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Lefty Blondie Press promotes the poetry of woman-identifying & non-binary people

08/31/2024

One Week Away!

Join us live and in person or via livestream on Saturday, September 7th at White Whale Bookstore to celebrate Edith Friedman's debut stunner, Reconstruction! Edith will read with the amazing Lee Ann Roripaugh!

Livestream: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkd-murTMsGdX6wiCeZX_7EA70dJMBuUdA #/registration

Pre-Order Reconstruction today at www.leftyblondiepress.com (Link in Bio)

We will also have a Lefty Blondie Press Raffle Basket! Stay tuned for more details!

See you at the launch! 🚀

Yours in Ink,
Amy Lee and Marguerite

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08/28/2024

The Sealey Challenge Book Recommendations: Yael Valencia Aldana's, Alien(S) and Barbara Dahlberg's, Sleeping With The Enemy!

Reminder: Throughout the month of August snag Kelley Beeson's debut stunner, Undress and Jan Beatty's badass chapbook, Skydog for $10! Only a few days left to grab this deal!

Visit www.leftyblondiepress.com for more details!

Save the Date: Join us on Saturday, September 7th at White Whale Bookstore to celebrate Edith Friedman's debut chapbook, Reconstruction! Pre-Order today for a signed copy!

Happy reading to all!

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08/28/2024

The big unboxing reveal!

Pre-Order Edith Friedman's luminous manuscript Reconstruction today! (Link in Bio)

Join us to celebrate this beauty live and in-person or via livestream on September 7th at White Whale Bookstore!

Thank you to the Print Tech Team for helping our cover dreams come true!

08/27/2024

The Sealey Challenge Book Recommendations: Maria McLeod's, Skin. Hair. Bones. and Sarah Williams-Devereux's, Of a Mother!

Reminder: Throughout the month of August snag Kelley Beeson's debut stunner, Undress and Jan Beatty's badass chapbook, Skydog for $10!

Visit www.leftyblondiepress.com for more details!

Save the Date: Join us on Saturday, September 7th at White Whale Bookstore to celebrate Edith Friedman's debut chapbook, Reconstruction! Pre-Order today for a signed copy!

Happy reading to all!

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08/26/2024

SAVE THE DATE!

Less than two weeks away!

Join us live and in person or via livestream on Saturday, September 7th at White Whale Bookstore to celebrate Edith Friedman's debut stunner, Reconstruction! Edith will read with the amazing Lee Ann Roripaugh!

Livestream: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkd-murTMsGdX6wiCeZX_7EA70dJMBuUdA #/registration

Pre-Order Reconstruction today at www.leftyblondiepress.com (Link in Bio)

We will also have a Lefty Blondie Press Raffle Basket! Stay tuned for more details!

See you at the launch! 🚀

Yours in Ink,
Amy Lee and Marguerite

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08/25/2024

Praise for Reconstruction by Edith Friedman:

"Edith Friedman’s Reconstruction shattered me. A linguistic rupture not without its mending threads, but a rupture nonetheless. This imagistic lyric spirals at the height of devotion in a “sea of writhing branches” between sisters, mothers, daughters and friends in the seemingly never-ending aftermath of cancer diagnoses. Capitalism’s apathy and dereliction toward women’s health underscores these lines; “I schedule the surgery. I get a week off work.” And yet, despite the cold machinations of public health, there springs a defiant tenderness. “This has nothing to do with love,” says the poet. “I know my body is the one you want / because I am inside it.”

—Marcelo Hernandez Castillo,
author of Cenzontle Judge

Celebrate Reconstruction with us on September 7th at White Whale Bookstore! In-person and via Livestream!

Full cover by our oh so talented designer Todd Sanders and photographer .

Pre-order your signed, hand-bound copy today at www.leftyblondiepress.com! (Link in Bio)

08/24/2024

SAVE THE DATE!

Join us live and in person or via Livestream on Saturday, September 7th at White Whale Bookstore to celebrate Edith Friedman's debut stunner, Reconstruction! Edith will read with the amazing Lee Ann Roripaugh!

