RED BIRD CHAPBOOKS

                Publisher of Quality Chapbooks, Broadsides, and Literary Pamphlets
Red Bird Chapbooks publishes chapbooks,broadsides and pamphlets that introduce aspiring and inspiring writers and artists to a larger audience. 

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       CHAPBOOKS
Artist chapbooks provide writers of all genres with an affordable, accessible means of bringing their writing to the attention of the community. 

      BROADSIDES
The Broadside Project brings together artists and writers in a blind collaboration to produce a monthly broadside/ poster that is displayed at local (Minneapolis/ St. Paul) community gathering spots.

       PAMPHLETS 
One Page Pamphlets are brief introductions to our authors and  included with every chapbook ordered.  

 POSSIBILITIES
Red Bird seeks new and interesting publishing projects.  Send us your possibility.

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CHECK OUT WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER

Latest  Chapbook

click on the cover to learn more about this chapbook and order your copy.

Latest  Broadside

Field with Whales
by Matt Rasmussen and Ryan Skog

 click on the image to view a larger image and read more about the Broadside Project.

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Latest Pamphlet

Three Oranges
by Tami Mohamed Brown

click on the cover image to learn more about this pamphlet and how to get your copy

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Illustrated and Illuminated Chapbooks

Dark Stars
by Elena Cisneros and Susan Solomon

Dark Stars is a collaboration between a poet and a painter. Elena's eleven sectioned poem is illustrated and enhanced by Susan's vibrant paintings. The text and paintings are then formed into a six page "star" book that stands as a literary piece of art. 


click on the image for more information about the chapbook 
and to order your copy.

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E Books

Living is the Spin Cycle
by Howie Good

Living is the Spin Cycle is one of our first ventures into the world of e-publishing. Red Bird has a presences on Smashwords and that is where this collection of prose poems can be found. 
This collection is also available as a printed chapbook. 







click on the cover image to go to the smashwords page.

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RED BIRD ANNOUNCES

The Imaginary Life of the Pioneer Wife by Donna Vorreyer Published
A poignant portrayal of one woman's life, this suite of poems takes you through the hardship and trials of a pioneer woman. 
Using a historical perspective Donna looks at the life events of one woman's life with a haunting relevance to present day life.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       May 25, 2013

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Chapbook Possibilities Close Until July 1, 2013
In order to make sure we do the very best in considering manuscripts, edit thoroughly and carefully, format and design precisely and print in a timely manner, we are temporarily closing our submission process. Thank you to all who have sent us their manuscripts and to all considering possibilities. We will begin accepting manuscripts again July 1st. 

Hurricane Drunk by Laura Bogart available as e-book
www.smashwords.com

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Fiction Editor Evan Kingston to publish his novel in serial form
"Slash is a serial novel by Evan Kingston.  You can expect the first episode of this metafictional erotic thriller 
to hit the bookstands in the autumn of 2013 with six more episodes to follow throughout 2014."

Evan has established a website and on that website he has posted the first chapter of Slash
check it out at .http://slashserial.com/2013/02/23/chapter-one/

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Family Affairs by Shaun Rouser available as e-book
www.smashwords.com
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    April 25, 2013

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Escapologies by Matthew Burnside now available as e-book.
www..smashwords.com
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      April 19, 2013

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HURRICANE DRUNK by LAURA BOGART PUBLISHED
Three Stories, three characters, three predicaments.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       April 12, 2013

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Suzanne Stenson O'Brien is Red Bird's CNF Editor
Essays, Memoirs, even investigative Creative Non-Fiction can be published as chapbooks. 
We have an interested, curious and enthusiastic CNF editor in Suzanne.  So put her to work. 
Send your possibilities (click on possibilities) to us and see what we can do.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       April 10, 2013

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ERIC HOVE JOINS POETRY EDITORS
in giving every possibility the best and most thorough review. 
Learn more about Eric soon. For now, welcome Eric! 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  April 8, 2013

