trajectory doomed by cultural misunderstanding and oncoming winter. Let Evening Come is the love story between the son of an Indigenous family displaced from their ancestral home on the Tar Sands of Canada and a motherless farm girl from Michigan. Together they combat suspicion and bigotry on both sides of the border and the cultural differences that separate them. Praise for LET EVENING COME Author Yvonne Osborne has crafted a truly emotionally resonant novel that delves into themes of loss, displacement, and cultural conflict. The up-close and detailed portrayal of Sadie and Stefan's budding romance against the backdrop of their respective struggles was both captivating and poignant. I loved the way their unique dialogue was presented and readers will feel the dynamics between the lines. The exploration of cultural misunderstanding and the challenges faced by Indigenous communities was an incredibly poignant touch that is really focused on and never used as a gimmick, fostering genuine empathy and understanding. As the characters navigated adversity and sought connection across borders, I found myself deeply invested in their journey, rooting for their love to transcend the obstacles in their path. Overall, Let Evening Come is a recommended read and a compelling tale of love, resilience, and the human capacity to overcome adversity amidst cultural divides. --Reviewed by K.C. Finn for Readers’ Favorite About the Author Yvonne Osborne is a 5th generation Michigander who grew up on the family farm under the tutelage of a grandmother who loved Shakespeare before Shakespeare was cool. After college and a stint in the Buckeye State, she and her husband moved back to the farm founded by her great-great-grandfather. Her poetry and short stories can be found in The Slippery Elm Literary Journal, Flapper Press, Third Coast Review, Full of Crow, Midwest Review, Great Lakes Review, and in various anthologies. Let Evening Come is her debut novel. For more, visit her at yvonneosborne.com ABOUT THE PRESS Unsolicited Press strives to produce exceptional works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from award-winning authors. Unsolicited Press is based out of Portland, Oregon and focuses on the works of the unsung and underrepresented. As a womxn-owned, all-volunteer small publisher that doesn’t worry about profits as much as championing exceptional literature, we have the privilege of partnering with authors skirting the fringes of the lit world. We’ve worked with emerging and award-winning authors such as Lara Lillibridge, Douglas Cole, Amy Shimshon-Santo, Brook Bhagat, Tara Stillions Whitehead, and John W. Bateman. Learn more at unsolicitedpress.com. Find us on twitter and Instagram, @unsolicitedp. LET EVENING COME is available on April 2, 2024, as a paperback (386p.; 978-1-963115-52-9) and e-book (all major retailers). Retailers, schools, and libraries can order copies through Ingram. The author is open to speaking with the media, holding readings, and engaging in other author opportunities.  A meditation in a rush, kiss & release is driven by the intense voice of an observant, insistent & emotional “I.” He’s an urban gay man who admits he’s here with a date, but you never know how the night will end. He has several loves, at least a few fuckboys, and many questions:
most spells are made with words & broken by a kiss, why not the other way around? what is more intimate than a whisper? how long will yr wife be gone? Have you ever noticed it? asks “Love Is Finished Again,” a poem cycle revealed in seven movements. The sequence muses on how we end up in the same place over & over in sex & love & everything. The only real change is through decay that makes ruins, noseless busts, caves of Pompeii, brothel rooms. Even language & communication decay, as a number of mashup and collaborative poems explore. Are you ready for the beats? This book is a party and a romance. It’s a lucid dream. This poetry accuses, brags, confesses, obsesses, panics & promises. It discos, raves & swings. It falls in love during a hookup but gets bored at a four-way. It woos the Zodiac; tries to get its virginity back; invents sex as a religion, mythologizes masculinity & succumbs to its devils; kills a snake to resurrect a lover; gives a blowjob at a dirty book store; goes to see bad performance art; looks for love & finds it everywhere/wherever. PRAISE FOR KISS & RELEASE "God, Anthony DiPietro’s poetry is good. I’m supposed to write a blurb, and there’s a formula for that, but I’m sitting here reading, and I’m electric about what I’m reading. Not intrigued in that academic kind of way, though these poems are certainly well-crafted. I’m excited in a way that makes me remember what it was like when I’d find a book as a teenager, something dangerous and contraband, something so much a lifeline, and it would speak to all those hidden parts of me with a rush of sexuality and exposure, a mirror and a flashlight. But I’m not a teenager anymore. I’m a grown man who has somehow survived and