Livestream: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkd-murTMsGdX6wiCeZX_7EA70dJMBuUdA #/registration

Pre-Order Reconstruction today at www.leftyblondiepress.com (Link in Bio)

We will also have a Lefty Blondie Press Raffle Basket! Stay tuned for more details!

See you at the launch! 🚀

Yours in Ink,
Amy Lee and Marguerite

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08/23/2024

Lefty Blondie Press presents Reconstruction by Edith Friedman with the amazing Lee Ann Roripaugh Saturday, September 7th at White Whale Bookstore!

Pre-Order Reconstruction today at www.leftyblondiepress.com (Link in Bio)

We will also have a Lefty Blondie Press Raffle Basket! Stay tuned for more details!

See you at the launch!

Yours in Ink,
Amy Lee and Marguerite

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08/20/2024

The Sealey Challenge Madwomen Book Recommendations: Diane Kerr's, Perigee and Jen Ashburn's, The Light on the Wall!

Reminder: Throughout the month of August snag Kelley Beeson's debut stunner, Undress and Jan Beatty's badass chapbook, Skydog for $10!

Visit www.leftyblondiepress.com for more details!

Save the Date: Join us on Saturday, September 7th at White Whale Bookstore to celebrate Edith Friedman's debut chapbook, Reconstruction! Pre-Order today for a signed copy!

Happy reading to all!

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08/19/2024

The Sealey Challenge Book Recommendations: Daisy Fried's, My Brother is Getting Arrested Again and Ruth L. Schwartz's, miraculum!

Reminder: Throughout the month of August snag Kelley Beeson's debut stunner, Undress and Jan Beatty's badass chapbook, Skydog for $10!

Visit www.leftyblondiepress.com for more details!

Save the Date: Join us on Saturday, September 7th at White Whale Bookstore to celebrate Edith Friedman's debut chapbook, Reconstruction! Pre-Order today for a signed copy!

Happy reading to all!

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08/18/2024

The Reconstruction book proof is finalized! We can't wait to start hand-cutting, hand-binding, and hand-numbering this stunning manuscript and offer it to the world!

A huge shot out to Edith's niece, Annabel Jay for creating our interior illustrations! We see something different in her beautiful and intricate drawings every time we open the book. It has been such a special experience working so closely with Edith and her family.

Don't forget to mark your calendars for the Reconstruction book launch on Saturday, September 7th at featuring readings from both and !

08/18/2024

We just received the Reconstruction high res cover art from our amazingly talented designer Todd Sanders and we are so excited to start hand-binding!

The manifestation of this stunner was truly a family affair! Edith's sister-in-law was our cover photographer and her niece was our interior illustrator (sneak peaks to come)! How lucky are we to work with a family of artists and creators?!

Join us on September 7th at White Whale Bookstore in person or via Zoom to celebrate Edith Friedman's debut chapbook, Reconstruction! Pre-order your copy today at www.leftyblondiepress.com!

Cover Image, Kathryn Jay

illustrations, Annabel Jay

Cover Designer, Todd Sanders

08/16/2024

The Sealey Challenge Book Recommendations: Jo McDougall's, Satisfied with Havoc and Ada Limón's, Bright Dead Things!

Reminder: Throughout the month of August snag Kelley Beeson's debut stunner, Undress and Jan Beatty's badass chapbook, Skydog for $10!

Visit www.leftyblondiepress.com for more details!

Save the Date: Join us on Saturday, September 7th at White Whale Bookstore to celebrate Edith Friedman's debut chapbook, Reconstruction! Pre-Order today for a signed copy!

Happy reading to all!

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08/13/2024

Praise for Reconstruction by Edith Friedman:

"Reconstruction, by Edith Friedman, maps the delicate reconstruction of a life and a self in the face of bodily precarity, harrowing genetic legacies, mother-daughter lineages, and multiple facets of loss. In a series of poems that are linguistically deft, formally inventive, and filled with images that pulse and ache with hunger, yearning, and sorrow, Reconstruction is a riveting, harrowing, and intensely beautiful collection."

—Lee Ann Roripaugh, 2024 Lefty Blondie Press
First Chapbook Award Judge

Come celebrate with us on September 7th at White Whale Bookstore! In-person and via Zoom!

