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Small Press Love Fest

It's East Coast meets West Coast as we bring special guests from New York City together with San Francisco Bay Area favorites.

Presented by Ambush Review, Corium Magazine, great weather for MEDIA, Red Bridge Press, and Alley Cat Books.

Join authors and editors from four independent publishers in this celebration of unique voices. You'll hear great new work from innovative authors while enjoying refreshments in Alley Cat Books' revamped gallery space.

We'll also have a Q&A with the editors where you can ask questions about the submission process or publishing in general. Show your love for writing that goes beyond the mainstream, and join us for this one-of-a-kind event.

Admission is free. Beer and wine will be available.
This is our Valentine to you. Don't miss it!


great weather for MEDIA focuses on the fearless, the bright, the dark, and the unpredictable. Our first anthology, It’s Animal but Merciful, showcases poets and writers from the United States, Botswana, the Philippines, Denmark, and Canada. We organize numerous readings and events in our home town of New York City and across the country. Editor: Jane Ormerod
Readers:
  • R. Nemo Hill lives in New York City, but travels extensively in Southeast Asia each year, where his experiences have run the gamut from intestinal bleeding to intellectual ecstasy. His poetry and fiction have appeared in online venues such as The Chimaera, Measure, Poetry, Sulfur, Smartish Pace, and The Shit Creek Review. He is the author of a novel, Pilgrim’s Feather, a narrative poem, "The Strange Music of Erich Zann," and a chapbook, Prolegomena To An Essay On Satire.
  • Kit Kennedy's most recent book, While Eating Oysters, is published by CLWN WR BKS, Brooklyn.
  • Richard Loranger is a writer, performer, visual artist, and all around squeaky wheel, currently residing in Oakland, CA.  He is the author of two books and eight chapbooks.

Ambush Review is an annual, San Francisco & Bay Area based literary arts publication featuring innovative and experimental poetry, short “flash” fiction, art and photography, translations, essays and critical reviews. We seek both emerging and established writers in a diversity of styles and forms. Our premiere issue was called a “stunning debut.” Editors: Bob Booker, Patrick Cahill
Readers:
  • Les Gottesman received an MFA in writing from CCA in 2011. His most recent publication, Misuses of Poetry and Other Poems, was just released by Finishing Line Press, KY.
  • Tobey Hiller has three books of poetry (Crossings, Certain Weathers, Aqueduct) and one published novel, Charlie's Exit. Her poems have also appeared in various magazines and anthologies.
  • Ken Saffran says, "Oh-oh, Biohazard Alert: I want to be profound and playful; not reveal too much or say too little. I'm serious about poetry, but don't take myself too serious." He lives in San Francisco.

Corium Magazine is an online literary journal featuring short fiction, very short fiction and poetry that gets beneath the skin. The corium is the dense inner layer of skin beneath the epidermis. It includes connective tissue, blood and an elaborate sensory nerve network. What’s going on beneath the surface. Our contributors come from many countries and many publishing backgrounds. Corium is based in Oakland, CA, and published quarterly. Editors: Lauren Becker, Heather Fowler
Readers:
  • Jane Hammons moved to the Bay Area 30 years ago but is originally from Roswell, New Mexico, and often feels like an alien in California. She has an essay forthcoming in the anthology California Prose Directory: New Writing from the Golden State and will give a workshop on voice at the A Room of Her Own women writer's retreat held at Georgia O'Keeffe's Ghost Ranch in Abiqui, New Mexico. Recent lesson learned: Live long enough and the loose ends will tie themselves into a lovely bow.
  • Lauren O'Neal'swriting has appeared in publications like Slate, The Hairpin, and Corium Magazine, and she has performed her work for The Encyclopedia Show, Story Tapes, and various podcasts. She is an MFA student as San Francisco State University and an intern at The Rumpus.
  • Emil DeAndreis is a 27-year-old substitute teacher and high school baseball coach in San Francisco.  He is published in over twenty journals and his first book, Beyond Folly, will be released in 2013 by Blue Cubicle Press.  In his free time he plays inadequate rounds of golf and jazz gigs— jazz being the only artistic vocation which pays less than writing. His pilgrimage toward an MFA began this year at San Francisco State.

Red Bridge Press Our first book, Writing That Risks, is an anthology by thirty new and award-winning writers from around the world. Brimming with fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction that not only risks but reveals, the anthology is due out April 2013. Following that, we'll publish single-author titles, including novels and collections, in print and ebook formats. We have dual citizenship in San Francisco and the Internet. Editors: Liana Holmberg, Deborah Steinberg
Readers:
  • Jenny Bitner's work has appeared in The Sun, PANK, Utne Reader, and Best American Nonrequired Reading, among many other publications. She teaches writing at the San Francisco Writers' Grotto.
  • Olga Zilberbourg's fiction has been widely published in the U.S. and in Russia. Where Does the Sea Flow, a film based on one of Olga's stories, was recently a finalist at the Manhattan Short Film Festival. She is an associate editor at Narrative Magazine.
  • Jordan Reynolds' poetry, essays, and book reviews have appeared or are forthcoming in Louis Liard, The Agriculture Reader, The Offending Adam, zero ducats, Rain Taxi, and elsewhere.

    

When: Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, 4-7PM

Where: Alley Cat Books
3036 24th Street
San Francisco, CA [map it]

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