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Rose Metal Press is a non-profit publisher specializing in the publication of hybrid genre books. Founded in 2006. Posts by co-founders Abby Beckel and Kathleen Rooney. Check out our books and amazing authors here: www.rosemetalpress.com
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“We don’t realize that nearly one in every two people involved with the criminal justice system has had a brain injury—before they ever step foot into a cell.” Molly Gaudry, Carmen Giménez, and D/ANNIE LIONTAS discuss health, identity, and invisible injury.
Beyond Memoir: A Roundtable on Health, Identity, and the Invisible Injury We Aren’t Talking About
My new memoir, Fit Into Me, is about trying to write Fit Into Me: A Novel in the aftermath of a mild traumatic brain injury. It documents the years of my life, from the end of my MFA program into t…
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December 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“We don’t realize that nearly one in every two people involved with the criminal justice system has had a brain injury—before they ever step foot into a cell.” Molly Gaudry, Carmen Giménez, and D/ANNIE LIONTAS discuss health, identity, and invisible injury.
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December 15, 2025 at 11:22 PM
We're halfway to our annual subscription/donation goal for 2026--thanks so much to those who have already subscribed/given! Please consider subscribing for 2026 and receiving our books AND helping us publish more innovative hybrid genre work: rosemetalpress.com/support-rose...
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“Years ago, I learned it helps me to have a playlist for each manuscript...“
Molly Gaudry shared a playlist for her memoir/novel Fit Into Me at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/12/15/m...
Molly Gaudry shared a playlist for her memoir/novel Fit Into Me at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/12/15/m...
December 15, 2025 at 1:33 AM
“Years ago, I learned it helps me to have a playlist for each manuscript...“
Molly Gaudry shared a playlist for her memoir/novel Fit Into Me at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/12/15/m...
Molly Gaudry shared a playlist for her memoir/novel Fit Into Me at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/12/15/m...
Tonight! Join us!
A virtual launch for contributor Molly Gaudry's new book from @rosemetalpress.bsky.social
Tonight! Join @rosemetalpress.bsky.social for the virtual launch party for Molly Gaudry's FIT INTO ME at 6:30 Central!
December 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Tonight! Join us!
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Congrats to our very own Molly Gaudry, the founder of Lit Pub, on her publication of her new book, Fit Into Me: A Novel: A Memoir! Get a copy from @rosemetalpress.bsky.social today!
December 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Congrats to our very own Molly Gaudry, the founder of Lit Pub, on her publication of her new book, Fit Into Me: A Novel: A Memoir! Get a copy from @rosemetalpress.bsky.social today!
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Tonight! Join @rosemetalpress.bsky.social for the virtual launch party for Molly Gaudry's FIT INTO ME at 6:30 Central!
December 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Tonight! Join @rosemetalpress.bsky.social for the virtual launch party for Molly Gaudry's FIT INTO ME at 6:30 Central!
It's Pub Day for FIT INTO ME: A Novel: A Memoir by Molly Gaudry! It's also the last day for free shipping with coupon code GAUDRYFREESHIP. Check out all the details here and order your copy of this amazingly hybrid memoir: icont.ac/51bcZ
FIT INTO ME by Molly Gaudry Releases Today
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December 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
It's Pub Day for FIT INTO ME: A Novel: A Memoir by Molly Gaudry! It's also the last day for free shipping with coupon code GAUDRYFREESHIP. Check out all the details here and order your copy of this amazingly hybrid memoir: icont.ac/51bcZ
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ICYMI, Molly Gaudry answers some questions in advance of her experimental new fiction memoir Fit Into Me:
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December 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
ICYMI, Molly Gaudry answers some questions in advance of her experimental new fiction memoir Fit Into Me:
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Got an extremely kind and generous review of IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE in @riverteeth.bsky.social
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December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Got an extremely kind and generous review of IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE in @riverteeth.bsky.social
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✨🗣️New Book Review! This month, Seth Kaplan reviews Tom McAllister’s, “It All Felt Impossible”
✨Visit our website to read more. You can find book reviews under the “Other Features” drop down menu on our website.
#RiverTeeth #CreativeNonfiction #LitMag #LiteraryJournal#Bookstagram #Booklover
✨Visit our website to read more. You can find book reviews under the “Other Features” drop down menu on our website.
