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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · Dec 8
Brave and unflinching, Like Blood on a Dog's Teeth comes gracious & asking; From youth to adulthood, from lost pup to collared, Nivik reflects on bright lights and rough loves, the selfhood of aging, & all that it costs.
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The cover image, a charcoal and nearly white pale green photo of a person in profile in their pup hood. Their eyes are obscured by a scribble of the background colour over which the title is written in red, is accompanied by the following text LIKE BLOOD ON A DOG’S TEETH NIVIK January 21st, 2026 kithbooks.com “i want to feel you with alien skin just to touch the newness and strangeness of your flesh until i again know it for its sensitivity under this layer of warmth.” - Latex like blood on a dog's teeth i love like a dog with blood on their teeth caught up in the immediacy of the scent, singularly focused and ever pursuing eyes dilated, wracked with frenzy, possession, instinct, insatiable. i am a dog in pursuit baying and howling, consumed by my quarry, the trumpet beckoning me on to settle the hunt and feast i am a starving dog following the trace of you. finally locked in my jaws i gorge and gratify. Drone (love in a gas mask) there is perfection in unblemished latex skin a mask that reflects the viewer in eyes that are closed knowing only your warm touch magnified and heightened to guide me. There is transfiguration in a creature relying on exclusively on your command to guide and position me. To be an empty shell where words like 'I' escape meaning. To respond to the pulls at my collar. To be an object at your disposal. To be the thing you use and direct. To have no will but yours. An emptiness and silence punctuated by breaths through a gas mask and what moans you command me make. Breathe life into my vents and filters and play god a while. gentle i wish to live a quiet life stirred only by a gentle breeze that tickles wind-chimes in dulcet expressions and calls me to prayer yet here the gentility we build is surrounded by smoke and fangs and the roars of the bloodthirsty the peace i have this gentility i wish: the bloodthirsty remind you you only have this world because the wolves haven't come for you yet. they tolerate you for a while. in this shrinking, gentle world that hasn't yet turned to ash the desolate feeling (ever closer to the brink) that we must be quieter unhurried reasoning with those with bloodstained fangs in the hope they pass over our houses— (perhaps our bones and sinew are not yet offensive enough to warrant them gouging us.) i say to you these wolves will feast on us all— we must defend the last of this fragile world from these forests of ash and glinting teeth. we must defend our gentle peace our quiet and felicitous solitude by sharpening our teeth to meet the monsters' own. when the howls of the bloodthirsty are extinguished we can have our quiet peace again. On a background of pale green is the muzzle of a person in pup hood and the following text LIKE BLOOD ON A DOG’S TEETH NIVIK January 21st, 2026 kithbooks.com No one teaches us how to age gracefully in the queer community; Nivik does the best job of it I've seen thus far. Their poems are elegaic exposés on an utterly new queer condition: what it's like to have loved and lost, to have danced until you're no longer the pretty young thing in the middle of the rave, to have had raw, unbridled intimacy in an age where the only epidemic people are worried about doesn't have to do with your sexuality. The animal imagery throughout, often classical, often beat, tells the tale of a dog who is lost and abandoned, found again, found again, and still possessing an immense, inane appetite. And whether you're a pup or a furry, a kinkster or a prude, a dom daddy or a sadistic sub, Nivik's poems are a dog unto themselves: they'll go for your throat, and you won't know until you're done whether their bite is one of love or of hunger. Or maybe they're both the same -Thurston Howl, Fenris Publishing
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ICE are slave catchers and y'all want better trained slave catchers? Y'all want slave catchers with better rules? Fuck out of here
February 2, 2026 at 2:04 AM
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live your life to earn "mama. i thought we had time"
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Live your life so that:
-Isaac Chotiner never asks for an interview
-Ronan Farrow never investigates you
-Tressie McMillan Cottom writes an OpEd about your myopia
-Tanehisi Coates never has to come on your podcast to tell you how exactly you're a moron
February 2, 2026 at 12:33 AM
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Please support this magazine of trans photography.

