Roadside Press

Roadside Press is dedicated to preserving and celebrating the legacy of the literary underground.

With a diverse catalog spanning poetry, fiction, and non-fiction—Roadside Press is committed to honoring the voices that shape our cultural landscape.

10/11/2025

a great lil blurb from Danger Slater to finish off the cover. signed pre-orders up for grabs at https://www.magicaljeep.com/product/cerealism/SKNX2TN62VPTVWS5W6RES4TB

10/07/2025

it's officially released! Fatherless Children by Michael D. Grover is available online wherever books are sold (links in comments)

10/06/2025

the dirty poet is a medico (trouble is his business) posting his poems on only the finest lamp posts of Pittsburgh (and New York, Washington, Boston, Paris, London…), colonizing the subconscious of the cities. His previous book is Emergency Room Wrestling.

10/05/2025

Fatherless Children by Michael D. Grovers drops in just a few days! there's one signed copy up for grabs at https://www.magicaljeep.com/product/fatherless/TELWWXRQQ32HKMOJ53N3ZRBJ

10/03/2025

all signed pre-orders of FATHERLESS CHILDREN by Michael D. Grover are in the mail! and I counted wrong so we have one copy up for grabs at https://www.magicaljeep.com/product/fatherless/TELWWXRQQ32HKMOJ53N3ZRBJ

10/01/2025

🔥 Coming soon from Roadside Press: Alan Catlin’s The Work Anxiety Poems. Pre-order now! From dive bars to dreamscapes, Catlin captures the chaos of labor, sleepless nights, and the surreal grind of survival. Darkly funny, razor-sharp, and unforgettable. https://www.magicaljeep.com/product/anxiety/CJ5DUWREOOXTMESBQPSPNNRD

09/26/2025

extremely pleased to announce that November 2026 will see the release of A STREETLIGHT THAT'S BEEN TOLD IT USED TO BE THE MOON by Robert McDonald. Please join me in welcoming Robert to the press!

Robert McDonald’s poetry and prose have been appearing in journals and magazines for well over 20 years, including, among others, Allium, Columbia Poetry Review, Court Green, Disquieting Muses Quarterly, Emerge Journal, The Tiny Journal, Le Petite Zine, Hearth & Coffin, Pank, Sentence, and West Trade Review.

Robert has written book and theater reviews for Publishers Weekly and The Chicago Reader. With Kathie Bergquist, he is the author of A Field Guide to Gay and Le***an Chicago. He lives with his husband in Chicago.

09/24/2025

"There comes a time in life when a writer begins to reflect on the work she’s done in this world. Enter Michele McDannold and her “Collected Poems 2005-2025.” This is a massive collection of poetry worth owning because no one tells you exactly how it is like McDannold. The poems are relatable, soul-crushing, painfully honest, and more on the side of maudlin than many dare to go. The work is both in your face and quiet. This collection is an inside look at what it means to be human in these dark times, what it feels like to be perpetually in motion both mentally and physically, and still, somehow, want to get up every day and do it again. There is love in here—sometimes sweet, but mostly jaded. It is a collection to keep by the bedside to remind yourself that it is okay to use your voice, to speak when others tell you to be quiet, and to understand that life is hard for all of us. “Do not become the poem/she will treat you/ as an open wound/in a salt factory,” this is what Michele McDannold speaks to, what she has spent her life doing not only for herself, but for others. She gives a voice to her own struggles and pain and paves the way for the rest of us."—Aleathia Drehmer, author of Little Graveyards (Roadside Press)

pre-order your signed copy today at magicaljeep.com

09/23/2025

Chicago! save the date!!

09/21/2025

take your time machine to a little over a year from now and you're going to be reading the next great novel by Dan Denton!

DAN DENTON is a former UAW chief steward, veteran of four dozen different factory jobs and current full time writer. His work has often been featured in magazines, union journals, and newspapers, and has been widely published amongst today’s best underground and independent writers. He is the author of the novel $100-A-Week Motel (Punk Hostage Press) the poetry/novella hybrid Finding Jesus & Prayers To My Saints (Gutter Snob Books) and The Dead and the Desperate (Roadside Press).

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