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The Economy Press publishes short booklets of poetry, prose, and hybrid work.

05/24/2026

FINAL DAY - TALIESIN + IO - $25

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TALIESIN is an experimental look at the murders and fires that destroyed Frank Lloyd Wright’s personal home in Wisconsin. Details from Wright’s life are set at the top of each page with visceral moments from the author’s life at the bottom. Images of the home and grounds are featured throughout.

“The spring I began reading Frank Lloyd Wright’s autobiography, a coyote started following me on solo-hikes around Griffith Park in Los Angeles. He stayed far enough away that I wasn’t afraid. It was like he knew exactly how much distance allows two creatures to feel alone.”

Author: Caitlin Lorraine Johnson
Booklet, 42 pp, 7 x 5.25 in
Language: English
ISBN: 979-8-9955954-1-0
Release Date: April 21, 2026
Publisher: The Economy Press

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IO explores the vulnerability of desire and trust through spare lines and sculptural images set naked on the page.

“Maybe balance is just shifting pain to one you can bear.”

Author: Caitlin Lorraine Johnson
Booklet, 42 pp, 7 x 5.25 in
Language: English
ISBN: 979-8-218-58771-0
Release Date: January 6, 2025
Publisher: The Economy Press

05/21/2026

From THE SILVER AGE by F***y Howe:
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F***y Howe sent me THE SILVER AGE in 2013 for an issue of The Economy Magazine, an online literary and art journal that ran from 2012 to 2015.

A few days before the issue was set to go live, I emailed F***y to ask about the status of her piece. Her response: “Thing is, I’ve fallen down a hole.” A few hours later: “Ok. I got out. This is the heart of what I’m working on.”

I had been expecting one, maybe two poems. Instead, I received over a dozen pages that were equal parts poetry, fiction, theology, and translation - i.e., completely F***y Howe, both in content and generosity.

With F***y’s passing in July, 2025, I wanted to make THE SILVER AGE available as a thing to be held—and remembered—in remembrance.

Anthony Opal
Chicago, 2025

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Author: F***y Howe
Booklet, 32 pp, 7 x 5.25 in
Language: English
ISBN: 979-8-9991646-2-9
Release Date: July 11, 2025
Publisher: The Economy Press

05/17/2026

Translated works on sale: 05.15 - 05.31

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05/12/2026

HAIKU PAMPHLET SERIES, 10 Volumes

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05/08/2026

PROCESSION is a chapbook-length poem in sequence and separating pairs.

Purchase from The Economy Press: theeconomypress.com/PROCESSION

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in language lower

than a whisper to see

what speaks

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our worlds

radioing

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Author: Anthony Opal
Booklet, 24 pp, 7 x 5.25 in
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1-7356630-1-2
Released: August 26, 2020
Publisher: The Economy Press

05/03/2026

POEMS OF TANEDA SANTOKA ii is a short collection of Santoka’s haiku on the themes of koboreru (spilling over), afureru (overflowing), and sabishigaru (loneliness or isolation). Each translation is accompanied by the original Japanese text and English transliteration.

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POEMS OF TANEDA SANTOKA ii is a part of The Economy Press Haiku Pamphlet Series: theeconomypress.com/HAIKU-PAMPHLET-SERIES

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Author: Taneda Santoka
Translator: Anthony Opal
Booklet, 12 pp, 7 x 5.25 in
Language: Japanese / English
ISBN: 979-8-9885108-8-8
Release Date: October 29, 2024
Publisher: The Economy Magazine + Press

05/02/2026

Read interview: readbureau.com/article/interview-anthony-opal-founder-the-economy-press-poet

04/28/2026

Only a few days left - theeconomypress.com

The sale includes discounts on booklets by F***y Howe, Matthew Zapruder, Pablo Neruda, Emily Kendal Frey, and Sandra Simonds.

04/24/2026

My sincere thanks to the independent bookstores and retailers who carry our titles.

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