touched and loved and screwed, and these poems uncorked the bottle and let all those rowdy spirits out. This book - these poems - these feelings - are why I love poetry, why I need poetry, why poetry saved my life - and why it’s still reminding me how to be alive. Forget the formula. This is me, a reader, praising the poetry gods and angels that this book exists, for me, and for everyone who came before and will come after." --Bryan Borland, founding publisher of Sibling Rivalry Press "Anthony DiPietro’s kiss & release is a pleasurable, lovable book about love and pleasure. DiPietro’s approach to these poems, even to poems of grief and heartache, is endlessly playful, darkhearted, lighthearted, and resplendent with anti-heroic wit and sex that charms and stings. The delight of this text does not diminish its formal and literary acumen. There are references to Baldwin, Flannery O’Connor, Pasolini, Plath, and Marie Howe, all ribboned-through with music—pop, classical, hip hop, country—and although DiPietro makes ample use of the prose poem, there is also a sestina, a villanelle, a pop cento, an abecedarian, a sequence, and a poem arrived at via predictive text. I tell you, this collection is a romp and a grand buffet, a paean to the urban masq, the fuckboy, and hot, thriving, fleeting love." --Diane Seuss, author of frank: sonnets ABOUT THE AUTHOR Anthony DiPietro is a gay sex poet and arts administrator originally from Providence, Rhode Island. He has lived throughout New England and in California, New York, Oregon, and Tennessee. A graduate of Brown University with honors in creative writing, he also earned a creative writing MFA at Stony Brook University. Now deputy director of Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, he resides in Worcester, MA. He composed his 2021 chapbook And Walk Through (Seven Kitchens Press) on a typewriter during the pandemic lockdowns. kiss & release is his debut collection. His writing and readings are featured on his website, www.AnthonyWriter.com. ABOUT THE PRESS Unsolicited Press strives to produce exceptional works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from award-winning authors. Unsolicited Press is based out of Portland, Oregon and focuses on the works of the unsung and underrepresented. As a womxn-owned, all-volunteer small publisher that doesn’t worry about profits as much as championing exceptional literature, we have the privilege of partnering with authors skirting the fringes of the lit world. We’ve worked with emerging and award-winning authors such as Douglas Cole, Amy Shimshon-Santo, Brook Bhagat, Tara Stillions Whitehead, and John W. Bateman. Learn more at unsolicitedpress.com. Find us on twitter and Instagram, @unsolicitedp. KISS & RELEASE is available on February 13, 2024, as a paperback (128.; 978-1-956692-87-7) and e-book (all major retailers). Retailers, schools, and libraries can order copies through Ingram. The author is open to speaking with the media, holding readings, and engaging in other author opportunities.  "Patricia O’Donnell writes unfailingly about the rawness of human relationships with this investigation of contradiction, grief, hope, and memory. With her sparse prose, stark honesty, and grit, O’Donnell lays bare the complexities of love, infidelity, and friendship. A Symmetry of Husbands is a poetic unfolding of love in all its expressions."
Amy Neswald (her collection I Know You Love Me, Too is out from New American Press) Set in the early days of the Trump presidency, A Symmetry of Husbands probes the inner workings of marriage and long friendship. As she grieves the death of her friend, Megan, Abigail struggles with complicated feelings of lingering desire for Megan’s husband, and guilt over their affair. Abigail also entertains a growing suspicion of the circumstances of Megan’s death, and her own possible complicity. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Patricia O’Donnell lives in the small town of Wilton in central Maine. She has ties to Boston’s North Shore, where the novel is set. She is Professor Emerita in Creative Writing at the University of Maine at Farmington. Her books include a prize-winning collection of short fiction, a memoir, and two previous novels. ABOUT THE PRESS Unsolicited Press strives to produce exceptional works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from award-winning authors. Unsolicited Press is based out of Portland, Oregon and focuses on the works of the unsung and underrepresented. As a womxn-owned, all-volunteer small publisher that doesn’t worry about profits as much as championing exceptional literature, we have the privilege of partnering with authors skirting the fringes of the lit world. We’ve worked with emerging and award-winning authors such as Shann Ray, Amy Shimshon-Santo, Brook Bhagat, Kris Amos, and John W. Bateman. Learn more at unsolicitedpress.com. Find us on twitter and Instagram, @unsolicitedp. A SYMMETRY OF HUSBANDS is available on November 7, 2023 as a paperback (306 p.; $18.95; 978-1-956692-83-9) and e-book (all major retailers). Retailers, schools, and libraries can order copies through Ingram. The author is open to speaking with the media, holding readings, and engaging in other author opportunities.  