The work in here (and the first edition which you can get online) is lovely. Easel is made by a very small handful of people, and is incredibly well done. It’s printed BEAUTIFULLY.

Tell your friends about it. ◡̈
readeasel.bsky.social EASEL @readeasel.bsky.social · 17d
They're here :) Pick up a copy at www.readeasel.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:31 AM
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They're here :) Pick up a copy at www.readeasel.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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Good morning to There Is News Along the Ohio River by Beth Gilstrap, cover design by @alban-fischer.bsky.social, and cover photograph by author @bettysueblue.bsky.social! 📚❤️🎉

Preorders now open here: riverriverbooks.org/store/-Preor...
There Is News Along the Ohio River featuring a muddy river and the Big Four Bridge in Louisville, large white, expressive font over the image
January 30, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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Transmasc Marvel Girl, the follow-up to my chapbook, Heaven, Ekphrasis, is coming out with @kithbooks.bsky.social this spring!! It's like a sequel that's even more more mad, horny, embodied, speculative, poltical, heartbreaking, and transgender! 🎞️🩸👩‍🍼🏳️‍⚧️🧟👽⛈️👬👭👅🍑💦 #poetry #queer #sci-fi #literature
book announcement graphic for "Transmasc Marvel Girl: Poems" by sterling-elizabeth arcadia, out Spring 2026 with Kith Books. On a Black background in the top right quadrant of the image, a portion of a white linework sketch shows some feathers and the claws of a hawk carrying some red and white entrails. In the middle of the page, in all caps, in red, "Announcing:" and below it, also centered horizontally, in white text, the name of the collection and author, then in gray text "Spring 2026 with Kith Books"
February 1, 2026 at 2:48 AM
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kithbooks.bsky.social kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 1d
if you're calling to apply for kith crit, stay on the line...

i'll be replying to everyone who has reached out midday tomorrow. i'm on the west coast of the US should you need a little extra. if you need a bigger window, please just tell me. i'm also a human. i need grace sometimes too.
February 1, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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calling all wafflers, hesitators, and procrastinators...
TODAY IS YOUR DAY!
kithbooks.bsky.social kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · Dec 22
kith crit: cohort one
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kith crit: cohort one a grassroots manuscript workshop for the trans, queer, Crip, & sick A FREE twelve week critique & craft workshop for writers of all genres who have been systemically, or functionally, excluded from traditional lit education spaces applications due: January 31st responses: February 15th workshop begins: March 16th-22nd DO NOT SELF REJECT wim@kithbooks.com kithbooks.com kith crit: cohort one Spring 2026 a grassroots manuscript workshop for the trans, queer, Crip, & sick What: a positive and nurturing collaborative workshop comprised of weekly group sessions; private discord access for day to day encouragement, community, and editorial support; and a behind the scenes look at the process of publication; ideally culminating in a press ready book.* Who: this workshop is open to anyone systemically or functionally excluded from traditional lit ed opportunities. while kith focuses primarily on trans, queer, Crip, and sick writers, please don’t self reject. ultimately participants will be chosen by fit. applications for inclusion will be recorded as proof of eligibility. no evidence of need is wanted or required. How: a brief statement outlining your hopes and/or expectations that includes a ‘state of the wip’ reckoning, along with a sample of the project you hope to workshop should be sent to wim@kithbooks.com by January 31st. access assurances, inquiries, and anxieties are welcome as well. kithbooks.com @KithBooks CRAFT SESSIONS: Who is a Workshop & How is Critique? Text: Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping by Matthew Salesses Lyrical Wordscapes: Uncovering the rhythm of body and voice Text: Wrestling With Cadence: Essays on writing and intuition by Dennis Lee Internal Continuity in World Building aka King William would NEVER say that! Texts: Prince Faggot by Jordan Tannahill, The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde & Query by Zilla Novikov Reality Check: In which we talk about money & get mad about art Texts: How Artists Make Money & How Money Makes Artists by Dave Berry & The Future of Truth by Werner Herzog Whitespace & Wonder aka Books aren’t 8.5 by 11 and neither should you Texts: How I Bend into More by Tea Gerbeza, Cyclettes by Tree Abraham, & We Need A Breathing Tongue Between by Katarina Gotic Damiani Okay, But, Is It Working? aka Are we going to need eagles to get us out of this jam? Texts: Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin & Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz & David Hayward
January 31, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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if you're calling to apply for kith crit, stay on the line...