PS: Full cover coming soon by our oh so talented designer Todd Sanders and photographer . Pre-order your signed, hand-bound copy today at www.leftyblondiepress.com! (Link in Bio)

08/10/2024

The Sealey Challenge Book Recommendations: Jan Beatty's, Red Sugar and Sharon Olds', The Gold Cell--both collections that gave me the permission to write through the dark.

Reminder: Throughout the month of August snag Kelley Beeson's debut stunner, Undress and Jan Beatty's badass chapbook, Skydog for $10!

Visit www.leftyblondiepress.com for more details!

Save the Date: Join us on Saturday, September 7th at White Whale Bookstore to celebrate Edith Friedman's debut chapbook, Reconstruction! Pre-Order today for a signed copy!

Happy reading to all!

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08/07/2024

Another Edith Friedman Chapbook Sneak Peak!

Our designer, Todd Sanders is working his magic inside and out!

08/04/2024

The Sealey Challenge Book Recommendations!

Throughout the month of August snag Kelley Beeson's debut stunner, Undress and Jan Beatty's badass chapbook, Skydog for $10!

Visit www.leftyblondiepress.com for my details!

Happy reading to all!

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08/02/2024

Edith Friedman's Reconstruction Cover Sneak Peak!

08/01/2024

Day 1 of The Sealey Challenge!

The LBP editors started their challenge with Easy Math by Lauren Shapiro and Blessing the Boats by Lucille Clifton!

Comment below your first day picks!

07/31/2024

We have our Sealey Challenge poetry books lined up! Do you?

Now through August purchase Skydog or Undress for $10 at www.leftyblondiepress.com!

Don't forget to pre-order Reconstruction for the September 7th launch! Cover reveals and more poem sneak peaks from the immensely talented Edith Friedman coming soon!

Comment below a snippet of your August reading list!

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07/11/2024

Working by sunset in Portland and moonlight in Pittsburgh!

We had another lovely evening editing and talking about all things RECONSTRUCTION!

We are beyond excited to start revealing more and more from the immensely talented and oh so wonderful Edith Friedman! Stay tuned!

In the meantime, pre-order the stunning limited-edition, hand-bound, hand-numbered chapbook, Reconstruction.

Visit www.leftyblondiepress.com for more details and a chance to have your copy signed!

07/03/2024

Pre-Order Reconstruction by Edith Friedman!

Our launch date is September 7th at White Whale Bookstore! Be sure to get your signed, limited-edition, hand-numbered copy today!

There is an option for pickup at the launch or mailed after launch as well as a personalized inscription option! 🚀

Visit www.leftyblondiepress.com for more info!

PS: Cover sneak peaks and blurbs coming soon!

07/02/2024

We have forever been basking in the luminous poetry of and knew in our hearts we had to seek out Lee as our 2024 First Chapbook Award Final Judge!

Working with Lee has been all sorts of lovely as she read and handled each manuscript with such honor before selecting the stunning chapbook, Reconstruction by Edith Friedman.

Lee Ann Roripaugh (she/they) is a biracial Nisei and the author of five volumes of poetry, mostly recently tsunami vs. the fukushima 50 (Milkweed Editions, 2019), which was named a “Best Book of 2019” by the New York Public Library, selected as a poetry Finalist in the 2020 Lambda Literary Awards, cited as a Society of Midland Authors 2020 Honoree in Poetry, and was named one of the “50 Must-Read Poetry Collections in 2019” by Book Riot. Her collection of fiction, Reveal Codes, was selected as winner of the Moon City Press Short Fiction Award and published by Moon City Press in late 2023, and their chapbook, , a winner in the Diode Editions Chapbook Competition, was released from Diode Press in 2023. She was named winner of the Association of Asian American Studies Book Award in Poetry/Prose for 2004, and a 1998 winner of the National Poetry Series. The South Dakota State Poet Laureate from 2015-2019, Roripaugh is a Professor of English at the University of South Dakota, where they serve as Editor-in-Chief of South Dakota Review.

Lee will celebrate Edith in a joint reading at White Whale Bookstore on September 7th!

Let's welcome Lee to Lefty Blondie Press and our growing community of badass poets and mad creatives!

Yours in ink,
Amy Lee and Marguerite

06/22/2024

New on the blog!