In the Bodies is a collection of poetry for shapeshifting. The poems investigate possibilities of mutual transformation, as our relational encounters with others co-create meaning, poetry, environment, and even our bodies. What might we co-create when we press against the taught borders of body, of place, of time, of what is accepted as possible and holy? These poems press, inviting readers to get in the bodies of other creatures, people, and places—to taste what melts their tongues, feel their bone breaks, scry through their eyes, sense the world rotating through their dirt and updrafts, shift shape, and maybe sprout new growth together in shared gardens.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jericho M. Hockett's roots are in the Southwest Kansas farm, while she blooms in Topeka with her family. She is a poet, social psychologist, teacher, forever student, and dreamer, most whole in the green. Some of her poems appear in or are forthcoming from Drunk Monkeys, Earth’s Daughters, Yellow Arrow Journal, Coffin Bell, and Pilgrimage Magazine. Her chapbook “Rituals for Dissolution” is forthcoming (Eastern Iowa Review/Port Yonder Press). More works are always brewing. Instagram: @jerichomariette ABOUT THE PRESS Unsolicited Press strives to produce exceptional works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from award-winning authors. Unsolicited Press is based out of Portland, Oregon and focuses on the works of the unsung and underrepresented. As a womxn-owned, all-volunteer small publisher that doesn’t worry about profits as much as championing exceptional literature, we have the privilege of partnering with authors skirting the fringes of the lit world. We’ve worked with emerging and award-winning authors such as Shann Ray, Amy Shimshon-Santo, Brook Bhagat, Kris Amos, and John W. Bateman. Learn more at unsolicitedpress.com. Find us on twitter and Instagram, @unsolicitedp. IN THE BODIES is available on October 17, 2023 as a paperback (144.; 978-1-956692-76-1) and e-book (all major retailers). Retailers, schools, and libraries can order copies through Ingram. The author is open to speaking with the media, holding readings, and engaging in other author opportunities.  34-year-old Timothy Dugan faces a growing list of problems. His girlfriend wants to have a baby, he hates his job, and his mother announces that she and his father, long divorced, plan to remarry. There’s also his growing dependence on alcohol. Just when things start to look up, in the form of a possible new business venture, someone from his past returns with a secret that could ruin everything, and Timothy slides into a slow-motion train wreck from which he might not recover.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Anne Leigh Parrish lives in a forest in the South Sound Region of Washington State. She is the author of twelve books which include short stories, novels, and poems. She has recently ventured into the art of photography. Find her online at anneleighparrish.com. ABOUT THE PRESS Unsolicited Press strives to produce exceptional works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from award-winning authors. Unsolicited Press is based out of Portland, Oregon and focuses on the works of the unsung and underrepresented. As a womxn-owned, all-volunteer small publisher that doesn’t worry about profits as much as championing exceptional literature, we have the privilege of partnering with authors skirting the fringes of the lit world. We’ve worked with emerging and award-winning authors such as Shann Ray, Amy Shimshon-Santo, Brook Bhagat, Kris Amos, and John W. Bateman. Learn more at unsolicitedpress.com. Find us on twitter and Instagram, @unsolicitedp. A SUMMER MORNING is available on October 3, 2023 as a paperback (298.; 978-1-956692-57-02) and e-book (all major retailers). Retailers, schools, and libraries can order copies through Ingram. The author is open to speaking with the media, holding readings, and engaging in other author opportunities.  Take the Lively Air is a powerful tale of overlapping lives, the intersection of past and present, and ghosts who reside all too easily in the hearts of the living. In the course of a single day, strangers become both friends and enemies. Mistakes made, lingering doubts, and relentless remorse weave through the narrative like a ragged strand of missed opportunities and chances. Set against the glorious backdrop of the New Jersey coast, one man confronts devastating loss by offering comfort to those he may have wronged in a minor traffic accident whose consequences are both unforeseen and deeply painful. Bennett gives us a fine novel that shows how compassion triumphs over rage, and kindness always saves the day. – Anne Leigh Parrish, author of an open door
