Aunt Lute

Nonprofit women's publishing press, centering q***r women and women of color since 1982.

06/23/2025

Aunt Lute Books Needs Your Help! - https://mailchi.mp/1213ba31cd31/michele-t-berger-submit-9314117

04/23/2025

I haven't had the opportunity to do many local Cleveland events so am thrilled about this on Sat! I'll be signing books from 11am-12pm. Love Indie Bookstore Day celebrations! If you're local, I hope to see you there!

04/19/2025

[SATURDAY] Join us for Aunt Lute FeministFuturism vs Project2025: A Speculative Salon with Michele Tracy Berger & Chin-Sun Lee

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03/28/2025

Swing by Aunt Lute table at for a book signing by Michele Tracy Berger's Doll Seed!!

03/27/2025

Team has arrived in Los Angeles for 's ! Excited to hang out with everyone - especially our fellow members!!!

12/04/2024

Thank you for featuring Doll Seed: Stories by Michele Tracy Berger in your holiday gift guide!!!

Doll Seed is in great company next to We Came to Welcome You by Vincent Tirado!!!

11/15/2024

🌌📚 If you’re a fan of Octavia Butler, Dean Koontz, or Kelly Link, Michele Tracy Berger’s debut short story collection is a must-read! Playful, provocative, and powerfully speculative, these stories weave together sci-fi, contemporary fantasy, horror, and magical realism, all grounded in vivid characters and richly textured communities. 🌠✨

Centered around the experiences of women and girls—especially women of color—this collection explores vulnerability, resilience, and the power of being an outsider.

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10/24/2024

Urban Wendy is one of the 15 speculative stories featured in Doll Seed: Stories. Check out the audio drama adaptation of Urban Wendy produced by ! The full episode is available on all podcast platforms.

Marisol thought she could leave Wendy's behind, but the past has a way of catching up... even at Dunkin' Donuts.

🖋 Written by
🎙 Performed by Kristina Hill
🎧 Directed by Kennedy Allen of Women At Warp
🔊 Sound Design by Gabe Castro of The Ghouls Next Door

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10/18/2024

Dive into the creative world of the brilliant Michele Tracy Berger as she reveals the literary influences that ignite her storytelling! 📚 Discover the books that sparked her imagination and the inspirations that shaped her unique voice. Get an exclusive peek into the mind behind her captivating writing!

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10/04/2024

Doll Seed Book Tour comes to the Bay Area!!! Excited to see everyone in person!!!!!!

Doll Seed: Stories is a captivating collection of horror, fantasy, and science fiction short stories by Michele Tracy Berger.

Oct 9, 7:30 p.m. PDT - San Francisco
Medicine for Nightmares
13036 24th St., San Francisco, CA 94110
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-conversation-with-michele-tracy-berger-author-of-doll-seed-stories-tickets-1008716196297

Oct 10, 6 p.m. PDT - San Francisco
Sistah Scifi Series: Nalo Hopkinson and Michele Tracy Berger
San Francisco Public Library
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sistah-scifi-series-nalo-hopkinson-and-michele-tracy-berger-tickets-980438757717

Oct 11, 6:30 p.m. PDT - Oakland
Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make / Believe
546 9th Street, Oakland, CA 94607
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-conversation-with-michele-tracy-berger-author-of-doll-seed-stories-tickets-1010588486367?aff=ebdsshother&utm_share_source=listing_android

Oct 12, 12:00 p.m. PDT - San Francisco
Black Bird Bookstore and Cafe
4541 Irving St, San Francisco, CA 94122
https://blackbirdsf.com/pages/events?event-id=35553&mc_cid=25e6dcdc9a&mc_eid=71d8a3f77e

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San Francisco, CA

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(415) 826-1300

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http://www.auntlute.com/

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Aunt Lute Books was started in 1982 in Iowa City by Barb Wieser and Joan Pinkvoss, who believed that neither mainstream publishing nor the feminist movement of that time was promoting the voices of le****ns, especially le****ns and women of color. In 1986, Aunt Lute Books moved to San Francisco to partner with the small le***an press Spinsters Ink, and did business under the name Spinsters/Aunt Lute. In 1990, Aunt Lute became a separate nonprofit under the umbrella of the Aunt Lute Foundation, with the intention of creating a culturally diverse collective of staff, interns, and board members to address the lack of presses run by women of color. From 1990 onwards, Aunt Lute has created a place for the voices of women from many different cultures and helped to foster their careers. Many of Aunt Lute’s titles are acknowledged as important contributions to the academic fields of le***an studies and gender studies. Titles such as Gloria Anzaldúa’s Borderlands/La Frontera and Audre Lorde’s The Cancer Journals have been included in the curricula of hundreds of educational institutions throughout the U.S. and around the world.