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Founded in 2017, Game Over Books is a small Boston-based press run by nerdy artists.

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chiaradilello.bsky.social
You can read the title poem here in @alocasiamag.bsky.social - because what's more Childless Millennial than trying your best to take care of plants? 🌿
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alocasiamag.bsky.social ALOCASIA @alocasiamag.bsky.social · 20d
"Exhausting, this whole business of renewal

and the banana palm I nearly killed trying to kill its plague of mites
as cures go I’m worse than the disease

Death to what? What’s the motto?"

—Chiara Di Lello, Childless Millennial Considers Non-Attachment

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Chiara Di Lello :: “Childless Millennial Considers Non-Attachment” – ALOCASIA
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November 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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chiaradilello.bsky.social
Humans! Pre-orders are open for my chapbook, CHILDLESS MILLENNIAL. Read more about it and grab your copy here:
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Promo graphic: An ultrasound showing a yellow book, CHILDLESS MILLENNIAL, by Chiara Di Lello from Game Over Books. Expected Jan 2026 Childless Millennial is a rallying cry for a label reclaimed with pride. This book is a blueprint-by-amalgamation for what a fulfilling non-reproducing life can be. Drawing inspiration from as disparate sources as her own non-biological mother figures, the act of nurturing of other people's children, and the natural world, Chiara Di Lello's chapbook cuts against the expectation of compulsory motherhood. Through a multi-generational dive into her own Ukrainian immigrant family, she wrestles with the choice to be child-free and its thorny entanglements with gender and culture. Childless Millennial rejects expectations and forges its own answers to what makes a meaningful life.
November 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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chiaradilello.bsky.social
📢 ANNOUNCEMENT TIME:
We're less than three months away from pub day for my debut chapbook, CHILDLESS MILLENNIAL.

Tell your friends, your English teacher, and of course all your favorite non-biological aunties.

📚 Pre-order details coming soooon

Brought to you by @gameoverbooks.bsky.social 🕹
Ultrasound showing a book titled CHILDLESS MILLENNIAL. Below the image, Chiara Di Lello Game Over Books. In the top corner, Expected Jan 2026
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Game Over Books will never use genAI.
October 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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malcolmfarley.bsky.social
My poet-friend and gifted colleague, Casey Elizabeth Newbegin, makes a striking debut with "The Eucalypts," out now from @gameoverbooks.bsky.social

Buy it hot off the press!
October 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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shovda.bsky.social
To all my poets and Legend of Zelda lovers, if you want a book of poetry that breathes LoZ, consider "I could die today and live again" by @summ.bsky.social

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i could die today and live again — Summer Farah — Game Over Books
I could die today and live again is inspired by the realm of The Legend of Zelda . Giving voice to non-player characters and blurring the boundaries of game-world and real-world, Summer Farah’s poem...
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September 15, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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thebkmagazine.bsky.social
#FF It’s Video Games Day 🎮. To celebrate, give some ❤️ & a follow to these publications in the lit community that begin with “V” & “G”!
@vestalreview.bsky.social
@galleon-books.bsky.social
@villaineralit.bsky.social
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September 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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jessnirvanapoet.bsky.social
Happy book birthday to my lil debut poetry collection, Earthly Gods ✨ Can’t quite believe it has been a year already since this entered the world, I can’t wait to witness the rest of this book’s little life @gameoverbooks.bsky.social
September 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
gameoverbooks.bsky.social
A massive thank you to everyone that submitted to the last reading period! Our next reading period will be in May '26. In the meantime, get ready for some new books!
August 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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chiaradilello.bsky.social
I and the fur-child would like to inform you all that we are just ✨️five months from pub day✨️ for CHILDLESS MILLENNIAL. Can't wait to share these poems with you!
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Ultrasound-like image showing a yellow book titled CHILDLESS MILLENNIAL. Around the edge are the publishing date and press: January 2026 Game Over Books A white dog with pointy ears faces the camera with his chin on his side-stretched paws. Chiara leans over him partially visible in the frame, smiling
August 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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bobsykora.bsky.social
and whole dang companion website: utopiansinlove.com
Utopians in Love
The Utopians Are In Love!
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August 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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bobsykora.bsky.social
hi we made an audiobook baby:

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Utopians in Love, by Bob Sykora
51 track album
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August 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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COVER REVEAL!!! We’re thrilled to share this new masterpiece by Catherine Weiss, for Casey Elizabeth Newbegin’s collection THE EUCALYPTS. Available for preorder at GAMEOVERBOOKS.COM
August 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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talkinghyphae.bsky.social
🥹 Feeling really honored by this nom from @petrichorlit.bsky.social for my weird, speculative poem about agrotourism in the Willamette Valley.

Read it here:
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August 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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summ.bsky.social
my sponsorships are reaching around 1k - pledge here! bsky.app/profile/open...
openpoetrybooks.bsky.social Open Books: A Poem Emporium @openpoetrybooks.bsky.social · Aug 2
Wow! We're up to 175 participants & more than $10k in pledges/direct contributions!

