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Book Catalog- One Stop Browsing!

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If you check out the tabs, you will see that there are some updates and book shopping options. You can still use the menu to find pages for each book and author, but now you can also see them in one spot. You can order directly from us through our press “distro” option. (Cover price plus $4 S/H) We are working on new books, new projects, and looking into more models of distribution. Please support small, independent presses and authors when you can, and your local book store.

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Beast Aid Collapse Reading

Beast Aid poetry event for the Beast Crawl Lit Fest, hosted by Richard Loranger and E. Lynn Alexander

We will be hosting a special edition of The Friday Collapse this month, in support of the Beast Crawl Lit Festival, held each year in Oakland, CA. Why BEAST AID?We have been involved with Beast Crawl since the beginning, and have curated events under the Collapse Press banner for the past four years. We are joining with the community to participate in a series of live (Oakland, CA) and virtual events throughout the weekend. Check out the Beast Crawl pages for more details on events.The goal this year is to raise some funds for the Beast organization.What you can expect:Hosted by Richard Loranger and E. Lynn Alexander, we have eight poets who will read for about five minutes each. We will also have a limited open mic session after the features with a firm three minute limit. We will have details about the open mic sign up, bios and information about our poets, and more posted in this event. Also IG @collapsepressDetails on donations will be posted, as well. This is a free event and donations are not required. If you are able to send a little something their way, we appreciate it.Poet Features:Taneesh Kaur, Bear Wolf, Han Raschka, Ed Canavan, Norm Mattox, Puma Perl, Zephir O’Meara, Missy Church and Lee Foust.

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Thawing, by Taneesh Kaur, Book Release

Thawing: A Poetic Memoir by Taneesh Kaur

Please join us in celebrating the long awaited release of Taneesh Kaur’s first full length poetry collection, “Thawing: A Poetic Memoir”. An in person launch event was held recently in California and a virtual launch will be hosted by Collapse Press on Friday, June 14, 2024. Event information is available on our Facebook and Instagram pages. You can purchase this book directly from the author or from Collapse Press, information here with options. Details: Cover Price: $20.00 ISBN: 978-1-7352669-9-2 About Taneesh Kaur Taneesh Kaur is a US-born Punjabi teaching artist based in San Francisco, a social justice advocate who uses nature to understand and dismantle systems of mental and physical oppression. Her visual art has been shown in galleries in the Bay and SoCal, and has received praise from the international Luxembourg Art Prize 2023. Her poetry appears in journals and anthologies, most recently in Narrative Northeast. Taneesh has a Master’s in linguistics from San Francisco State University with training abroad in Mexico and Chile. She is currently in the MFA program for poetry at University of San Francisco. More of her work can be found in English and Spanish at www.TaneeshCantos.com

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POETPalooza for Poetry Month

Collapse Press will be joining more than fifteen east coast poets and presses for POETPALOOZA, on April 15th at Barnes and Noble bookstore. This gathering will include readings, signings, and a workshop. This will involve a range of poetry styles and perspectives and provide an opportunity for attendees to purchase books, some are already on the shelves there.

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The Friday Collapse,Winter Season and Press Updates

We have had a busy Summer/Fall season for The Friday Collapse, our virtual monthly poetry series that takes place on the last Friday of each month. We usually take a brief break for November and December and come back in January. We will do this again this year, with a few other scheduled events like book launches and readings outside of the Friday Collapse schedule. We will host a virtual book launch reading for Han Raschka this month on November 11. (see previous posts) Collapse Press participated in a book festival this month on the East Coast with author events and book sale opportunities. We have a few other opportunities coming up as well, and will be sharing as usual on social media/pages. @collapsepress #collapsepress #thefridaycollapse We have had a few discussions in our facebook group (Letters for the End Times) about the possibility of an anthology, with proceeds going to a particular cause that is important to the community. We are still thinking about a timeline for that, and what that process will look like. Please look for some more specifics here on our website around February-March 2023. Of course, we are an independent press and in addition to the organizing, events, and table opportunities, we produce books. We are pretty clear on our mission with that effort and the goal has been to seek out authors without the pressure of quantity and catalog building. It is a community effort, and as many of you know it is not the most lucrative work financially and the hours of time don’t translate into a sustainable business model. We do what we can when we are able, and it is important to us that we are able to give our time and energy to the manuscripts that we are committed to….

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