i'll be replying to everyone who has reached out midday tomorrow. i'm on the west coast of the US should you need a little extra. if you need a bigger window, please just tell me. i'm also a human. i need grace sometimes too.
February 1, 2026 at 3:25 AM
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I took apart "my heart is a Chainsaw" and reassembled it into thirteen centos of found poetry about Slashers, final girls, colonialism and love. IS MY CHAINSAW A HEART: 13 CENTOS available in print or digital from @kithbooks.bsky.social with foreword by SGJ www.kithbooks.com/shop/p/chain...
January 31, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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calling all wafflers, hesitators, and procrastinators...
TODAY IS YOUR DAY!
kithbooks.bsky.social kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · Dec 22
kith crit: cohort one
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kith crit: cohort one a grassroots manuscript workshop for the trans, queer, Crip, & sick A FREE twelve week critique & craft workshop for writers of all genres who have been systemically, or functionally, excluded from traditional lit education spaces applications due: January 31st responses: February 15th workshop begins: March 16th-22nd DO NOT SELF REJECT wim@kithbooks.com kithbooks.com kith crit: cohort one Spring 2026 a grassroots manuscript workshop for the trans, queer, Crip, & sick What: a positive and nurturing collaborative workshop comprised of weekly group sessions; private discord access for day to day encouragement, community, and editorial support; and a behind the scenes look at the process of publication; ideally culminating in a press ready book.* Who: this workshop is open to anyone systemically or functionally excluded from traditional lit ed opportunities. while kith focuses primarily on trans, queer, Crip, and sick writers, please don’t self reject. ultimately participants will be chosen by fit. applications for inclusion will be recorded as proof of eligibility. no evidence of need is wanted or required. How: a brief statement outlining your hopes and/or expectations that includes a ‘state of the wip’ reckoning, along with a sample of the project you hope to workshop should be sent to wim@kithbooks.com by January 31st. access assurances, inquiries, and anxieties are welcome as well. kithbooks.com @KithBooks CRAFT SESSIONS: Who is a Workshop & How is Critique? Text: Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping by Matthew Salesses Lyrical Wordscapes: Uncovering the rhythm of body and voice Text: Wrestling With Cadence: Essays on writing and intuition by Dennis Lee Internal Continuity in World Building aka King William would NEVER say that! Texts: Prince Faggot by Jordan Tannahill, The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde & Query by Zilla Novikov Reality Check: In which we talk about money & get mad about art Texts: How Artists Make Money & How Money Makes Artists by Dave Berry & The Future of Truth by Werner Herzog Whitespace & Wonder aka Books aren’t 8.5 by 11 and neither should you Texts: How I Bend into More by Tea Gerbeza, Cyclettes by Tree Abraham, & We Need A Breathing Tongue Between by Katarina Gotic Damiani Okay, But, Is It Working? aka Are we going to need eagles to get us out of this jam? Texts: Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin & Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz & David Hayward
January 31, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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COVER REVEAL & PREORDERS ARE OPEN! I’m thrilled to share to the cover for my forthcoming hybrid/micro CNF collection from @riverriverbooks! Thank you to @han.vanderhart & @amorakhuey for believing in my odd, sad bird & my eternal gratitude to brilliant designer, @albyfischer for this gorgeousness!
Book cover reveal for There Is News Along The Ohio River: a fog encased Big Four Bridge, that crosses the Ohio River between Louisville, KY and Jeffersonville, IN.
January 30, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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"I adore these poems.
Read this book if you're alive."
- Doug Paul Case, author of Americanitis

