Kelsey Street Press

Kelsey Street Press Kelsey Street Press was founded in 1974 to address the marginalization of women writers by small press and mainstream publishers.

From the beginning, we linked our editorial policy to a poetics of allowance that encouraged women to write directly from their own creative imperatives. Other founding goals were to publish a list that reflected the cultural variety in this country and to publish first books by unvetted writers. In the eighties, we instituted a series of cross-genre collaborative works between poets and visual ar

tists. A decade later, as our list included more established writers, we created the Frances Jaffer Book Award for a first book to assure continued support of emerging poets. Our early books were handset and printed two pages at a time on a basement letterpress. Now we are exploring the interactive capabilities of the electronic media. At the heart of the Press remain the pleasures of the written page, books that can be held and carried, and ongoing participation in a continually changing poetry community.

congrats!!!!!
02/09/2025

congrats!!!!!

It has arrived! 𝘐𝘍 π˜ˆπ˜• π˜Œπ˜“π˜šπ˜Œπ˜žπ˜π˜Œπ˜™π˜Œ (π˜›π˜©π˜¦ π˜‰π˜Άπ˜³π˜³π˜°π˜Έ) with art by Cybele Lyle and poetry by Jocelyn Saidenberg is in our hands an...
02/02/2025

It has arrived! 𝘐𝘍 π˜ˆπ˜• π˜Œπ˜“π˜šπ˜Œπ˜žπ˜π˜Œπ˜™π˜Œ (π˜›π˜©π˜¦ π˜‰π˜Άπ˜³π˜³π˜°π˜Έ) with art by Cybele Lyle and poetry by Jocelyn Saidenberg is in our hands and in the world.

Join us for a reading and discussion at City Lights Books (virtually!) on Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 6pm PST. Featuring Cybele Lyle (art), Jocelyn Saidenberg (poetry) and Erin Wilson (editor).

Register at through linktree in our bio or at citylights.com

IF AN ELSEWHERE (The Burrow)
Kelsey Street Press, 2025
$32, ISBN 978-0-932716-95-8
71 pages, full color

Available at kelseystreetpress.org & asterismbooks.com

Kelsey Street Press is delighted to announce the publication of IF AN ELSEWHERE (The Burrow), art by Cybele Lyle and poe...
01/26/2025

Kelsey Street Press is delighted to announce the publication of IF AN ELSEWHERE (The Burrow), art by Cybele Lyle and poetry by Jocelyn Saidenberg. Available for pre-sale now and shipping in early February 2025.

Kelsey Street Press, 2025
$32, ISBN 978-0-932716-95-8
71 pages, full color
Available at kelseystreetpress.org & Asterism Books

Berkeley’s Kelsey Street Press celebrates 50 years of experimental, feminist poetry
10/31/2024

Berkeley’s Kelsey Street Press celebrates 50 years of experimental, feminist poetry

The founders of the small nonprofit press are paving the way for a younger generation. It will soon be moving to Bellingham, Washington.

Mei-Mei Berssebrugge reading fromSphericity and Nest
10/26/2024

Mei-Mei Berssebrugge reading from
Sphericity and Nest

Books have arrived! πŸ’—πŸ“š
10/26/2024

Books have arrived! πŸ’—πŸ“š

10/24/2024

Six months after SPD suddenly shut down, publishers are taking different tacks get books in readers’ hands.

Celebrate 50 years of Kelsey Street Press with readings by Mei-mei Bersenbrugge and Ching-In Chen!Light refreshments and...
10/16/2024

Celebrate 50 years of Kelsey Street Press with readings by Mei-mei Bersenbrugge and Ching-In Chen!

Light refreshments and Kelsey Street Press books will be available.

RSVPs requested through our website (link in bio).

See you there!

Come visit!
10/13/2024

Come visit!

10/11/2024

50th Anniversary Celebration & Reading

10/26/24, 3pm

Featuring Mei-mei Bersenbrugge and Ching-In Chen

Please join Kelsey Street Press to celebrate our 50th Anniversary on Saturday, October 26, at 3pm.

Light refreshments & Kelsey Street Press books will be available.

Hosfelt Gallery
260 Utah St
San Francisco
ADA accessibility via Potrero Street (255A Potrero)

RSVP Requested

What an amazing celebration
10/04/2024

What an amazing celebration

A Kelsey Street Press Celebration in Chicago!
09/15/2024

A Kelsey Street Press Celebration in Chicago!

A poetry reading and celebration of the small press featuring Kiran Bath, Jennifer Perrine, Rena Rosenwasser, and Metta SΓ‘ma.

Are you a fan of small-press poetry? We're excited to collaborate with 's small-press subscription program made for you!...
08/06/2024

Are you a fan of small-press poetry? We're excited to collaborate with 's small-press subscription program made for you! Every month, subscribers receive three small-press poetry titles curated by their staff. Subscriptions include a discount on the bundle and free shipping. Past bundles have included Kelsey Street Press titles such as Incubation by Bhanu Kapil and other wonderful selections!

September's bundle includes But Did You Die? by Precious Okoyomon, I Need Music by AnaΓ―s Duplan, and Impersonal Rainbow & The Bisexual Purge by Paul Killibrew.

Click the link in our bio to sign up by August 15th to receive the September bundle!

Congrats Ching-In Chen!!!
08/06/2024

Congrats Ching-In Chen!!!

New York, NY (August 6, 2024)β€”The Academy of American P

Ten Questions for Kiran Bath
07/16/2024

Ten Questions for Kiran Bath

β€œJust tell the truth.” β€”Kiran Bath, author of Instructions for Banno

So rare that a book goes into its second printing before its official launch. Congratulations Preorders for Instruction...
07/16/2024

So rare that a book goes into its second
printing before its official launch. Congratulations

Preorders for Instructions for Banno ship at the end of the month. In the meantime, catch up with Kiran on her book tour.

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