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The Eidetic Afterlife Hypothesis: a reinterpretation of death and dying

In cooperation with Santa Ana Literary Association, we present to you The Eidetic Afterlife Hypothesis. For those who experience anxiety regarding the subject of death, this book is a strange light in the darkness. There is another way of understanding the afterlife, a way that is sensible and measurable as well as impartial and universal, hidden in plain sight beneath the broad categories of theism, agnosticism, and atheism.

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PAPER PRESS BOOKS &Associates Publishing Company fine publishing of poetry, prose, and fiction is committed to quality, creativity, and affordability supports writers of diverse experience

This year at Beast Crawl Literary Festival, we present writers with whom we have worked in the past, whose work we cherish and value, yet have not published. These voices need to be heard. Purchase a Paper Press book today and see why writers and readers enjoy the time and energy we invest in every step of production.

Charisel Angelle Parla Thomas Dunn Antony Fangary Colleen Shoshana McKee Graffiti Bleu

Charisel Angelle Parla is a bilingual Cuban-American poet and educator. Her poetry explores the nuances and intersections of memory, grief, heritage, addiction, and identity. A native of Miami, FL, Charisel earned her MFA in Creative Writing from The University of San Francisco, and currently resides in Oakland, CA where she works with recently arrived immigrant youth at Oakland International High School.

Thomas Dunn is a multi-media artist, poet, and experimental filmmaker from Midland, Michigan. A proud graduate of Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Thomas is currently completing his MFA in Writing at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco.

Antony Fangary is a writer and visual artist living in San Francisco. He was awarded the 2023 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and is the author of HARAM (Etched Press 2019). His poetry has recently appeared in Gulf Coast, The Sycamore Review, West Branch, and elsewhere. His work has received support from the San Francisco Arts Commission, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and the Center for Cultural Innovation.

Colleen Shoshana McKee, aging Riot Grrl and singer, is the author of six collections of poetry, memoir, and fiction including The Kingdom of Roly-Polys (Pedestrian Press); and Routine Bloodwork (Headmistress Press). She teaches writing, and US Citizenship Test preparation. She’s also an editor. Oakland is her home.

LaMont Anothony Wright, the the author/novelist/poet also known as Graffiti Bleu, loves and lives in northern California. He was born in New York City and received some serious game and valuable life lessons from the concrete jungle.

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We had such a great time at Beast Crawl Literary Festival in Oakland California at the Joyce Gordon Gallery downtown! Thank you one and all who read and all who attended. Our readers were (Youssef Alaoui founder of Paper Press Books read for KR Morrison who could not make it due to illness) Keith Donnell Jr , Missy Church, Sharon Coleman, MK Chavez, and Tureeda Mikell

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Paper Press Books & Assoc. Publ. Co. is thrilled to announce our participation in Beast Crawl Literary Festival 2022 aka THE SUMMERTIME BEAST! Join us for a very special event at the Joyce Gordon Gallery in Downtown Oakland. Event information here. Can't wait!

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Paper Press Books & Assoc. Publ. Co. is proud to present

- C A U L D R O N S -

“Cauldrons,” K.R. Morrison has woven a tight nest of verse with plenty of room to sift, wander, and contemplate. Bring a candle with you… and your sharpest blade. Cauldrons is among the finest in new incantation poetry.

Here’s what people are saying about this chapbook:

KR’s imagery is of a mystic enveloping a cauldron whose image is that of a hand we wish to see, stirring behind our backs. You will face it! This word work is for those confronting countless evictions from the magic of self-worth, a systemic predilection the moon itself can’t resist.

—Tureeda Mikell, Story Medicine Woman Synchronicity, The Oracle of Sun Medicine

This striking collection is fueled by a distinct and feminine voice and is alive with lush and shimmering imagery, full of magic, blood, and grace.

—William Taylor, Jr. Pretty Things To Say

K.R. Morrison is a gifted witch poet who weaves tales of reclamation. Her poems make me dizzy with literary pleasure.

– MK Chavez Dear Animal

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LUMEN DE LUMINE

We are very excited to offer this fascinating collection of Norman Dubie’s aphorisms, dubbed a fragment and prequel to The Clouds of Magellan, this book is designed to be a talisman, a hermetic and alchemical notebook of verse and wisdom, spanning time, literature, consciousness, nothing less than cosmic.

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It’s Flip Through Friday! Check out our new book, Bitten by Witch Fever: Wallpaper & Arsenic in the Victorian Home (NK3400 .H39 2016 Stacks).

“Beautiful to look at and compelling to read, this book is a highly original and captivating volume that interleaves facsimile sections of alluring, arsenic-laden wallpapers with thought-provoking narrative. It is tracing the arresting story of the use and effects of the toxic pigments ingrained in popular wallpapers of the nineteenth century. Hawksley presents the history of Scheele’s green and schweinfurt green, pigments created using arsenic, which produced the vibrant shades whose brilliance made them instant favorites with wallpaper designers and householders alike. 

With the aid of contemporary case studies and reports in the press, she reveals how, by the middle of the century, manufacturers were producing millions of rolls of arsenical wallpaper, with devastating consequences for those working in their factories and for those living in rooms decorated with the deadly designs.”

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Still Life With Books and Pamphlets (detail), Jan Davidsz. de Heem, 1628

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Library of the Catholic Seminar in Budapest, former monastery of the Order of St. Paul the First Hermit.

> Photo by JezW (2013).

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Come visit our publisher’s party in downtown Oaktown!!!

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the lovely cinthia dennis helps paper press’ missy church at the berkeley poetry festival

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Un libro nos lleva a otro libro y a otro libro y a muchos libros más (ilustración de István Orosz)

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Saturday, May 14 at 5 PM: Karl Kempton will celebrate the launch of his newest book, POEMS ABOUT SOMETHING & NOTHING in San Luis Obispo at m.Body Yoga (780 Caudill St, San Luis Obispo) with a slideshow, music, a presentation, and some of his favorite local poets, including Dian Sousa, Margaret Lange, Lisa Coffman, Kevin Patrick Sullivan, Celeste Goyer, James Cushing, and Paula C. Lowe. Copies of his new book will be available at a discount. FREE EVENT

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Another Seattle cultural institution and proud Independent Bookstore, the great Elliot Bay Book Company!

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Culture en noir et blanc.

Knowledge in black and white.