Mall Water
Jenna Jaco

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Print: kithbooks.com/shop/p/mallwater
eBook: kithbooks.com/digital/p/mallwater
Mall Water Lema Jaco cover: a teal washed photo looking into the Toronto Rain. Eaton Centre from inside the South entrance. slashed across the image is a red banner edged in pink and yellow that bears the title. text: I adore these poems. Read this book if you're alive. - Doug Paul Case, author of Americanitis
October 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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if you liked...
you might like...

A Haunting Most Cold by Lauren Carter
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The Practical Man's Guide to Cheating Death by Alice Scott
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under the title "if you liked... you might like..." are the cover images of the following books: A Haunting Most Cold by Lauren Carter - two figures appear in the second story window of a peaked roofed mansion laden with ice and snow The Practical Man's Guide to Cheating Death by Alice Scott - a green velvet clad person sits in an armchair in front of a fire
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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almost time to panic!
kithbooks.bsky.social kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · Dec 22
kith crit: cohort one
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kith crit: cohort one a grassroots manuscript workshop for the trans, queer, Crip, & sick A FREE twelve week critique & craft workshop for writers of all genres who have been systemically, or functionally, excluded from traditional lit education spaces applications due: January 31st responses: February 15th workshop begins: March 16th-22nd DO NOT SELF REJECT wim@kithbooks.com kithbooks.com kith crit: cohort one Spring 2026 a grassroots manuscript workshop for the trans, queer, Crip, & sick What: a positive and nurturing collaborative workshop comprised of weekly group sessions; private discord access for day to day encouragement, community, and editorial support; and a behind the scenes look at the process of publication; ideally culminating in a press ready book.* Who: this workshop is open to anyone systemically or functionally excluded from traditional lit ed opportunities. while kith focuses primarily on trans, queer, Crip, and sick writers, please don’t self reject. ultimately participants will be chosen by fit. applications for inclusion will be recorded as proof of eligibility. no evidence of need is wanted or required. How: a brief statement outlining your hopes and/or expectations that includes a ‘state of the wip’ reckoning, along with a sample of the project you hope to workshop should be sent to wim@kithbooks.com by January 31st. access assurances, inquiries, and anxieties are welcome as well. kithbooks.com @KithBooks CRAFT SESSIONS: Who is a Workshop & How is Critique? Text: Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping by Matthew Salesses Lyrical Wordscapes: Uncovering the rhythm of body and voice Text: Wrestling With Cadence: Essays on writing and intuition by Dennis Lee Internal Continuity in World Building aka King William would NEVER say that! Texts: Prince Faggot by Jordan Tannahill, The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde & Query by Zilla Novikov Reality Check: In which we talk about money & get mad about art Texts: How Artists Make Money & How Money Makes Artists by Dave Berry & The Future of Truth by Werner Herzog Whitespace & Wonder aka Books aren’t 8.5 by 11 and neither should you Texts: How I Bend into More by Tea Gerbeza, Cyclettes by Tree Abraham, & We Need A Breathing Tongue Between by Katarina Gotic Damiani Okay, But, Is It Working? aka Are we going to need eagles to get us out of this jam? Texts: Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin & Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz & David Hayward
January 30, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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today's reads
today's reads perfectly paired Unfrozen: the fight for the future of the Arctic by Moa Bennet & Klaus Dodds The Place of Tides James Rebanks
January 30, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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2026 marks the ten-year anniversary of Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit Issues in Canada!

