The poems of Inside Skin are about pregnancy, birth, miscarriage, but through a different perspective. they are intensely, uncomfortably physical, as the narrator worries and shares the discomforts of impending motherhood in straightforward, unsentimental language. This is a chapbook that is both tender and unsettling.
Now Available: My Dear Yeast by Melanie Hyo-In Han
My Dear Yeast tracks the complexities of growing up as Third Culture Kid (TCK). The poems in this book move fluidly back and forth with their narrator from Tanzania to Korea to the United States to the United Kingdom, all while narrating a coming of age in the midst of multicultural influences. The effect is of being “from” everywhere and yet not quite anywhere, an experience that Melanie Hyo-In Han portrays with a recognition of both abundance and loss. Available in mid-January 2024; find it here.
Now Available: Ghost || Animal by Erin Elizabeth Smith
In this harrowing, forthright chapbook, Erin Elizabeth Smith explores childhood sexual abuse, as well as growth and healing beyond it. Like the fleeting, ghostly animals that recur as guides, Smith’s protagonist Dot endures, even thrives. Smith provides an empathetic voice for those who have been through similar situations. You can find it here.
Submissions open for Dead of Winter Anthology
Milk & Cake Press is now accepting submissions for our biennial anthology, Dead of Winter, to be published in February 2024. We are looking for poems that deal with the mythological, the mysteries of nature, the dark, or the uncanny of a long, cold winter. We aim to capture the feeling of the transition from the depths of winter toward spring.
To submit, please submit 1-3 poems in a Word document to Duosuma. There is no submission fee. Payment will be a copy of the anthology.
Submissions close October 31, 2023.
Now Available: And Aphrodite Laughs by Megan Mary Moore
Megan Mary Moore’s chapbook explores feminine sexuality through the playful personification of Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love. In concise, frank language, Moore raises a mirror to modern women through her narrator, asking them to think about their bodies as pleasurable and desirable whether or not they conform to current standards of beauty. You can find it here.