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![Pensacola Girls by Kristin Garth and Elisabeth Horan [PREORDER]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/800e05_4761dc860f1b4cf9a6c124ebb2c81703~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_426,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90/800e05_4761dc860f1b4cf9a6c124ebb2c81703~mv2.jpeg)
- Sep 2, 2018
- 2 min
Pensacola Girls by Kristin Garth and Elisabeth Horan [PREORDER]
Every woman has her Pensacola, that shorthand of, “Oh, me too. I know who you are.” -Elisabeth Horan The poems in Pensacola Girls are about abuse and trauma. They’re about the things men often (too often) do to women and children: make them prey, turn their bodies into playthings or objects of derision (depending on their mood), then blame the women, the girls, for their leers and jeers. It is about how men turn women mad, then hope they can Rochester their way out of it by l
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- Aug 14, 2018
- 1 min
PREORDER: Riding with Anne Sexton
They kick me out and tell me to take you with me. Of course, of course, I have to take you with me. Your mid-century modern is trashed with vomit. Your hair is matted and your lipstick smeared into your cheek. I am all out of pity and gods to please you with. They took all the food and fucking with them anyway. They said, no, really, this is excessive, even by our standards—and if you think we’re going to open the door when you knock once more, you better have a believable st
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![Riding with Anne Sexton by Jen Rouse [PREORDER]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/800e05_d39e55d311354916961f88b551d6805f~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_421,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90/800e05_d39e55d311354916961f88b551d6805f~mv2.jpeg)
- Jun 16, 2018
- 2 min
Riding with Anne Sexton by Jen Rouse [PREORDER]
Bone & Ink Press, in collaboration with dancing girl press, presents: Riding with Anne Sexton, a chapbook by Jen Rouse. *** Here we are, darling, in the car. Vodka fresh and radio blaring. I know the bottom of that glass like I know god—and neither ends or begins in me, but I go on and you remain. Cherry red, lipstick-stained cigarette, and your name against my name. Anne. And this pain. That curls up on the leather beside you and calls you home. -from “Riding with Anne Sexto
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- Jun 10, 2018
- 1 min
Bone & Ink Press 2018/19 Publication List
I am so, so stoked to announce the titles I will be publishing and helping to publish over the next year. I believe heavy in all of these writers and their words, and I am beyond honored that they’re trusting me and my little baby press to help put their work into your hands. Publication dates and preorders will be posted as soon as they’re available. About the anthology: I already know what the theme will be, I just don’t want to post it until I put up the official call for
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- Jun 6, 2018
- 1 min
Bone & Ink / Vol. 3
Introducing: the new, snazzy digital magazine version of Bone & Ink. Now, as each volume wraps, I will release it in its complete form, instead of just linking to the individual posts. Vol. 3 is available right now. Click the cover image to read and/or download. Volumes 1 and 2 will be available very soon. #vol3 #boneandinkpress #ezine #indielit #poetry #jasonbates #jenrouse #kjgeisler #betsyhousten #carlyanneravnikar #bryoncherry #constanceschultz #teresakmiller #solanarose
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- May 15, 2018
- 3 min
Call for Submissions, May/June/July 2018: pride, midsummer, patriotism, road trips, carnivals and ci
The Bone & Ink press blog is now open for the May/June/July themes, as well as non-themed submissions, and essays about art, literature, and film. May/June/July themes: pride (As in: June is Pride Month, y’all. Looking for themes of LGBTQ+ness, in all of their glory, horror, beauty, and grime.) midsummer and/or A Midsummer Night’s Dream (subverting) patriotism (Do you consider yourself a patriot, but not for the usual reasons/in the usual way? Or are you completely anti-patri
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- May 11, 2018
- 1 min
Finalists for the Bone & Ink Press 2018/2019 chapbook series
I’m pleased to announce the finalists of this year’s open reading period for chapbooks: -Eating the Air, by Patrick Fontes -Pensacola Girls, by Elisabeth Horan & Kristin Garth -Cover Us with Mountains, by V.C. McCabe -Becoming the Bronze Idol, by Rita Mookerjee From this list, I will be choosing two or three titles which will be published in autumn or winter 2018, or early 2019. The reading period for the 2019/2020 chapbook series will open in early 2019. In addition, I will