Let’s keep the momentum going ❤️‍🔥 You can still join the #sealeychallenge Poetry Pledge Fundraiser for Gaza, as a participant or sponsor, at any time. Details here: mailchi.mp/openpoetrybo...
August 4, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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summ.bsky.social
almost forgot to post for #sealeychallenge! Forgive me for the images from Instagram but I could not simply attempt to retake these. spent time w a book by one of my besties for her birthday 💗
#endthegenocideingaza
CONSPIRACY THEORIES by SAMIA SALIBA XO
August 4, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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megmcdermott92.bsky.social
Or pick up Woman as Communion for 20 percent off on @asterismbooks.bsky.social (or directly from @gameoverbooks.bsky.social)

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Woman as Communion | Asterism Books
_Woman as Communion_ is a chapbook that reckons with, but is not resigned to, the patriarchal past and present of the poet’s Christian faith. Through poems that inhabit the experiences of both biblica...
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August 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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bobsykora.bsky.social
hi my books has been out for 4 months here’s where you can find a copy
July 31, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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delfanbaum.bsky.social
I had a chance to talk to @bobsykora.bsky.social about his WONDERFUL book, Utopians in Love, and @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social was kind enough to publish that conversation. Check it out below!!
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Utopias Everywhere: An Interview with Bob Sykora
I’ve been hearing about Bob Sykora, his work, and the things he gets up to for years. He was in the cohort that left the spring before I started an MFA at UMass Boston, and everyone spoke so …
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July 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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bobsykora.bsky.social
100% of the 4 reviews of my book on storygraph say it’s fast paced so it’s probably an excellent choice for the sealey challenge 💁🏻‍♂️

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image of the story graph page for my book Utopians in Love continued story graph page for utopians in love with 4.33 star review and 100% fast pace scores
July 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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clmporg.bsky.social
Liv Mammone’s FIRE IN THE WAITING ROOM is out on July 15! Order it from @gameoverbooks.bsky.social.

These poems “are a precise guide through belonging, grief, and above all: a deep and withstanding love for disabled and discarded bodies.” —Desireé Dallagiacomo
Fire in the Waiting Room — Liv Mammone — Game Over Books
Liv Mammone’s highly anticipated first collection grapples with questions of when the gaze should be demanded versus when it must be endured.  In a sharp, elegant voice, she seeks lineage and…
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July 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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hanvanderhart.bsky.social
The change is coming. The seas will turn
to lemonade, sweep you up, everyone will speak

in blank verse, and everyone, everyone will join.

Bob Sykora

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UTOPIANS IN LOVE by BOB SYKORA beside a bowel of yogurt and peaches and cup of coffee on a poet’s kitchen counter Second page of “The Utopians are in Love” by Bob Sykora, under yellow Peruvian lilies, and the lines: sometimes just a few, but always everyone eventually. The utopians are charged, positive. The change is coming. The seas will turn to lemonade, sweep you up, everyone will speak in blank verse, and everyone, everyone will join.
June 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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burgi.bsky.social
Song of Inverted Time from @summ.bsky.social's I COULD DIE TODAY AND LIVE AGAIN (@gameoverbooks.bsky.social, 2023). 🌟✨🌟
#poetry #bookSky 📚💙
Cover shows what seem to be dark paper cut-ours of figures in a round dance on a moonscape. Pastel colors prevail. The sky is a muted purple. The lettering is reminiscent of old computer script. Song of Inverted Time Oh, I know I learned songs of protection sang to the moon until it turned but a tongue lost turns to smoke When the moon chooses its end, who will remember us here? Sang to the moon until it turned "I learned a song to erase the past" When the moon chooses its end, who will remember us here? Listen, I learned a song to erase the past Bundled memories in tattered notebooks Listen, what else would you choose? Bundled memories in tattered notebooks, but we lost this language so long ago. What else would you choose? If history never happened again? We lost this language so long ago. Silent heroes become quiet civilians if history never happened again. "...." Silent heroes become quiet civilians, we are the lucky ones. "... ..." We are the lucky ones. "... Do you need me to repeat that? ..."
June 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
gameoverbooks.bsky.social
Another year. Another poetry festival. See you on the 31st.

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Massachusetts Poetry Festival — Massachusetts Poetry Festival
Massachusetts Poetry Festival features over 100 poets and performers from across Massachusetts and beyond. There are headline readings, workshops, panels, a small press fair, multimedia events, open m...
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May 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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chiaradilello.bsky.social
Poets and editors, I'm looking for small press titles to review! Preference for work that is a threat to the current status quo / gives the oligarchs hives. Drop your own or someone else's collection below!
a woman in a suit and pink shirt says let 's do this .
Alt: Amy Santiago from Brooklyn 99 says let's do this.
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May 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM