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IKE: A Publishing Project
@ikeproject.bsky.social
An independent book publisher based in Portland, Oregon. We publish short stories, essays, and poetry in small chapbook editions.

https://www.ikeproject.com/
Greetings from "war ravaged Portland."

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905.

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Edward R. Murrow - See It Now (March 9, 1954)
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October 10, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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It’s launch day for The Modernists—our Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a series of chapbooks by Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, William Faulkner, and Sherwood Anderson.

We’re excited about this project and we’re asking for your help.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ike...
The Modernists
Short stories from Hemingway, Faulkner, Woolf & Anderson
www.kickstarter.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
September 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
We’re launching a Kickstarter campaign on September 23rd. It features short stories by: Virginia Woolf, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and Sherwood Anderson.

We ask for your support.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ike...
Coming soon: The Modernists
Short stories from Hemingway, Faulkner, Woolf & Anderson
www.kickstarter.com
September 13, 2025 at 5:15 AM
What do Glenn Gould and Henry David Thoreau have in common? They’re both featured players in upcoming chapbooks from IKE: A Publishing Project.

Pre-order now @asterismbooks.bsky.social

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IKE: A Publishing Project | Asterism Books
IKE: A Publishing Project is an independent book publisher based in Portland, Oregon. We publish short stories, essays, and poetry. We believe a book is a piece of art. We aren’t concerned with word ...
asterismbooks.com
August 30, 2025 at 3:56 AM
We’re excited to announce that our books will be distributed by @asterismbooks.bsky.social

Check us out, along with nearly 200 amazing independent presses.

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IKE: A Publishing Project | Asterism Books
IKE: A Publishing Project is an independent book publisher based in Portland, Oregon. We publish short stories, essays, and poetry. We believe a book is a piece of art. We aren’t concerned with word ...
asterismbooks.com
June 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
To celebrate Bob Dylan’s 84th birthday, we’re offering copies of North Of at 20% off. Use code: DYLAN at checkout.

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North Of — IKE: A Publishing Project
There are American flags on school windows, on cars, on porch swings; it is the year I bring Bob Dylan home for Thanksgiving.
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May 24, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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$400 to go and 4 days left for @ikeproject.bsky.social's Kickstarter! Check it out, consider donating, and share this around:
A Heyday alum is starting a chapbook publisher!
@ikeproject.bsky.social has been talking about this ever since he trained me up at Heyday nearly ten years ago, and the lineup looks wonderful. Here's the Kickstarter—check it out and share widely:

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ike...
IKE: A Publishing Project
Short stories from an exciting new chapbook publisher
www.kickstarter.com
May 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Our Kickstarter Campaign was just selected as a "Project We Love." We hope you'll love it too. You can find it here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ike...
April 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Our Kickstarter project is live! If you're a fan of short stories, I hope you'll check it out. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ike...
IKE: A Publishing Project
Short stories from an exciting new chapbook publisher
www.kickstarter.com
April 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Tom Waits - "Heartattack And Vine"
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April 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Kickstarter campaign launches on April 14, 2025.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ike...
Coming soon: IKE: A Publishing Project
Short stories from an exciting new chapbook publisher
www.kickstarter.com
April 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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People who follow Heyday may know @msatris.bsky.social's work as an editor, but less well known is the fact that she's an excellent poet too! Here's a great new poem and interview with her:

www.readfilterfeeder.com/p/where-the-...
where the ordinary becomes strange & beautiful
poetry from & an interview with Marthine Satris
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March 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
We're dealing with our own March Madness as we prepare our upcoming titles.

Check them out at: www.ikeproject.com and let us know what you think.
March 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Had a marvelous time reading and discussing writing with visionary writer Allegra Hyde a few days ago, at @forbeslibrary.bsky.social in Northampton MA, as part of the Readers & Writers Live series. Read from a new short story forthcoming in One Story! Allegra’s reading was 🔥
March 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
“After seventy years of successful maintenance, Lenin’s body was deteriorating faster than the morticians and biochemical scientists could keep up.”

Cover reveal. Pre-orders are underway.
Cover art: Oleksandr Balbyshev

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March 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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I extend my sincere apologies to President Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine on behalf of the American people.
February 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Here is a sneak peek at one of our upcoming titles …

“When a boy wakes he must not make a sound. He must kneel beside his bed in silent prayer, like the others in the room, and feel the weight of two minutes. He must feel joy too. And gratitude.

www.ikeproject.com/shop/p/the-f...
February 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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I wrote much of what I think about this election before it happened, so I am going to put it all together here. My book, Autocracy Inc, described the network of autocrats who seek to undermine democracy, inside their countries and ours
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725302...
Autocracy, Inc. by Anne Applebaum: 9780385549936 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer-prize winning author, an alarming account of how autocracies work together to undermine the democratic world, and how we should organize to defeat...
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November 10, 2024 at 12:51 PM
“But the books brought me things. This is my point. They made me feel less alone.”
― Elizabeth Strout, My Name Is Lucy Barton

Happy Birthday.
January 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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January 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Random thought:
Who remembers this one episode of Twilight Zone, “Time Enough At Last”?

I’ll be sure to prepare for at least 3 extra pairs of glasses 👓👓👓 😊
December 27, 2024 at 8:38 PM
“Her perfume smells like Vanity Fair magazine.”
—Marie-Helene Bertino, North Of (upcoming from www.ikeproject.com)
December 26, 2024 at 11:43 PM
“Speaking of dislocation, for longer than I’d care to admit, I thought harum-scarum was an abandoned ghost town near Addis Ababa.”—Janice Margolis, I Am Tom Waits! (upcoming from www.ikeproject.com)
December 24, 2024 at 10:52 PM
“If the people at the convenience store on Bloomingdale Road are surprised to see the bloated Voice of a Generation using the candy display to scratch the low part of his back, they keep it to themselves.”—Marie-Helene Bertino (from North Of, upcoming from www.ikeproject.com)
December 11, 2024 at 3:39 AM