"Take the Lively Air is a thoughtful and realistic portrait of modern families. Bennett is unafraid to take on tough and touchy subjects with empathy and honesty. With prose as vibrant as its New Jersey beach setting, the simmering tension will have readers flipping pages. More than a family drama, it's an examination of the complexities of excavating buried grief and regret, and a map for how to move forward." – Meagan Lucas, author Songbirds and Stray Dogs, and Editor-in-Chief of Reckon Review. “Crafted with just the right details, understated humor, and empathy, Take the Lively Air is a simple yet startling novel. Out of a single incident—two headstrong men colliding their cars in a seaside New Jersey town—emerges a universe of multilayered characters and interconnected truths. Mr. Bennett reminds us that everybody has a story, and that some of those stories lead to healing.” – Jay Kristensen Jr In Take the Lively Air, a minor traffic collision escalates into a confrontation between two families haunted by their pasts and apprehensive of their futures. Rage and regret butt heads against the background of America’s toxic cultural climate. But saner voices discover that human frailties are best viewed through the microscope of compassion, and our common humanity must be acknowledged to make way for our futures. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mick Bennett is from Belmar, New Jersey. Bennett attended Gettysburg College, and after graduation in 1975, found a job at a high school 15 miles from Gettysburg where he taught for 33 years. Bennett is the author of four books: Missing You in Belmar NJ, Summer Mirrors, Boardwalk Man, and Beat the Blues. ABOUT THE PRESS Unsolicited Press strives to produce exceptional works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from award-winning authors. Unsolicited Press is based out of Portland, Oregon and focuses on the works of the unsung and underrepresented. As a womxn-owned, all-volunteer small publisher that doesn’t worry about profits as much as championing exceptional literature, we have the privilege of partnering with authors skirting the fringes of the lit world. We’ve worked with emerging and award-winning authors such as Shann Ray, Amy Shimshon-Santo, Brook Bhagat, Kris Amos, and John W. Bateman. Learn more at unsolicitedpress.com. Find us on twitter and Instagram, @unsolicitedp. TAKE THE LIVELY AIR is available on September 26, 2023, as a paperback (322p.; 978-1-956692-66-2) and e-book (all major retailers). Retailers, schools, and libraries can order copies through Ingram. The author is open to speaking with the media, holding readings, and engaging in other author opportunities. 
Cormorant is a work of contrition. The poems are political and personal. A response to the federal government’s plan to kill thousands of cormorants in the name of salmon recovery and a tribute to the person who died from heartbreak because of it.
To support wildlife, we are donating the profits of this book to The Wildlife Center of the North Coast. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Elisa Carlsen (she/they) grew up in Humboldt County, Nevada. They are an outsider poet and artist whose work has appeared in SixFold, VoiceCatcher, Anti-Heroin Chic, Nevada Arts Council, Brushfire, and Oranges Journal. Elisa won the Lower Columbia Regional Poetry Contest and was a finalist for the Editor’s Prize at Harbor Review. Elisa is a poetry editor for New American Press. Cormorant (Unsolicited Press, 2023) is her first published poetry collection. ABOUT THE PRESS Unsolicited Press strives to produce exceptional works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from award-winning authors. Unsolicited Press is based out of Portland, Oregon and focuses on the works of the unsung and underrepresented. As a womxn-owned, all-volunteer small publisher that doesn’t worry about profits as much as championing exceptional literature, we have the privilege of partnering with authors skirting the fringes of the lit world. We’ve worked with emerging and award-winning authors such as Douglas Cole, Amy Shimshon-Santo, Brook Bhagat, Tara Stillions Whitehead, Darci Schummer, and John W. Bateman. Learn more at unsolicitedpress.com. Find us on twitter and Instagram, @unsolicitedp. CORMORANT is available on September 19, 2023, as a paperback (48p.; 978-1-956692-67-9) and e-book (all major retailers). Retailers, schools, and libraries can order copies through Ingram. The author is open to speaking with the media, holding readings, and engaging in other author opportunities. Announcing the Immediate Release of Darci Schummer's Newest Novel, THE BALLAD OF TWO SISTERS8/8/2023
 At the center of The Ballad of Two Sisters are Stella and Helen, two sisters who die on the same day. One fragile and one strong, the sisters confront the troubles of the past and the uncertainty of the future as they seek connection, joy, and completion. Though at times circuitous, the paths the sisters travel ultimately lead them back to each other, until finally, they can never be parted.