Have you seen the gorgeous cover of the second edition coming to mark the occasion? You can preorder now!

www.portageandmainpress.com/Books/I/Indi...
Indigenous Writes
“Reading Indigenous Writes, you feel that you are having a conversation over coffee with a super-smart friend, someone who refuses to simplify, who chooses to amplify, who is unafraid to kick against ...
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January 30, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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I fucking love indie lit. I love what @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social @thirtywestph.com @gameoverbooks.bsky.social @malarkeybooks.bsky.social @kithbooks.bsky.social @riotinyourthroat.bsky.social Autofucus and more are doing. And how they are doing it. A god damn inspiration, every single day.
January 30, 2026 at 1:46 AM
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today's a beautiful day to take action
if you've called an elected representative, attended a rally, participated in a work stoppage, stood up to a bigot, or taken any other action on behalf of the people, code ABOLISHICE will get you a free eBook or $3 off any book in the shop
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January 25, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition.

We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:
Free Ebooks: Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice an...
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January 26, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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I wrote 13 100 line poems of found poetry from @sgj.bsky.social s MY HEART IS A CHAINSAW and he kindly wrote the foreword to it
check out IS MY CHAINSAW A HEART: 13 CENTOS at @kithbooks.bsky.social - all the links below

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cjsubko.bsky.social C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 4d
Authors, please talk about your books.

We needs breaks from the suck or we won't make it.
January 29, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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two days left to apply!!
kithbooks.bsky.social kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · Dec 22
kith crit: cohort one
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kith crit: cohort one a grassroots manuscript workshop for the trans, queer, Crip, & sick A FREE twelve week critique & craft workshop for writers of all genres who have been systemically, or functionally, excluded from traditional lit education spaces applications due: January 31st responses: February 15th workshop begins: March 16th-22nd DO NOT SELF REJECT wim@kithbooks.com kithbooks.com kith crit: cohort one Spring 2026 a grassroots manuscript workshop for the trans, queer, Crip, & sick What: a positive and nurturing collaborative workshop comprised of weekly group sessions; private discord access for day to day encouragement, community, and editorial support; and a behind the scenes look at the process of publication; ideally culminating in a press ready book.* Who: this workshop is open to anyone systemically or functionally excluded from traditional lit ed opportunities. while kith focuses primarily on trans, queer, Crip, and sick writers, please don’t self reject. ultimately participants will be chosen by fit. applications for inclusion will be recorded as proof of eligibility. no evidence of need is wanted or required. How: a brief statement outlining your hopes and/or expectations that includes a ‘state of the wip’ reckoning, along with a sample of the project you hope to workshop should be sent to wim@kithbooks.com by January 31st. access assurances, inquiries, and anxieties are welcome as well. kithbooks.com @KithBooks CRAFT SESSIONS: Who is a Workshop & How is Critique? Text: Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping by Matthew Salesses Lyrical Wordscapes: Uncovering the rhythm of body and voice Text: Wrestling With Cadence: Essays on writing and intuition by Dennis Lee Internal Continuity in World Building aka King William would NEVER say that! Texts: Prince Faggot by Jordan Tannahill, The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde & Query by Zilla Novikov Reality Check: In which we talk about money & get mad about art Texts: How Artists Make Money & How Money Makes Artists by Dave Berry & The Future of Truth by Werner Herzog Whitespace & Wonder aka Books aren’t 8.5 by 11 and neither should you Texts: How I Bend into More by Tea Gerbeza, Cyclettes by Tree Abraham, & We Need A Breathing Tongue Between by Katarina Gotic Damiani Okay, But, Is It Working? aka Are we going to need eagles to get us out of this jam? Texts: Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin & Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz & David Hayward
January 29, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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there are cathedrals...
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under the title "there are cathedrals..." are the covers of the following books Book of Extraction: Poems with Teeth Adrian Dallas Frandle here i am, pry me open Atlas St. Cloud The Magi Come to Toronto E.G.N. Lafleur Angels & Insects are Creatures with Wings Amy Jannotti
January 28, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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today's read
Gigged The end of the job and the future of work Sarah Kessler
January 28, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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call a Democrat and tell them pre-capitulation will lose them your support and we'll give you a free eBook or $3 off any book in the shop.
code: ABOLISHICE
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January 27, 2026 at 2:37 PM