Squares & Rebels, a queer and/or disability imprint, has decided to branch out a bit with a new poetry (and occasionally fiction) chapbook series featuring the work of queer male poets. No. 2: FIERCE KISSES by M.J. Arcangelini TALK TO ME No. 3: THAT TIME I MET EINSTEIN AND OTHER CATASTROPHES by Eric Thomas Norris Some witty stories with equally witty doodles. ADVANCE PRAISE
"Before I read this book, I was confused by Mr. Norris. Having read this book, I am confused about everything--but on a higher level." --Enrico Fermi, Physicist, University of Chicago
"Now, I am become Eric--a talker with squirrels." --J. Robert Oppenheimer, writing in the Los Alamos Times "Once you accept the genius of Eric Norris, wearing polka-dots with plaid becomes very easy." --Albert Einstein, Professor Emeritus, Princeton, NJ
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Each chapbook, often showcasing unpublished work, is 32 pages long and printed on high-quality paper stock with the outer and inner covers in full color.
We plan to publish two slates of three or four titles each year in the fall and spring.
All print sales are direct orders from us within the United States only (see below about international shipping); in fact, you won't find our CHAPS Poetry Series titles on Amazon and other online vendors. (Of course, each CPS title will be available as e-books.) This limited approach enables us to pay our writers a higher royalty rate and still break even with the creative risks our writers take in their work.
At the moment, submissions to the CHAPS Poetry Series are by invitation only. We do expect to open up eventually to queries from writers who've purchased at least one CPS title here.
Thank you for your interest!
* As it turns out, international shipping
rates have proven to be exorbitant, which is why we have to warn you in advance. If you're still interested, please order away!
THE FIRST SLATE: Fall 2024
No. 1: I WAS A TEENAGE EXORCIST by Mark Ward
POLICE SKETCH
By Mark Ward
I don’t believe that you cannot describe
the man who broke your heart so violently.
Start with the eyes, that’s normally where it
begins to show: the wince he tries to hide
when you drone on, the other faces inside
his phone, the messages planning his flit.
You dated for a year and you can’t see
his aggrieved face each time you close your eyes?
I normally don’t ask but why are you
looking for him? You said he was missing
but he isn’t. We questioned him last night.
And so far everything he said is true,
that you’re consumed by baseless misgivings.
We made a sketch of you. It’s quite a sight.
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By M.J. Aracangelini
Cuddling close together in
bed, a bad movie flickering.
Tell me about eternity
as though you really
know something about it.
Describe the rose to me,
explain again how it can
rust in the sunlight.
Remind me of spring's
swift swollen creeks
crashing through canyons.
Sliding beneath the bedding
tendril arms encircle you,
ear pressed to your furry chest
listening to your voice
muffled by the quilt,
an echo from within.
Now, talk to me of love.
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Our list so far ...
Better Davis and Other Stories
written by Philip Dean Walker
We Are Not Your Metaphor: A Disability Poetry Anthology
edited by Zoeglossia Fellows
Lovejets: Queer Male Poets on 200 Years of Walt Whitman
edited by Raymond Luczak
That Was Something: A Novel
written by Dan Callahan
London Skin & Bones: The Finsbury Park Stories
written by Ian Young
It's Just Nerves: Notes on a Disability
written by Kelly Davio
At Danceteria and Other Stories
written by Philip Dean Walker
The Kiss of Walt Whitman Still on My Lips
written by Raymond Luczak
QDA: A Queer Disability Anthology
edited by Raymond Luczak
Lincoln Avenue: Chicago Stories
written by Gregg Shapiro
When We Become Weavers:
Queer Female Poets on the Midwestern Experience
edited by Kate Lynn Hibbard
Queer & Celtic:
On the Irish LGBT Experience
edited by Wesley J. Koster
Among the Leaves:
Queer Male Poets on the Midwestern Experience
edited by Raymond Luczak
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