PRAISE FOR THE BALLAD OF TWO SISTERS "A rich and absorbing read, Darci Schummer’s story of sisters Stella and Helen – one fragile and one strong – is a double helix of individual and very different lives bound by love and blood, spiraling from their difficult childhood through jobs, marriage, children, and aging. What a lovely book of broken, revitalized, and beautiful hearts." -Linda LeGarde Grover, author of In the Night of Memory "A dark and haunting family saga, The Ballad of Two Sisters spirals around identity with details that pull you hard into the smallness of Midwest America. Schummer’s writing is emotional and her storytelling gets deep into your head, making you forget you’re reading. She’s dreamy and eclectic and smooth and easy. Time spent with this book will certainly enrich your life." -Raki Kopernik, author of The Things You Left and The Memory House ABOUT THE AUTHOR Darci Schummer hails from the village of Fall Creek, Wisconsin. Primarily a fiction writer, she is the author of the story collection Six Months in the Midwest (Unsolicited Press), co-author of the poetry/prose collaboration Hinge (broadcraft press), and author of the forthcoming novel The Ballad of Two Sisters (Unsolicited Press). Her fiction, poetry, and essays have appeared in Ninth Letter, Folio, Jet Fuel Review, MAYDAY, Matchbook, Necessary Fiction, Sundog Lit, and Pithead Chapel, among many other places. She has been nominated both for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net, and her work has also been selected as a Longform Fiction Pick of the Week. In addition to writing, she teaches at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College where she serves as faculty editor of The Thunderbird Review. She lives with her partner Tanner, pitbull Turnip, and cat Cokie Roberts in a big old house that always needs work. ABOUT THE PRESS Unsolicited Press strives to produce exceptional works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from award-winning authors. Unsolicited Press is based out of Portland, Oregon and focuses on the works of the unsung and underrepresented. As a womxn-owned, all-volunteer small publisher that doesn’t worry about profits as much as championing exceptional literature, we have the privilege of partnering with authors skirting the fringes of the lit world. We’ve worked with emerging and award-winning authors such as Douglas Cole, Amy Shimshon-Santo, Brook Bhagat, Tara Stillions Whitehead, and John W. Bateman. Learn more at unsolicitedpress.com. Find us on twitter and Instagram, @unsolicitedp. THE BALLAD OF TWO SISTERS is available on August 8, 2023, as a paperback (234p.; 978-1-956692-96-9) and e-book (all major retailers). Retailers, schools, and libraries can order copies through Ingram. The author is open to speaking with the media, holding readings, and engaging in other author opportunities. PORTLAND, OR -- JULY 18, 2023: Unsolicited Press announces the immedite availability of Josh Ranks novel, THE PRESENT IS PAST. Mary's growing dementia not only ends her teaching career, but also leads to her losing the family dog. The patience that has kept their marriage afloat for 39 years gives way to the stress as her husband suffers a heart attack.
Their adult children attempt to help out but it's difficult to accept that your parents will die one day--and that day might be soon. Mary finds herself drawn to a specific place. And as strangers inexplicably tell her, she just needs to figure out where that is while she still can. The family must choose between finding a new way to support themselves and helping Mary make one last salient memory while it's still possible. And they must do this while the sun burns out, flocks of birds fall dead from the sky, and buildings full of people disappear in an instant. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Josh Rank graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee before moving to various cities around the country only to return to his hometown. His fiction has appeared in The Emerson Review, The Feathertale Review, Hypertext Magazine, and elsewhere. He keeps himself busy putting together ugly woodworking projects, cooking for his wife, and wishing his dogs were better behaved. THE PRESENT IS PAST is available on July 18, 2023 , as a paperback (340p.; 978-1-956692-55-6) and e-book (all major retailers). Retailers, schools, and libraries can order copies through Ingram. The author is open to speaking with the media, holding readings, and engaging in other author opportunities.  Uncomfortable Ecologies is an exploration of relationships and their tenuous nature. Levinson explores the domestic and wild, the macro and the micro, the familiar and the other, the objective and the confessional. These poems seek to uncover vulnerabilities within ecologies as a bridge to a new level of understanding and intimacy.
PRAISE FOR UNCOMFORTABLE ECOLOGIES Insects, jellyfish, wild horses, hurricanes. Shark teeth and coyotes. Sisters who wait tables. Men who go to sea then come home to dance with our mothers in the family kitchen. These are some of the living, breathing ties that keep a body tethered to place. This collection teems with a longing for connection to the natural world. It asks, “How does a person come to belong?” and it answers again and again that if connection is indeed possible, it is only in moments where we recognize ourselves in what’s considered other, that the moments are fleeting as silverfish across a bare floor. Are we comfortable with discomfort? Can we look in the mirror? When the long-tailed weasel shows us its prey, do we dare keep our eyes open? --L.I. Henley, Starshine Road (Perugia Press) ABOUT THE AUTHOR Elizabeth Joy Levinson is a high school teacher in Chicago, where she lives with her husband & pets. She has an MFA from Pacific University and an MAT in Biology from Miami University. She is the author of two chapbooks, As Wild Animals (Dancing Girl Press) and Running Aground (Finishing Line Press) and has had work published in many independent journals. ABOUT THE PRESS Unsolicited Press strives to produce exceptional works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from award-winning authors. Unsolicited Press is based out of Portland, Oregon and focuses on the works of the unsung and underrepresented. As a womxn-owned, all-volunteer small publisher that doesn’t worry about profits as much as championing exceptional literature, we have the privilege of partnering with authors skirting the fringes of the lit world. We’ve worked with emerging and award-winning authors such as Douglas Cole, Amy Shimshon-Santo, Brook Bhagat, Tara Stillions Whitehead, and John W. Bateman. Learn more at unsolicitedpress.com. Find us on twitter and Instagram, @unsolicitedp. Uncomfortable Ecologies is available on July 18, 2023, as a paperback (100p.; 978-1-956692-60-0) and e-book (all major retailers). Retailers, schools, and libraries can order copies through Ingram. The author is open to speaking with the media, holding readings, and engaging in other author opportunities.  PORTLAND, OR -- JULY 11, 2023: A rust belt city in decline retains the solace of romance, which often proves to be an empty promise or even a curse. With a wry perspective and unflappable determination, Curt embodies all the town’s ills, including his own problems with drinking, work, and relationships, as he tries to save himself and rescue his friends in his own unconventional and unlawful ways. In The Bridge on Beer River, a novel-in-stories set in Reagan-era Binghamton, New York, characters scramble for subsistence while hoping for love and a better life.