NEW EDITORS ADDED
Alida Winternheimer reads fiction manuscripts.
Caitlin Bailey Thompson reads poetry manuscripts.
Nolan Zavoral reads poetry manuscripts.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   February 2013

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Sound Points 
by Andrew Jarvis

click on the cover image to read more about this chapbook and order your copy

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Sequences: Dark and Light

By Nolan Zavoral

In three different series of poems Nolan Zavoral explores and opines on the aspects of maturity and aging.  These poems are written with dignity, compassion and just enough humor to be honest reflections of one man's journey through life.  

Click on the cover image for more information on this chapbook.

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On Any Given Day

by Yvette Nelson

click on the cover to learn more of Yvette, her poems and how to purchase this chapbook.  

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Rockets and Blue Lights 
by Rhett Watts

EDGES                                                                                                                                                                                                          

I can't hold on to quarters,
twenty dollar bills,
the tang of sausage and peppers.

Things pass through me
like the potted geranium did
when the worn wicker seat gave way,

like the babies that tunneled
through the weave and channel
of my pelvis.

They drop, kitten from cat's jaws,
his pants, her stitch,
the first handful of dirt.

So much that's watched remains
unseen like muscle, fern spores
scattering into air,

fresh blood clotting,
or a mare in flight between
hoof beats.

Contoured cup of morning
glory crumples, perfect spiral
of dust disperses

until it seems vision is a trick,
and the hours' varying shades on the lip
of  a vase always around the bend.

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Asteraceae
October Broadside
Glenn Tenhoff, artist and Sara Dailey, poet

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Published July 2012. 
Click on image for more information.

FOR HER WITH NO REGRETS 
by Duane Niatum

Just Released. Three short stories by Duane Niatum.

For Her With No Regrets
Talking Things Over With the Boiler Man    
A Slight Diversion from Wedding Gout. 

About the Author:

A Jamestown S’Klallam tribal member, Duane Niatum lives in Seattle where he has spent most of his life. He has a Ph. D. from the University of Michigan/Ann Arbor. His poems, stories and essays have appeared in over one hundred magazines and newspapers in the U.S. and Europe. He has won many awards, including The National Book Award. 
The Pull of the Green Kite, his eighth volume of poetry, was published in the Spring, 2011.

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Hurricane Drunk
by Laura Bogart

click on the cover image to read more about this chapbook and order your copy

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BIRDING

By Lois Welshons
with illustrations by Eleazar Albin, Chester A. Reed, John J. Audubon, and Ernest Seton Thompson.
Ten Bird related poems with corresponding illustrations.  

Barred Owl

I’m perfectly clear why
I’m called what I’m called
--the dark bars across my chest--
But inside, in my secret heart,
I always think of myself
As a “bard” owl, even though
So far I’ve thought up only
A couple really good lines,
Which I tend to repeat:
Who cooks for-you?
Who cooks for-you-all?

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DECEMBER BROADSIDE
survived by his daughter

poem by Renee Beauregard Lute, illustrated by Amanda Potts

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November Broadside 
Near Odessa
by Patricia Kirkpatrick with art by Virginia McBride

 

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Event:November 28, 2012
Patricia Kirkpatrick, 
winner of the first annual Lindquist and Vennum Prize for Poetry 
to sign November Broadsides

On November 28 at Open Book in Minneapolis Minnesota Patricia Kirkpatrick will be celebrating the release of her latest book of poetry Odessa.  The November broadside "Near Odessa" will be available for purchase at the celebration.  Thirty large sized broadsides will be available for purchase, signed and numbered.  Another 20 large sized broadsides are available to order on the website.  These will also be numbered (31-50) but not signed.  

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SEPTEMBER BROADSIDE

Call the Moon is the September Broadside.  Paige Riehl poet and Susan Solomon artist.

