News | Tarpaulin Sky Press
TS AUTHORS AND THE TROUBLE THEY CAUSE
News | Tarpaulin Sky Press
TS AUTHORS AND THE TROUBLE THEY CAUSE
Tarpaulin Sky author Steven Dunn wins Whiting Award!
We're absolutely over the friggin moon to announce that Steven Dunn, author of Potted Meat and Water & Power, both from Tarpaulin Sky Press, has won a Whiting Award for Fiction. The $50,000 award is "based on early accomplishment and the promise of great work to come." Indeed!
Lauren Russell wins Poetry Society of America’s 2021 Anna Rabinowitz Prize for “Descent”
We are thrilled to announce that Lauren Russell is the 2021 recipient of the Anna Rabinowitz Prize from the Poetry Society of America, for Descent, published by Tarpaulin Sky Press: "a project of personal historical documentation that has resonances for many in this country."
Bestseller! Lauren Russell’s Descent
We're unsurprised, but delighted to announce that Lauren's Russell's Descent is a Poetry Bestseller at Small Press Distribution.
The Rumpus reviews Lauren Russell’s Descent
"Descent is a book about identity, about family—and a book about Black women and their erasure. How they were and in some ways continue to be erased from the historical record, from positions of power. From control over their own bodies. From what can be considered beautiful or joyful." -- Jesi Buell, The Rumpus
Winner & Shortlist | 2020 Tarpaulin Sky Book Award
At a time when happiness feels difficult to come by, we are happy to announce our short-listed manuscripts and the winner of the 2020 Tarpaulin Sky Book Awards.
Poets & Writers “Page One”: Lauren Russell’s “Descent” with Audio
Poets & Writers Page One -- "Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin" -- features Lauren Russell's Descent, including audio of Lauren reading an excerpt from the book.
Poets & Writers interviews Lauren Russell
Poets & Writers interviews Lauren Russell about her new book from Tarpaulin Sky Press, a hybrid of poetry and memoir, Descent.
The Longlist | 2020 Tarpaulin Sky Book Awards
Offering some flicker of joy among the Weltschmerz, we announce the Longlist for the Tarpaulin Sky Book Awards.
The Shortlist | 2019 Tarpaulin Sky Book Awards
Three weeks ago we published the Longlist for the 2019 Tarpaulin Sky Book Awards. Today we are delighted to announce the Shortlist. Not content with mere lists, however, we are also featuring excerpts from shortlisted manuscripts...
BuzzFeed News spotlights Steven Dunn’s “water & power”
Our sincere thanks to novelist Wendy J. Fox for including Steven Dunn's novel, water & power, among her BuzzFeed showcase of "books that prove indie presses deserve your attention."
Film Trailer: Steven Dunn’s “Potted Meat” adapted for film
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 Lambda Literary Award.
SPD Bestseller! Steven Dunn’s “water & power”
We are unsurprised, but nonetheless delighted, to learn that Steven Dunn's second novel with Tarpaulin Sky Press, water & power, is currently a Fiction Bestseller at Small Press Distribution.
Piper J. Daniels’s “Ladies Lazarus” reviewed at VIDA
"Ladies Lazarus is an unapologetic work, so bitch and bad-ass, in the ways it uses beauty as a creative principle and transgressive force. It is the beauty that allows us to transform our shames into something usable...." -- Arisa White, VIDA
Tarpaulin Sky author Jennifer S. Cheng awarded NEA Fellowship!
We are thrilled to announce that Jennifer S. Cheng -- author of Moon: Letters, Maps, Poems, from Tarpaulin Sky Press -- has been awarded a $25,000 Creative Writing Fellowship in Poetry, from the National Endowment of the Arts. We'd like to congratulate all the other winners as well -- with a special nod to TS Magazine contributor Kiki Petrosino!
The Rumpus review of Jennifer S. Cheng’s “Moon: Letters, Maps, Poems”
Our thanks to Julie Marie Wade at The Rumpus for her fascinating trans-genre engagement with Jennifer S. Cheng's Moon: Letters, Maps, Poems (TS 2018).
Tarpaulin Sky author Steven Dunn wins Whiting Award!
We're absolutely over the friggin moon to announce that Steven Dunn, author of Potted Meat and Water & Power, both from Tarpaulin Sky Press, has won a Whiting Award for Fiction. The $50,000 award is "based on early accomplishment and the promise of great work to come." Indeed!
Lauren Russell wins Poetry Society of America’s 2021 Anna Rabinowitz Prize for “Descent”
We are thrilled to announce that Lauren Russell is the 2021 recipient of the Anna Rabinowitz Prize from the Poetry Society of America, for Descent, published by Tarpaulin Sky Press: "a project of personal historical documentation that has resonances for many in this country."
Bestseller! Lauren Russell’s Descent
We're unsurprised, but delighted to announce that Lauren's Russell's Descent is a Poetry Bestseller at Small Press Distribution.
The Rumpus reviews Lauren Russell’s Descent
"Descent is a book about identity, about family—and a book about Black women and their erasure. How they were and in some ways continue to be erased from the historical record, from positions of power. From control over their own bodies. From what can be considered beautiful or joyful." -- Jesi Buell, The Rumpus
Winner & Shortlist | 2020 Tarpaulin Sky Book Award
At a time when happiness feels difficult to come by, we are happy to announce our short-listed manuscripts and the winner of the 2020 Tarpaulin Sky Book Awards.
Poets & Writers “Page One”: Lauren Russell’s “Descent” with Audio
Poets & Writers Page One -- "Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin" -- features Lauren Russell's Descent, including audio of Lauren reading an excerpt from the book.
Poets & Writers interviews Lauren Russell
Poets & Writers interviews Lauren Russell about her new book from Tarpaulin Sky Press, a hybrid of poetry and memoir, Descent.
The Longlist | 2020 Tarpaulin Sky Book Awards
Offering some flicker of joy among the Weltschmerz, we announce the Longlist for the Tarpaulin Sky Book Awards.