The Chapbook

We sit down with Tommy Dean author of the flash collection COVENANTS from ELJ Editions!  

Tommy Dean lives in Indiana with his wife and two children. He is the author of a flash fiction chapbook entitled Special Like the People on TV from Redbird Chapbooks. He is the Editor at Fractured Lit. He has been previously published in the BULL Magazine, The MacGuffin, The Lascaux Review, New World Writing, Pithead Chapel, and New Flash Fiction Review. His story “You’ve Stopped” was chosen by Dan Chaon to be included in Best Microfiction 2019. It will also be included in Best Small Fiction 2019. 

His interviews have been previously published in New Flash Fiction Review, The Rumpus, CRAFT Literary, and The Town Crier (The Puritan). Find him @TommyDeanWriter on Twitter.

Tommy Dean website
Tommy Dean twitter
Tommy Dean substack
COVENANTS Tommy Dean (ELJ Editions)
SPECIAL LIKE THE PEOPLE ON TV Tommy Dean (Red Bird Chapbooks)
HOLLOWS Tommy Dean (Alternating Current Press)

"...class in May about metaphors not just for poets..."  I couldn't find a link for this class, yet, but I'm pretty confident it will be offered through this site where Dean has another offering: https://writingworkshops.com 

"Wave" by Tommy Dean (Matter Press: Journal of Compressed Creative Arts)
Indy Reads
A Novel Idea (Philadelphia)
Kathy Fish
Fractured Lit journal

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Episode 29 NEWS YOU CAN USE for March 2022!  All the places you can go mentioned in this episode:

SOMETHING KINDRED Nicole Tallman
Lillet Press: the two titles we mention are HIGHLY NOTED & OTHER POEMS and STAR FLOWER STRANGE LIGHT 
RADIO STATIC James Hoch (Green Linden Press)
Variant Lit: the two titles from this episode are THE WATER CYCLE and NOT FLOWERS
NOTES FROM THE BIRTH YEAR Mia Ayumi Malhotra (Bateau Press)

Submissions:
DIODE EDITIONS
OUTWRITE 2022
THIRTY WEST PUBLISHING
SPLIT LIP PRESS
SEVEN KITCHENS PRESS

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In this episode, Ross & Noah sit down with chapbook author Claudia Putnam to discuss DOUBLE NEGATIVE, winner of the 2021 Nonfiction/Hybrid Chapbook Contest from SPLIT LIP PRESS.

Claudia Putnam is a writer living in Colorado’s Roaring Fork Valley. She’s too busy finishing a novel to blog, but you are welcome to scan the greatest hits below. Her poetry and fiction can be found in dozens of literary magazines; she has received major fellowships in support of her work; she gives readings.

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Claudia Putnam website
Claudia Putnam twitter
DOUBLE NEGATIVE (Split Lip Press)
THE LAND OF STONE AND RIVER (Moon City Press)
Scrivener software
BREATH: the new science of a lost art | James Nestor
Ursula LeGuin
BROKEN VESSELS Andre DuBus
UNDERLAND Robert McFarlane
Water Street Books

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This week we talk about some ways to tackle the 2022 AWP conference & of course we have some tips especially if you'r looking for chapbook-related events.  

• AWP 2022
• Google map -- Penna Convention Center 
• F172. How to Win a Book or Chapbook Contest
• F211. Concise Punches of Reality: Readings from Five Chapbook Memoirists (virtual)
• F235B. Bound, Stitched, & Pressed: On Chapbooks & Community 
• F238. Women of Color Zinesters: DIY Culture as Counter-Storytelling (virtual)
• SMOL Fair is an alternative, virtual book fair from March 19-26, 2022.

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We had a great time chatting with the fantastic Nick Rossi & Eric Benick from URSUS AMRICANUS! 

• Ursus Americanus website 
• Ursus Americanus/Twitter 
• Ursus Americanus/Facebook 
• Ursus Americanus/Instagram 
• Dark Matter (Nashville)
• Molasses Books 
• Quimby's (Chicago)
• Uncharted Books (Chicago)
• Tye Liddel -- listeners, this proved too difficult for me; as our guests pointed out, this person is hard to find
• Chad Morgan 
• Meekling Press 
• Long Day Press
• Zach Hobbs 

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Today our guest is Crystal Simone Smith from BACKBONE PRESS! 

• Backbone Press
• Backbone/Twitter 
• Backbone/Facebook 
• Crystal Simone Smith
• Down to Earth by Crystal Simone Smith (Longleaf)
• Carolina African American Writers Collective
• Amy Sherald artist 
• Smithsonian Open Access
• Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
• Sea Island Blues by Tyree Day (Backbone)
• Salt in the Sugar Bowl by Angela Belcher Epps (Main Street Rag)
• Tupelo Press 
• Coffeehouse Press
• Finishing Line Press
• Longleaf Press 
• In Your Absence by Lindsay Young (Backbone)
• Who All Gon’ Be There? by Danielle P. Williams (Backbone)

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Today we welcome chapbook makers Kelly Dulaney & Todd Seabrook from THE CUPBOARD.

• The Cupboard
• The Cupboard/Twitter
• The Cupboard/Instagram 
• Kelly Dulaney/Twitter  
• Todd Seabrook/Twitter  
• Flat Stanley Reports to His Third Grader by Jennifer A. Howard 
• Geoff Bouvier
• Colin Winnette 
• Rose Metal Press
• AWP 2022 

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News You Can Use: February 2022

• Orison Books
• Margaret Wack 
• Eggtooth Editions
• Red Bird Chapbooks 
• The Cupboard
• Diagram chapbooks 
• Black Lawrence Press 
• Year of the Unicorn Kidz by jason b. crawford (Sundress) 
• Green Linden Press 
• Cooper Dillon 
• Newfound Prose Prize
• Throwback Books (After recording this episode, we noticed that Throwback may be on a break right now. We recommend getting in touch with these good folks before submitting your work.)

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We're back, back, back again! In today's episode we get into nuts and bolts about submission formatting. Just some basics on sending out your manuscripts -- we're thrilled to be back!

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Noah Stetzer is on Twitter @dcNoah
Ross White is on Twitter @rosswhite
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