PRAISE FOR TERRY TIERNEY The characters in The Bridge on Beer River drink too much, fight for survival, and fight one another while clinging to friendship and humor. Terry Tierney plies the blue-collar desperation and heroism of William Kennedy with fast-moving prose reminiscent of Raymond Chandler! Lee Kravetz, author of The Last Confessions of Sylvia P. As Curt, an ex-Marine living in Reagan-era Binghamton, NY, struggles to find his way, he crosses paths with colorful down-and-outers, sharp women, and hardened characters. With his heart in the past but his eye on the future, he tries to improve himself by learning computer technology at the dairy which eventually lays him off. Down on his luck again, and short on cash, he makes do by working for a local bookie in between beers at his favorite bar. Others offer money, advice, and the use of a battered set of wheels, but only Curt can help himself. Then, a chance to flee the industrial decay of upstate New York comes his way, but will he take it? Written in tight, unsentimental prose, with wry, crackling dialog, The Bridge on Beer River reminds us of the value of friendship, believing in yourself, and the lure of that one big gamble that could really pay off. Anne Leigh Parrish, author of An Open Door Reading Terry Tierney’s novel-in-stories, The Bridge on Beer River, is to remember what I love about fiction. Tierney does, in fact, tell tales, but he tells them with a writerly voice that can only result in that most precious outcome: honest deception. He builds a bridge between perspectives, between moments and crises, between characters, between writer and reader, and continuously—relentlessly—reminds me that a bridge is very rarely crossed just once. And there is, especially in the upstate New York of this novel, always a toll to be paid. Tierney creates a nearly perfect antihero in Curt, the lager-swilling, B-list Romeo who channels the best bits of Bukowski and James Dean. Likewise, the author creates a reality so convincing and inescapable that as the novel progresses, I stupidly hope the world is not ending. I begin to root for more breakups, more hangovers, more derelict dreams. And, as Tierney so masterfully uses as a visual metaphor, more African violets. Tierney has written a human novel, free of self-importance and pretense. This is a gripping book by one of the finer fiction writers I know. Andy Smart, author of The More You Hate Me ABOUT THE AUTHOR Terry Tierney was raised in Minneapolis and eventually migrated to the San Francisco Bay Area. After serving in the Seabees, he completed his BA and MA at Binghamton University, and earned a PhD in Victorian Literature at Emory University. He taught college composition and creative writing, and he survived several Silicon Valley startups as a software engineer. He lives in Oakland with his wife, a Librarian from the University of California, their two Persian cats, and their enthusiastic Golden Retriever. He is the author of a poetry collection, The Poet’s Garage, and the novel Lucky Ride, both published by Unsolicited Press. His work has appeared in many literary journals and anthologies. More can be learned at http://terrytierney.com. The Bridge on Beer River is available on July 11, 2023 , as a paperback (374p.; 978-1-956692-63-1) and e-book (all major retailers). Retailers, schools, and libraries can order copies through Ingram. The author is open to speaking with the media, holding readings, and engaging in other author opportunities. 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Adam Gibbs is an author and poet from Grove City, Ohio. His writing has appeared in Black Bough Poetry, The Mark Literary Review and Second Chance Lit. His novella, Dumb Luck, is available from Unsolicited Press. He lives with his wife Lindsay and their two children, Clara and Isaac. ABOUT THE PRESS Unsolicited Press strives to produce exceptional works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from award-winning authors. Unsolicited Press is based out of Portland, Oregon and focuses on the works of the unsung and underrepresented. As a womxn-owned, all-volunteer small publisher that doesn’t worry about profits as much as championing exceptional literature, we have the privilege of partnering with authors skirting the fringes of the lit world. We’ve worked with emerging and award-winning authors such as Shann Ray, Amy Shimshon-Santo, Brook Bhagat, Kris Amos, and John W. Bateman. Learn more at unsolicitedpress.com. Find us on twitter and Instagram, @unsolicitedp. Existentialism at the Wheel is available on June 20, 2023 , as a paperback (70p.; 978-1-956692-70-9) and e-book (all major retailers). Retailers, schools, and libraries can order copies through Ingram. The author is open to speaking with the media, holding readings, and engaging in other author opportunities. Powerhouse Essayist Sarah K. Lenz Publishes "What Will Outlast Me?" with Unsolicited Press6/13/2023
 In her debut essay collection, Sarah K. Lenz explores the question: How do you live knowing you’re going to die? Lenz touches on moments when death brushed near, including a house fire, a car accident, and a police shooting, but in each case, the violent and tragic are interwoven with curiosity and insight.
