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Out today!! “Come Again No More is simply the best work of Southern literature I’ve ever read, a story so lyrical and lovingly drawn – and spit-take funny – that the ghost of William Faulkner might just throw rocks at his best work. I read the book in a day, and I never do that.”
—Bryan Denson
—Bryan Denson
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Out today!! “Come Again No More is simply the best work of Southern literature I’ve ever read, a story so lyrical and lovingly drawn – and spit-take funny – that the ghost of William Faulkner might just throw rocks at his best work. I read the book in a day, and I never do that.”
—Bryan Denson
—Bryan Denson
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🚨 📙 My forthcoming book has a cover! I hear dynamite gets lit once you start reading. 🧨
The one-and-only @taylorbyas.bsky.social was my editor and @simonemuenchie.bsky.social brought me into the @jacklegpress.bsky.social fold. ✨
Goes boom on 3.16.2026. More info coming soon!
The one-and-only @taylorbyas.bsky.social was my editor and @simonemuenchie.bsky.social brought me into the @jacklegpress.bsky.social fold. ✨
Goes boom on 3.16.2026. More info coming soon!
October 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
🚨 📙 My forthcoming book has a cover! I hear dynamite gets lit once you start reading. 🧨
The one-and-only @taylorbyas.bsky.social was my editor and @simonemuenchie.bsky.social brought me into the @jacklegpress.bsky.social fold. ✨
Goes boom on 3.16.2026. More info coming soon!
The one-and-only @taylorbyas.bsky.social was my editor and @simonemuenchie.bsky.social brought me into the @jacklegpress.bsky.social fold. ✨
Goes boom on 3.16.2026. More info coming soon!
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Don't miss... our last two WWPH LITERARY SALONS...of this year!! (FREE! did you see?!)
Limited seats for each event... sign up here at www.washingtonwriters.org
#writers #writingcommunity #washingtondc #blackwriters
Limited seats for each event... sign up here at www.washingtonwriters.org
#writers #writingcommunity #washingtondc #blackwriters
October 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Don't miss... our last two WWPH LITERARY SALONS...of this year!! (FREE! did you see?!)
Limited seats for each event... sign up here at www.washingtonwriters.org
#writers #writingcommunity #washingtondc #blackwriters
Limited seats for each event... sign up here at www.washingtonwriters.org
#writers #writingcommunity #washingtondc #blackwriters
Happy pub day to Lex Orgera!
-Agatha-
This is not just a book about the body but a profound exploration of what it means to inhabit one.
-Agatha-
This is not just a book about the body but a profound exploration of what it means to inhabit one.
October 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Happy pub day to Lex Orgera!
-Agatha-
This is not just a book about the body but a profound exploration of what it means to inhabit one.
-Agatha-
This is not just a book about the body but a profound exploration of what it means to inhabit one.
More great news! Congratulations to Karen Rigby (JackLeg Press) and all the incredible finalists! What a joy to celebrate this vibrant literary community — we ❤️ being part of it!
October 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
More great news! Congratulations to Karen Rigby (JackLeg Press) and all the incredible finalists! What a joy to celebrate this vibrant literary community — we ❤️ being part of it!
We are so proud to see these great JackLeg titles featured here!! Thank you @bookshop.org 🔥💪❤️ bookshop.org/lists/short-...
Short Story Standouts
Check out these gripping, funny, and exciting short story collections & anthologies!
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October 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We are so proud to see these great JackLeg titles featured here!! Thank you @bookshop.org 🔥💪❤️ bookshop.org/lists/short-...
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Congratulations to David Welch and the editors @jacklegpress.bsky.social! 🥳
We are so thrilled to announce the shortlist for 2025 CHIRBys!!! Congratulations to all of our finalists 🥳🥳🥳
October 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Congratulations to David Welch and the editors @jacklegpress.bsky.social! 🥳
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This is from the poem “Agatha at Dawn” in AGATHA. The poem begins, “& then we’re trying / on the molecules / of sainthood, delivering / ourselves to the gods / of caffeine.”
AGATHA is officially out in the world Oct 13 from @jacklegpress.bsky.social
AGATHA is officially out in the world Oct 13 from @jacklegpress.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
This is from the poem “Agatha at Dawn” in AGATHA. The poem begins, “& then we’re trying / on the molecules / of sainthood, delivering / ourselves to the gods / of caffeine.”
AGATHA is officially out in the world Oct 13 from @jacklegpress.bsky.social
AGATHA is officially out in the world Oct 13 from @jacklegpress.bsky.social
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September 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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…& check out @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social’s books in our @bookshop.org : bookshop.org/beta-search?....
BIO: Chloe N. Clark is the author of COLLECTIVE GRAVITIES, PATTERNS OF ORBIT & more. Her short story collection EVERY GALAXY A CIRCLE is forthcoming from @jacklegpress.bsky.social.
#ExpoContributor
BIO: Chloe N. Clark is the author of COLLECTIVE GRAVITIES, PATTERNS OF ORBIT & more. Her short story collection EVERY GALAXY A CIRCLE is forthcoming from @jacklegpress.bsky.social.
#ExpoContributor
September 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
…& check out @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social’s books in our @bookshop.org : bookshop.org/beta-search?....
BIO: Chloe N. Clark is the author of COLLECTIVE GRAVITIES, PATTERNS OF ORBIT & more. Her short story collection EVERY GALAXY A CIRCLE is forthcoming from @jacklegpress.bsky.social.
