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New Titles
New Titles
Not Heaven, Somewhere Else
by Rebecca Brown
Short stories. 80 pages. Paperback. October 2018
Cover art by Robyn O’Neil
If heaven is somewhere, it isn’t with us, but somewhere we want to get — a state, a place, a turning to home. Novel- and essayist Rebecca Brown’s thirteenth book is narrative cycle that revamps old fairy tales, movies, and myths, as it leads the reader from darkness to light, from harshness to love, from where we are to where we might go. “Aside from ‘genius,'” writes Paul Constant in the Seattle Review of Books “the other word I would use to describe Rebecca Brown is ‘elemental’…. It feels dangerous and exciting, like if she puts her big brain to it long enough, she could completely rewrite the story of who we are.”
Not Heaven, Somewhere Else
by Rebecca Brown
Short stories. 80 pages. Paperback. October 2018
Cover art by Robyn O’Neil
If heaven is somewhere, it isn’t with us, but somewhere we want to get — a state, a place, a turning to home. Novel- and essayist Rebecca Brown’s thirteenth book is narrative cycle that revamps old fairy tales, movies, and myths, as it leads the reader from darkness to light, from harshness to love, from where we are to where we might go. “Aside from ‘genius,'” writes Paul Constant in the Seattle Review of Books “the other word I would use to describe Rebecca Brown is ‘elemental’…. It feels dangerous and exciting, like if she puts her big brain to it long enough, she could completely rewrite the story of who we are.”
water & power
by Steven Dunn
Novel. 180 pages. Paperback. October 2018
Cover photo by Jay Halsey.
Navy veteran Steven Dunn’s second novel, water & power, plunges into military culture and engages with perceptions of heroism and terrorism. In this shifting landscape, deployments are feared, absurd bureaucracy is normalized, and service members are consecrated. water & power is a collage of voices, documents, and critical explorations that disrupt the usual frequency channels of military narratives. “Collapses the boundaries between poetry and prose, memoir and fiction.” (Nikki Wallschlaeger) Difficult, funny, abject, exhilarating, heartbreaking…. Read this book and understand the veterans in your life better … who we are, complex and bold and conflicted and powerful and terrified and tough and human. (Khadijah Queen)
water & power
by Steven Dunn
Novel. 180 pages. Paperback. October 2018
Cover photo by Jay Halsey.
Navy veteran Steven Dunn’s second novel, water & power, plunges into military culture and engages with perceptions of heroism and terrorism. In this shifting landscape, deployments are feared, absurd bureaucracy is normalized, and service members are consecrated. water & power is a collage of voices, documents, and critical explorations that disrupt the usual frequency channels of military narratives. “Collapses the boundaries between poetry and prose, memoir and fiction.” (Nikki Wallschlaeger) Difficult, funny, abject, exhilarating, heartbreaking…. Read this book and understand the veterans in your life better … who we are, complex and bold and conflicted and powerful and terrified and tough and human. (Khadijah Queen)
TS Press News
TS author Steven Dunn interviewed by Hillary Leftwich at Heavy Feather
Steven Dunn discusses his new novel, drawing on ten years in the Navy, water & power, published this October by Tarpaulin Sky Press.
Seattle Review of Books on Rebecca Brown’s “Not Heaven, Somewhere Else”
At The Seattle Review of Books, none other than Paul Constant does his darndest to describe the genius of Rebecca Brown and her "dangerous and exciting" new book from TS Press, Not Heaven, Somewhere Else.
Rebecca Brown, “Not Heaven, Somewhere Else” (TS 2018) featured in The Stranger
Big thanks to Rich Smith for his wide-ranging Stranger feature on Rebecca Brown and her new book with Tarpaulin Sky Press: Not Heaven, Somewhere Else: "These updated and revised fables satisfied a desire for moral discussion that I didn’t even know I had…. Highly recommended and highly rewarding."
SPD Bestseller! Jennifer S. Cheng’s Moon: Letters, Maps, Poems (TS 2018)
We're tickled to note that Jennifer S. Cheng's hybrid masterpiece, Moon: Letters, Maps, Poems (TS 2018) is now officially a bestseller at Small Press Distribution.
TS Press Editor Elena Georgiou named Finalist for the New American Voices Award from the Institute for Immigration Research
Hernán Díaz, Renee Macalino, and TS Editor Elena Georgiou are finalists for the Institute for Immigration Research New American Voices Award, created to recognize work that illuminates the complexity of human experience as told by immigrants.
Publishers Weekly starred review for Jennifer S. Cheng’s Moon: Letters, Maps, Poems (TS 2018)
“Exhilarating.... An alt-epic for the 21st century... Visionary.... Rich and glorious." -- Publishers Weekly on Jennifer S. Cheng's Moon: Letters, Maps, Poems
Publishers Weekly reviews Piper J. Daniels’ Ladies Lazarus (TS 2018)
"In this beautifully written collection of 11 lyric essays, debut author Piper J. Daniels challenges popular narratives about suicidal ideation, sexual assault, mental illness, and female bodies.... (and) emerges as an empowering and noteworthy voice."
Granta Magazine features excerpts from Steven Dunn’s “water & power”
Granta issue 142 -- "Animalia" -- features an excerpt from water & power Steven Dunn's forthcoming second novel with Tarpaulin Sky Press: "A surreal and compelling indictment of the US military machine."
Los Angeles Review of Books on Amy King’s “The Missing Museum”
At Los Angeles Review of Books, fab poet Emma Bolden examines Amy King's "riotous, rapturous, and radical fifth full-length collection," The Missing Museum (TS Press 2016).
Kenyon Review on Elizabeth Hall’s “I Have Devoted My Life to the Clitoris”
Thanks to Caroline Crew -- who just fucking gets us -- you can hop over to Kenyon Review for a brilliant examination of Elizabeth Hall’s I Have Devoted My Life to the Clitoris (TS 2016).
Lambda Literary Award Finalist! Elizabeth Hall’s “I Have Devoted My Life to the Clitoris”
We're thrilled to announce that Elizabeth Hall's I Have Devoted My Life to the Clitoris (TS Press 2016) has been chosen as a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award in the category of Bisexual Nonfiction.
Kenyon Review on Amy King’s “The Missing Museum”
At Kenyon Review, editor Janet McAdams dives into Amy King's The Missing Museum (TS Press 2016): "A visceral stunner ... and an instruction manual.... King’s archival work testifies to the power—however obscured by the daily noise of our historical moment—of art, of the possibility for artists to legislate the world."
Blake Butler at VICE reviews Steven Dunn’s “Potted Meat” (TS 2016)
"Zero indulgence, all formative. Bone Thugs, underage drinking, alienation, death, love, Bob Ross, dreams of blood: This thin thing is flooded with power."
Film Trailer: Steven Dunn’s “Potted Meat” (TS 2016) adapted for “The Usual Route”
Foothills Productions releases The Usual Route, a short film based on Steven Dunn's novel Potted Meat, published by Tarpaulin Sky Press.
Lambda Literary Award Finalist! Piper J. Daniels’s “Ladies Lazarus”
We are very pleased to announce that Piper J. Daniels’s debut essay collection, Ladies Lazarus, published by Tarpaulin Sky Press, has been chosen as a finalist for a 2019 Lambda Literary Award.