 Call The Moon

Call the moon a slice, a sliver, a polished rock.
Call the Atlantic a dancer, her body a giant S.
Call the sun the bright man walking through the
      woods.
Call the Mississippi River mother as she bends her
       knees.

Call to the lost you stuck in a moment everyone 
        else forgot long ago.
Call the pine tree a ladder until the child inside 
         becomes afraid of simple things again.
Call the cat great other, silent self.
Call anger a rotten avocado and let your teeth 
         touch the pit.
Call a guitar the soft earth’s sound.
Call to blood as a shallow pond reflecting white
          clouds.
Call to the bruised belly. Let her rage.

 Call to the ordinary and applaud.
Call gulls, call wind, return a blackbird’s call.
Call the garden spirit’s zinnia face.
Call beauty to stay a thin mist.
Call to a stranger with a bent finger, an eye lifted.
Call invisible dreams drying in the sunlight.

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August Broadside: 
The Octopus Speaks of his Hearts.

RBC NEWS:

the latest bird song
brought to you by 

Gretchen Marquette and 
Matthew Phillippi

 RED BIRD

is the May Broadside


available in standard size and a limited edition
printed "large" size

more info on our 
broadside page.

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Punctuations

Nolan Zavoral's collection of poems on the subject, abuse and misuse, of punctuation is now available as a 8 page mini chapbook.  
Click on the cover image to purchase.  

This pocket sized pamphlet is made from a single sheet of paper, folded to make 8 pages.  

FYI: this little gem of a chapbook will be added to any chapbook order at no charge.  

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The Second Book of Pearl: 
THE CATS 

One of the first people to approach me about producing a chapbook was Peggy Vork-Zambory, a.k.a. Pearl. She wanted to make a chapbook of posts from her blog "Pearl, why you little...".  At first I was skeptical, blog posts in a chapbook?  Then I started reading some of Pearl's posts, the stories she was telling, the observations she made about her childhood, her family, her friends, her work, her commute and her cats.  Pearl puts up a new post every day.  She's been doing it for at least three years.  Every day. Talk about dedication and determination.  

At the end of 2010 Red Bird published Pearl's first chapbook "I Was Raised To Be A Lert."  It is a series of stories about growing up and her family. It makes me smile every time I read it.  Pearl has a wonderful ability to see things in a positive and humorous way. The stories are light hearted and good- natured fun.  Pearl's stories, whether in the chapbook or on her blog, are reminders to relax, be aware, have fun, and don't take life too seriously.  There is a lot of amusement out there, if you just look.

Today I am delivering to Pearl copies of her second chapbook "The Second Book of Pearl: THE CATS." The stories of Liza Bean Bitey and Dolly Gee Squeakers are imaginative whimsy with a bit of a bite.  Red Bird is proud to publish this collection, and waits eagerly for "More Pearl, send us more!"

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an industry of yearning  
**Released and Reviewed**

A collection of poems by Robert Levy.
 Available to Order 

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Living is the Spin Cycle!

by Howie Good

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Fresh from the press:  
The Journey Home 
by Richard Walker

From the chapbook THE JOURNEY HOME
Sandcastle

One morning on a Samish beach 
with my Samish niece and nephew, 
I built a sand castle.

I packed and sculpted and carved and 
when I stepped back to survey my
work

it looked like an Aztec pyramid,
like the ones on the calendars that my
grandfather got at the store where he
bought corn husks and masa for tamales.

For a moment, I imagined my wife’s ancestors, 
who had lived on this beach, asking for 
a story about me. 

“Tell us about you, son-in-law. 
Where are your people from?”

So I left my Aztec pyramid as a silent offering, 
a story about my people, on the sand. 

Seals poked their heads up curiously, and
an eagle flew overhead

and then the tide came, melting my 
sandcastle —my story — into the sand, 
and melding it with the history of this place. 

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birthed in ruin

The July 2012 Broadside is a collaboration between poet Caitlin Bailey and artist Ryan Skog. 

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