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Release March 15, 2024

About Steel Toe Books 2023 Chapbook Selection

don’t call us punk because we hate that
by Adam Oyster-Sands     

 

Adam Oyster-Sands' don’t call us punk because we hate that is a collection of poems about learning to let go so you can escape a stifling suburban existence into a real community through the joys and heartbreaks that come from youthful desires for something like freedom. 

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THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SHIMMY-SHAMMY

CHRISTOPHER CITRO

"This is a much-welcomed and necessary kick in the pants, chock-full of quirks and delights."

-Maurice Manning

MY FATHER'S KITES

ALLISON JOSEPH

"I cannot think of another contemporary poet who has done a finer job of combining form and content, to dazzling effect."  

-Marilyn Taylor

MONEY FOR SUNSETS

ELIZABETH J. COLEN

"As she herself writes, 'Great untapped mercies live within us.'"
- Shane McCrae

MEET SOME OF OUR AUTHORS

Steel Toe Books has 27 Authors and Counting

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CHRISTOPHER CITRO

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ALLISON JOSEPH

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ELIZABETH J. COLEN

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JEANNINE HALL GAILEY

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