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- Apr 14, 2018
- 1 min
Bone & Ink Press news: manuscript submissions closed, and some other things
Jessie here, with some Bone & Ink Press news too long to post in tweet form. First things first - manuscript submissions are currently closed. I got way more submissions than I anticipated, which is great, but as I’m the only one reading manuscript subs right now, I can’t accept any more until further notice. I think I’m going to do it the way many micro-presses do: read through the submissions, select finalists, then select the two manuscripts that I’m ultimately going to pu
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- Apr 2, 2018
- 2 min
Vol. 2: February/March 2018
...and that's a wrap for Vol. 2! Here's the complete list, so you can more easily revisit individual pieces: Legend, by Courtney LeBlanc A Japanese legend says if you can’t sleep it’s because you’re awake in someone else’s dream. Featured Writer: Courtney LeBlanc A Love Song In Four Bars, by Jessie Lynn McMains It’s just you’re so pretty when yr putty, yr so damaged like a fist to a mirror. Sir Math, by Kelly Sexton And I almost fucked you, after the dirty talk about the fact
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- Mar 14, 2018
- 3 min
Call for Submissions, March/April/May 2018: springtime, fertility, fools, odes, Beats, suburban rain
Things have changed a bit here at the Bone & Ink Press blog-o-zine. I am now accepting open-ended blog submissions along with submissions for the monthly themes. What do I mean by open-ended blog submissions? I mean: submissions that still follow the general guidelines, ethos, and aesthetics of Bone & Ink Press, but that don't fit any of the monthly themes. I am also accepting submissions of essays about the art, literature, and film that inspires you. Read on for more info.
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- Feb 9, 2018
- 2 min
January/February 2018
Below is a complete list of each piece published for the Bone & Ink Press blog-zine inaugural themes. Stay tuned for the February/March themes, which will start being published in a few days. (And consider submitting your own stuff, maybe?) Stillness, by Ele-Beth Little Being still is only something for glasses of white wine and ice at night. For tired eyes. For sleeping on the couch, glasses lopsided. Hurricanes happen and heat. The gardening and the dog-walking, driving. I
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- Feb 3, 2018
- 3 min
Call for Submissions, February/March 2018: valentines, sonnets, celebration, atonement, green, luck
I’m going to continue the trend of letting the holidays and holy days give me ideas for themes, and oooh I’m lucky cuz the ones coming up during this next run are thick with potentials for themes and imagery. Here are your options for February/March 2018: Conversation hearts (and/or) valentines. Obviously this one’s inspired by that romantic holiday everyone loves to hate, but I’m not looking for stuff inspired by V-Day itself so much as I’m looking for stuff inspired by the
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- Jan 17, 2018
- 2 min
Stillness
Stillness by Ele-Beth Little The book. First it was Jane Eyre. Being still is only something for glasses of white wine and ice at night. For tired eyes. For sleeping on the couch, glasses lopsided. Hurricanes happen and heat. The gardening and the dog-walking, driving. I inherited her movement, to a lesser degree. The funeral director said it sounds like she enjoyed setting things up. Her friends said she always runs away. Planted seeds. Refurbished pubs. Hitch-hiked home fro
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- Jan 13, 2018
- 2 min
Call for Submissions, January-February 2018: Endings, Beginnings, & Resolutions
From the beginning of January to the middle of February, many of the holidays--western New Year, Imbolc/Candlemas, Chinese New Year, etc.--have to do with endings and beginnings. And then there are the different ways, both overt and subconscious, we mark these endings and beginnings--our rituals and resolutions. So, the very first theme here on the Bone & Ink Press e-zine is endings, beginnings, & resolutions. I want to encourage you to get creative with the themes. Your art
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- Jan 13, 2018
- 1 min
hurry, hurry, hurry, step right up!
Ladies and gentleworms, boys and ghouls, tramps and tricksters and traingels, prophets and poormen, devils, lovers, and ghosts... Welcome to the Bone & Ink Press blog/zine! Some rad content is coming very soon. In the meantime, be sure to visit the about page. #boneandinkpress #testing123 #ezine
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