Open Palm Print

09/11/2019

Most of the time, Porter Square Books gets books with a Tuesday release on the preceding Friday. If we did not honor strict on-sale dates or embargoes, that would give us a significant sales advant…

05/24/2019

Summer trip idea: Stop by Book Mark Ludington, pick up our newly released issue 9 and take it to that beautiful beach ☀️

Ludington's Big Sable Point Lighthouse is in the Ludington State Park along Lake Michigan

05/22/2019

Fresh off the press! We're so thrilled about this issue which features local heart throbs including: Gabrielle Diandra, Colleen Alles, Keith Moul, Cassandra Caverhill, Andrew McIver, Alan Harris, Katherine Roth.

Get yours! https://www.openpalmprint.com/

02/04/2019

Happy Birthday to this pioneer 💜🌈

01/25/2019

It's here! Nathan C. Lipp's chapbook, the body as passage, is now available

10/20/2018

In my Mojave culture, many of our songs are maps, but not in the sense of an American map. Mojave song-maps do not draw borders or boundaries, do not say this is knowable, or defined, or mine. Inst…

07/20/2018

"Twenty-eight million American adults read poetry this year — the highest percentage of poetry readership in more than 15 years, according to a survey of arts participation conducted by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the U.S. Census Bureau."

Twenty-eight million American adults read poetry this year -- the highest percentage of poetry readership in more than 15 years.

07/16/2018

OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS, Y'ALL! Check out our site for guidelines: www.openpalmprint.com/submission-guidelines

07/13/2018

Heya! Have you grabbed your issue 8? It's in bookstores all over Michigan, thanks to our amazing distribution team! http://www.openpalmprint.com/

07/11/2018

Here it be! The 2017 VIDA: Women in Literary Arts reports on the gender disparities in publishing, holding some of the most prominent names in publishing accountable and ensuring women that the "sloped playing field is not going unnoticed".

11/12/2017

In my noir novel, Sunset City, p**n star Danielle Reeves is murdered, and her best friend Charlotte reels, heartbroken, in the aftermath of her death. Charlotte, Danielle, and others in the book ar…

11/01/2017

The following is excerpted from Literary Witches, an illustrated celebration of the radical creativity, originality, and empowerment of beloved witchy writers. · Angela Carter · · Eileen Chang · · …