Pure Sleeze Press

27/06/2025

Coming from Pure Sleeze Press
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Awash by John Burroughs
Feline by John Dorsey
Scarecrow Standing at a Crossroads by Jason Ryberg
Drop the Bomb Already by Scott Laudati
Water Witch by Tony Brewer

02/06/2025

JULY

09/05/2025

I want to thank everyone who has purchased the chapbooks in this Spring Drop and all of the authors who have participated.

The money from these sales allows us to continue paying the features at Poetry Speaks a small honorarium for their performances. Poetry Speaks was the first reading I was ever paid for and when Bill passed it was important to me that the tradition of paying features continues.

It's not always the same amount, it's always just what we could afford at the time, but these chapbooks sales make it easier to keep that going and consistent.

This drop has been a solid success and will carry us through to the next drop and a bit beyond.

25/04/2025

Hey Rah Rah! It is spring and the books have sprung!

New Books from

Bree
Jennifer Browne
Chris Dean
M.J. Arcangelini
and Juliet Cook

Also Pure Sleeze has a grown up web site now.

Shop now at

limited edition single run handmade poetry chapbooks from both established and emerging poets

16/02/2025

Tickets to Midnight Vol 3 Cover Reveal!

Arizona, Antoine and I are pleased as punch.

04/01/2025

We have reached out to several people who submitted to Tickets to midnight Volume 3 but it's date night and we're not going to spend all night doing this so if you haven't been reached out to this evening expect something in the next few days.

-Jonathan S Baker

01/01/2025

Calls for submissions for tickets to midnight volume 3 have closed. We will be reaching out to those who have submitted within the next couple weeks. Thank you for your patience.

01/12/2024

Chapbook submissions end today December 1. Thank you to everyone who has already submitted. We will be contacting everyone within the next week. Thank you for making it such a difficult decision.

Tickets to Midnight Vol 3 submissions are still open to the end of this month

28/11/2024

Thank you and congratulations to Pure Sleeze Press Pushcart Nominees!

Westley Heine
Izzy Maxson
Michael Joseph Arcangelini
J Ian Bush
April Ridge
Kevin Ridgeway