With clarity and grace, Lenz takes on a wide-ranging of topics. From the discovery of a post-mortem photograph of her great-uncles who were killed by lightning to the quotidian pancaking-making days with her preschooler son while the COVID-19 pandemic raged, Lenz confronts the complexities of being sandwiched between aging parents and a young child, while also navigating her own thyroid cancer diagnosis. In the midst of this, Lenz finds herself comforting her father, who’s fixated with where to spread his ashes in “Driving the Section Line, ” and imagining all the ways her baby can die when suffering postpartum depression in “So Many Ways.” Though the subjects are serious, often life or death matters, Lenz tells these stories with warmth and wisdom. The narrative is buoyed by breathtaking honesty—and a bit of the grotesque–like a misguided attempt to cook a whole hog’s head from her beloved, late grandmother’s recipe. This book is a moving, heartfelt meditation on how to face mortality, how to grieve, but most importantly, how to awaken to the ephemeral beauty of the world. This book is a powerful reminder that what will outlast us is those we love. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sarah K. Lenz grew up in central Nebraska. Her creative nonfiction has appeared in Colorado Review, New Letters, Triquarterly, The Fourth River, Pen Dust Radio and elsewhere. Her work has been named Notable in Best American Essays three times. She writes the newsletter Spirit: Notes for the Creative Contemplative. Sarah is an Assistant Professor of English at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas where she lives with her husband, son, and twelve typewriters. Find her online at sarahklenz.com. ABOUT THE PRESS Unsolicited Press strives to produce exceptional works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from award-winning authors. Unsolicited Press is based out of Portland, Oregon and focuses on the works of the unsung and underrepresented. As a womxn-owned, all-volunteer small publisher that doesn’t worry about profits as much as championing exceptional literature, we have the privilege of partnering with authors skirting the fringes of the lit world. We’ve worked with emerging and award-winning authors such as Shann Ray, Amy Shimshon-Santo, Brook Bhagat, Kris Amos, and John W. Bateman. Learn more at unsolicitedpress.com. Find us on twitter and Instagram, @unsolicitedp. "What Will Outlast Me?" is available on June 13, 2023 , as a paperback (252p.; 978-1-956692-53-2) and e-book (all major retailers). Retailers, schools, and libraries can order copies through Ingram. The author is open to speaking with the media, holding readings, and engaging in other author opportunities. Upcoming Promotions to Celebrate the Launch of Terry Tierney's Book THE BRIDGE ON BEER RIVER6/1/2023
Unsolicited Press has had the pleasure of working with Bay Area author Terry Tierney for years, first with his poetry collection The Poet's Garage, then his novel Lucky Ride, and now with his latest novel-in-stories, The Bridge on Beer River.