#ExpoContributor
BIO: Chloe N. Clark is the author of COLLECTIVE GRAVITIES, PATTERNS OF ORBIT & more. Her short story collection EVERY GALAXY A CIRCLE is forthcoming from @jacklegpress.bsky.social.
#ExpoContributor
One of our awesome editors, @re-ari.bsky.social featured in @literaryheist.bsky.social 🔥💪
www.literaryheist.com/articles/im-...
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I’m Finally Writing about Karl Ove Knausgaard - Literary Heist
How Karl Ove Knausgaard's latest work stacks up against his greatest hits. I fell under the spell of Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard...
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September 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
One of our awesome editors, @re-ari.bsky.social featured in @literaryheist.bsky.social 🔥💪
www.literaryheist.com/articles/im-...
www.literaryheist.com/articles/im-...
Live today! Happy pub day to Allison Cundiff! On sale everywhere. “Beautifully done, rings true psychologically, as good-humored as it is deep and real.”
—Neal & Betsy Delmonico, publishers, Golden Antelope Press & Blazing Sapphire Press
—Neal & Betsy Delmonico, publishers, Golden Antelope Press & Blazing Sapphire Press
September 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Live today! Happy pub day to Allison Cundiff! On sale everywhere. “Beautifully done, rings true psychologically, as good-humored as it is deep and real.”
—Neal & Betsy Delmonico, publishers, Golden Antelope Press & Blazing Sapphire Press
—Neal & Betsy Delmonico, publishers, Golden Antelope Press & Blazing Sapphire Press
Great review from our Mamaging Director! brooklynrail.org/2025/06/book...
Xavier Le Clerc’s A Man With No Title | The Brooklyn Rail
Fathers and sons part ways across a distance that binds them. If the son is a writer, the father’s world turns into a word. A Man With No Title, a 2022 work of nonfiction by Xavier Le Clerc, out now f...
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September 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Great review from our Mamaging Director! brooklynrail.org/2025/06/book...
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NEW TITLE in our library! HEY PICKPOCKET by Allison Cundiff www.amazon.com/Hey-Pickpock... @jacklegpress.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
NEW TITLE in our library! HEY PICKPOCKET by Allison Cundiff www.amazon.com/Hey-Pickpock... @jacklegpress.bsky.social
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The Big 5 publishers get a lot of attention...let's give small ones some well-deserved airtime.
#20Indiebookchallenge Choose 20 small-press books you've either read or want to read, in no particular order. Just covers + publisher's name.
Publisher: @jacklegpress.bsky.social
16/20
#litfic
#20Indiebookchallenge Choose 20 small-press books you've either read or want to read, in no particular order. Just covers + publisher's name.
Publisher: @jacklegpress.bsky.social
16/20
#litfic
August 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The Big 5 publishers get a lot of attention...let's give small ones some well-deserved airtime.
#20Indiebookchallenge Choose 20 small-press books you've either read or want to read, in no particular order. Just covers + publisher's name.
Publisher: @jacklegpress.bsky.social
16/20
#litfic
#20Indiebookchallenge Choose 20 small-press books you've either read or want to read, in no particular order. Just covers + publisher's name.
Publisher: @jacklegpress.bsky.social
16/20
#litfic
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ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAYS are for book covers ❤️ Contributor @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social has a cover reveal for their forthcoming book EVERY GALAXY A CIRCLE from @jacklegpress.bsky.social ✨ buff.ly/bOusSjV
August 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAYS are for book covers ❤️ Contributor @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social has a cover reveal for their forthcoming book EVERY GALAXY A CIRCLE from @jacklegpress.bsky.social ✨ buff.ly/bOusSjV
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Delighted to reveal the cover for my forthcoming book from @jacklegpress.bsky.social with huge thanks to amazing editor @fulmerford.com
August 22, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Delighted to reveal the cover for my forthcoming book from @jacklegpress.bsky.social with huge thanks to amazing editor @fulmerford.com
The Sudden Panic That SCOTUS Might Overturn Marriage Equality Misses the Real Threat - Slate
August 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The Sudden Panic That SCOTUS Might Overturn Marriage Equality Misses the Real Threat - Slate
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My copies of COME AGAIN NO MORE, my newspaper novel from @jacklegpress.bsky.social, have arrived. You can preorder in advance of Nov. 10 publication. bookshop.org/p/books/come... #preordernovel #southernlit #📚
July 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
My copies of COME AGAIN NO MORE, my newspaper novel from @jacklegpress.bsky.social, have arrived. You can preorder in advance of Nov. 10 publication. bookshop.org/p/books/come... #preordernovel #southernlit #📚
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I am very excited to be a 2025 VCCA Fellow! Dreams do come true. 🤸🏼🤸🏿♀️🤸🏻♂️🤸🏼🤸🏿♀️ #VCCAFellows
July 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I am very excited to be a 2025 VCCA Fellow! Dreams do come true. 🤸🏼🤸🏿♀️🤸🏻♂️🤸🏼🤸🏿♀️ #VCCAFellows
On sale today! Through reading this, I've relearned what it means to be an active participant—in the act of poetry and life.
—KB Brookins, award-winning
author of Pretty
—KB Brookins, award-winning
author of Pretty
July 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
On sale today! Through reading this, I've relearned what it means to be an active participant—in the act of poetry and life.
—KB Brookins, award-winning
author of Pretty
—KB Brookins, award-winning
author of Pretty