#RiverTeeth #CreativeNonfiction #LitMag #LiteraryJournal#Bookstagram #Booklover
December 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
✨🗣️New Book Review! This month, Seth Kaplan reviews Tom McAllister’s, “It All Felt Impossible”
✨Visit our website to read more. You can find book reviews under the “Other Features” drop down menu on our website.
#RiverTeeth #CreativeNonfiction #LitMag #LiteraryJournal#Bookstagram #Booklover
✨Visit our website to read more. You can find book reviews under the “Other Features” drop down menu on our website.
#RiverTeeth #CreativeNonfiction #LitMag #LiteraryJournal#Bookstagram #Booklover
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New review alert! Anuradha Prasad reviews Tom McAllister’s It All Felt Impossible: 42 Years in 42 Essays, a sharp and honest memoir-in-essays that spans four decades. Now live at Split Rock Review! www.splitrockreview.org/shoreline-re... @rosemetalpress.bsky.social
SPLIT ROCK REVIEW — SHORELINE
A place to read short reviews of books floating in the world.
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December 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
New review alert! Anuradha Prasad reviews Tom McAllister’s It All Felt Impossible: 42 Years in 42 Essays, a sharp and honest memoir-in-essays that spans four decades. Now live at Split Rock Review! www.splitrockreview.org/shoreline-re... @rosemetalpress.bsky.social
THIS WEDNESDAY (12/10)! Join us at a Zoom release event for Molly Gaudry's FIT INTO ME: A Novel: A Memoir. We'll both be there, but the main event is Molly in conversation with @jpsolheim.bsky.social about her amazing hybrid memoir-with-a-novel-inside! See you there!
December 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
THIS WEDNESDAY (12/10)! Join us at a Zoom release event for Molly Gaudry's FIT INTO ME: A Novel: A Memoir. We'll both be there, but the main event is Molly in conversation with @jpsolheim.bsky.social about her amazing hybrid memoir-with-a-novel-inside! See you there!
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"From start to finish, Tom McAllister’s new book of essays—one for each year of his life up to now—vibrates like a master cellist’s bow across the strings of his favorite instrument" -- thanks to Nancy and Lit Hub for including me on this list
Shout out to @tmcallister.bsky.social and his essay collection IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE, one of the 100 Notable Small Press Books heralded on @literaryhub.bsky.social today! The book was published by @rosemetalpress.bsky.social. I loved reading Tom's work and you will too!
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100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025
The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…
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December 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"From start to finish, Tom McAllister’s new book of essays—one for each year of his life up to now—vibrates like a master cellist’s bow across the strings of his favorite instrument" -- thanks to Nancy and Lit Hub for including me on this list
It's the 1st day of our Annual Subscription & Support Drive and also #GivingTuesday! Check out all the details of our subscription program here & become a Rose Metal Press supporter! 2026 is RMP's 20th year, & your continued support helps us bring more hybrid genre writing to readers! icont.ac/51aTz
Our 2026 Subscription Drive Begins and Giving Tuesday
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December 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
It's the 1st day of our Annual Subscription & Support Drive and also #GivingTuesday! Check out all the details of our subscription program here & become a Rose Metal Press supporter! 2026 is RMP's 20th year, & your continued support helps us bring more hybrid genre writing to readers! icont.ac/51aTz
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We just gave our annual donation to @rosemetalpress.bsky.social who does so much to support flash and hybrid works. If you can, please send them some cash on this Giving Tuesday. rosemetalpress.com/support-rose...
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December 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
We just gave our annual donation to @rosemetalpress.bsky.social who does so much to support flash and hybrid works. If you can, please send them some cash on this Giving Tuesday. rosemetalpress.com/support-rose...
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Mazel tov to @writesloud.bsky.social for FIRST KICKING, THEN NOT and @tmcallister.bsky.social for IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE!
Awesome list. And I spy @writesloud.bsky.social and @stanchion.bsky.social on here! (Book is on my nightstand right now!)
Notable books 2025 is live on LitHub! #100smallpress
December 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Mazel tov to @writesloud.bsky.social for FIRST KICKING, THEN NOT and @tmcallister.bsky.social for IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE!