In The Bridge on Beer River, set in Reagan-era Binghamton, New York, a rust belt city in decline retains the solace of romance, which often proves to be an empty promise or even a curse. With a wry perspective and unflappable determination, Curt embodies all the town’s ills, including his own problems with drinking, work, and relationships, as he tries to save himself and rescue his friends in his own unconventional and unlawful ways. To celebrate the launch of Terry's latest book (out on JULY 11, 2023), we are offering a few cool promotions. EBOOK PROMO For the first 100 copies sold on our website we will give out free ebook copies of Terry's first novel, LUCKY RIDE. Also, for those who want to buy a copy of BRIDGE off-site, then you can find ebook copies of LUCKY RIDE at a discount on your favorite ebook retailer's website (just $2.99). EVERYTHING TERRY TIERNEY BUNDLE Maybe you are itching to read everything we've published by Terry....because after all, he's a stellar writer and all-around good person. We made it so you can get all of his titles from us for a steal. Grab the book bundle! It's $40 plus shipping and you get three paperbacks. GIVEAWAY Any reader who posts a picture of them with their copy of BRIDGE on Instagram or Twitter will be entered to win a free book of their choice. Don't forget to tag @unsolicitedp in the picture.  PORTLAND, OR; May 16, 2023--The novel bears re-reading well, for the twists and turns of the plot as well as the details even a careful reader might miss on a first pass. In a wink to the world of comic books and other forms of serial storytelling, the novel also leaves space for at least one alternative reading that feels like a juicy fan theory.--Jennifer Vega, POPMATTERS
After suffering a tragic loss, eccentric comic book writer and artist Kellan Savoy entered a year-long seclusion, during which he produced Window Eyes, a twenty-two-and-a-half issue series about a man who tries to create a golem to replace his dead lover. Kellan would show this work to only one person, his best friend Thomas Levi, before disappearing with it. At the behest of Kellan’s editor, Thomas has worked to produce, from his memories, an approximation of the series so that it will not be lost to the world forever. The result: an annotated collection of issue summaries that simultaneously attempts to preserve what might be the final work of an exceptional artist while providing uncommon access to that artist’s life and mind. About Philip Jason Philip Jason’s stories can be found in magazines such as Prairie Schooner, The Pinch, Mid-American Review, Ninth Letter, and J Journal; his poetry in Spillway, Lake Effect, Canary and Summerset Review. He is a recipient of the Henfield Prize in Fiction. His first collection of poetry, I Don’t Understand Why It’s Crazy to Hear the Beautiful Songs of Nonexistent Birds, is forthcoming from Fernwood Press. For more information, visit philipjason.com. About Unsolicited Press Unsolicited Press strives to produce exceptional works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from award-winning authors. Unsolicited Press is based out of Portland, Oregon and focuses on the works of the unsung and underrepresented. As a womxn-owned, all-volunteer small publisher that doesn’t worry about profits as much as championing exceptional literature, we have the privilege of partnering with authors skirting the fringes of the lit world. We’ve worked with emerging and award-winning authors such as Shann Ray, Amy Shimshon-Santo, Brook Bhagat, Kris Amos, and John W. Bateman. Learn more at unsolicitedpress.com. Find us on twitter and Instagram, @unsolicitedp. WINDOW EYES is available on May 16, 2023, as a paperback (978-1-956692-64-8) and e-book (all major retailers). Retailers, schools, and libraries can order copies through Ingram. The author is open to speaking with the media, holding readings, and engaging in other author opportunities.  PORTLAND, OR; May 9, 2023--Equally funny and foul, heartwarming and heartbreaking, "Release Me" is a coming-of-age story about a young man who understands that home is where the heart is, but is stuck pondering the question, “Where is my heart?”
22-year-old Jacob Constantine has everything he needs—an Ivy League education, a wealthy family, and the lucrative offer to take over his father’s real estate empire. The only problem is he doesn’t know what he wants, other than his ex-girlfriend Deirdre back. When she attempts to rekindle their relationship one week before his departure to Germany—where he accepted a one-year job to put off the inevitable career with his father—the presence of the past begins to overshadow his temporary escape from the future. With the help of a beer-guzzling, flatulent punk rocker named Stinki, and Julia, the beautiful and spirited intern at the American Studies department where he works, Jake tries to navigate the present tense in Germany. But as he speeds toward his unwanted future, no amount of sex, drugs, or punk rock can keep the dark secrets from the past from being stirred up in the wake of Deirdre’s reappearance. About Tim DeMarco Tim DeMarco is a teacher, translator, writer, and wannabe musician. Release Me is his first novel. He currently lives at the Jersey Shore, where—despite having such a big mouth—he constantly bites off more than he can chew. Visit him at timdemarco.com About Unsolicited Press Unsolicited Press strives to produce exceptional works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from award-winning authors. Unsolicited Press is based out of Portland, Oregon and focuses on the works of the unsung and underrepresented. As a womxn-owned, all-volunteer small publisher that doesn’t worry about profits as much as championing exceptional literature, we have the privilege of partnering with authors skirting the fringes of the lit world. We’ve worked with emerging and award-winning authors such as Shann Ray, Amy Shimshon-Santo, Brook Bhagat, Kris Amos, and John W. Bateman. Learn more at unsolicitedpress.com. Find us on twitter and Instagram, @unsolicitedp. RELEASE ME is available on May 9, 2023, as a paperback (978-1-956692-69-3) and e-book (all major retailers). Retailers, schools, and libraries can order copies through Ingram. The author is open to speaking with the media, holding readings, and engaging in other author opportunities. |