It is with immense gratitude and excitement that we announce this year's Lefty Blondie Press First Chapbook Award winner: Reconstruction by Edith Friedman!

Our launch date is September 7th at White Whale Bookstore! Be sure you get your signed limited-edition hand-numbered copy available for pre-orders now!

Visit www.leftyblondiepress.com to pre-order today!

06/17/2024

Sunday morning creating sessions are back!

We just had our second meeting with the lovely and wonderful Edith Friedman! These meetings are so life giving as we get to know our amazing poets outside of their words. We talked alterations, knit sweaters, traveling, and all things RECONSTRUCTION!

This luminous manuscript is already taking shape and we are over the moon!

Stay tuned for so many things!

Yours in ink,
Amy Lee and Marguerite

06/15/2024

Lefty Blondie Press is beyond thrilled to announce the winner of our National Chapbook Contest!

Congratulations to Edith Friedman from Berkeley, California and her stunning and captivating manuscript Reconstruction!

Her debut chapbook was chosen by the amazingly talented Lee Ann Roripaugh! Words from Lee to come!

Reconstruction will be edited, designed, hand-cut, handbound, and hand-numbered by the LBP editors and designers in collaboration with Edith!

Edith Friedman is a poet, parent and sometime project manager who lives in Northern California. She admires the ways of people and plants, and tries not to second guess. She has an MFA from Saint Mary’s College of California. Recent writing appears in Rogue Agent, Five Minutes, Aôthen, Wild Greens and Nifty Lit.

Visit www.edithfriedman.net to find out more about Edith!

We will celebrate Edith in a joint reading with Lee at White Whale Bookstore on September 7th!

Edith, welcome to Lefty Blondie Press and our growing community of badass poets and creatives!

Yours in ink,
Amy Lee and Marguerite

06/12/2024

Congratulations to the Lefty Blondie Press First Chapbook Award First Runner-Up: Map in the Body of the Sky by Meredith Arena, selected by Lee Ann Roripaugh!

Meredith Arena is a q***r writer and interdisciplinary artist and educator. Their work explores place, home, belonging, ritual and friendship. Her writing can be found in various journals including The Shore, Moist Poetry, Longleaf Review, Peatsmoke, Blood Orange Review, and Poetry NW. They hold an MFA in creative writing and a Certificate in the Teaching of Creative Writing from Antioch University Los Angeles.

You can find Meredith's work at mereditharena.com.

It was an honor and a privilege to read your luminous manuscript!

06/11/2024

Announcing our Finalists for the 2024 Lefty Blondie Press First Chapbook Award!

Congratulations to Susan G. Duncan and her stunning manuscript Genealogy!

Susan G. Duncan is a consultant with a performing and visual arts clientele, capping a career in arts administration. She served as executive director for San Francisco’s long-running musical comedy phenomenon Beach Blanket Babylon, the al fresco California Shakespeare Theater, and the Grammy-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer. Her poetry has appeared in Glassworks, The MacGuffin, Orange Blossom Review, Soundings East, and 3Elements Literary Review, among others.

It was an honor to read your work!

06/11/2024

Announcing our Finalists for the 2024 Lefty Blondie Press First Chapbook Award!

Congratulations to Ellen Romano and her impressive manuscript Cicatrix!

Ellen Romano is a retired educator living in Hayward, California. Her work has appeared in december magazine and the Lascaux Review among other publications, and she is the winner of Third Wednesday’s 2023 poetry award.

It was an honor to read your work!

06/11/2024

Announcing our Finalists for the 2024 Lefty Blondie Press First Chapbook Award!

Congratulations to Sharon A. Foley and her powerful manuscript A Kind of Mercy!

Sharon A. Foley has poems published in Nixes Mate Review, Patterson Literary Review, Speckled Trout Review, Solstice, South Florida Poetry Journal and The Big Windows Review. She entered the Sisters of Mercy at age eighteen and lived with them as a nun for twenty-nine years. Ms. Foley has a BA in English from Salve Regina College and an MSW from Simmons College. She worked many years as a school social worker and is now a private practice psychotherapist in Attleboro, Massachusetts. For more on Sharon, go to her website https://sharonneedsakidney.org

It was an honor to read your work!

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