Next Wednesday, 12/10 at 6:30 pm Central! Come to the virtual launch party for Molly Gaudry's FIT INTO ME!
December 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Next Wednesday, 12/10 at 6:30 pm Central! Come to the virtual launch party for Molly Gaudry's FIT INTO ME!
Congrats to @tmcallister.bsky.social and his amazing memoir-in-essays IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE for being one of @wirobooks.bsky.social's 51 favorite books of the year!
December 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Congrats to @tmcallister.bsky.social and his amazing memoir-in-essays IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE for being one of @wirobooks.bsky.social's 51 favorite books of the year!
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Shout out to @tmcallister.bsky.social and his essay collection IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE, one of the 100 Notable Small Press Books heralded on @literaryhub.bsky.social today! The book was published by @rosemetalpress.bsky.social. I loved reading Tom's work and you will too!
lithub.com/100-notable-...
lithub.com/100-notable-...
100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025
The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…
lithub.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Shout out to @tmcallister.bsky.social and his essay collection IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE, one of the 100 Notable Small Press Books heralded on @literaryhub.bsky.social today! The book was published by @rosemetalpress.bsky.social. I loved reading Tom's work and you will too!
lithub.com/100-notable-...
lithub.com/100-notable-...
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A fun thing I get to do is be on the Advisory Council for the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame. They're holding a Silent Auction end-of-year fundraiser with lots of unique & wonderful items, including books from @rosemetalpress.bsky.social.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
A fun thing I get to do is be on the Advisory Council for the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame. They're holding a Silent Auction end-of-year fundraiser with lots of unique & wonderful items, including books from @rosemetalpress.bsky.social.
Get your bid in here! new.biddingowl.com/items?QueryA...
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as I've always said, year end lists are unimpeachable and arguably the most important cultural output we have
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
as I've always said, year end lists are unimpeachable and arguably the most important cultural output we have
Preorder Molly Gaudry's amazing hybrid memoir FIT INTO ME: A Novel: A Memoir and get free shipping with code GAUDRYFREESHIP at checkout. The book releases on December 9—reserve your copy now: rosemetalpress.com/books/fit-in...
October 30, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Preorder Molly Gaudry's amazing hybrid memoir FIT INTO ME: A Novel: A Memoir and get free shipping with code GAUDRYFREESHIP at checkout. The book releases on December 9—reserve your copy now: rosemetalpress.com/books/fit-in...
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Hey, I'm on a new podcast this week, talking writing, teaching, and literary community (as well as my new book, obviously). Here is a picture of my face
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Tom McAllister on Writing Education and Community
The author of four books shares his experiences as a teacher and finding meaningful connection through writing.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Hey, I'm on a new podcast this week, talking writing, teaching, and literary community (as well as my new book, obviously). Here is a picture of my face
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Are you scared of the ocean?
Do you wonder what is up with men?
Ever wish you could talk to dolphins?
If you answered yes to any of these, then my fifth novel Man Overboard! is for you. It now has a cover! And is available for pre-order from Gallery Books!
bit.ly/ManOverboard...
Do you wonder what is up with men?
Ever wish you could talk to dolphins?
If you answered yes to any of these, then my fifth novel Man Overboard! is for you. It now has a cover! And is available for pre-order from Gallery Books!
bit.ly/ManOverboard...
October 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Are you scared of the ocean?
Do you wonder what is up with men?
Ever wish you could talk to dolphins?
If you answered yes to any of these, then my fifth novel Man Overboard! is for you. It now has a cover! And is available for pre-order from Gallery Books!
bit.ly/ManOverboard...
Do you wonder what is up with men?
Ever wish you could talk to dolphins?
If you answered yes to any of these, then my fifth novel Man Overboard! is for you. It now has a cover! And is available for pre-order from Gallery Books!
bit.ly/ManOverboard...
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Hey I'm going to be in Ithaca talking IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE with @jrobertlennon.com in a couple weeks. Would be cool to see some of you there, assuming you, like me, live within a 4 hour drive
October 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Hey I'm going to be in Ithaca talking IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE with @jrobertlennon.com in a couple weeks. Would be cool to see some of you there, assuming you, like me, live within a 4 hour drive