Arktoi Books: Literature by lesbian authors


RECENT TITLES

AlphabetThe Alphabet Conspiracy
-Rita Mae Reese

These poems dig beneath the surface of dictionary entries to uncover their secrets and to discover some of the poet's own.

Cut AwayCut Away
-Catherine Kirkwood

A novel of identity, transformation, and discovery.

Erotic, dark and intense, Kirkwood asks difficult questions about the relationship between appearance and identity.   —Alexander Chee

NEWS

  • Great review of The Alphabet Conspiracy in NewPages.
  • The newest Arktoi author has been chosen: Kelly Barth of Lawrence, Kansas. Kelly's memoir was chosen to the the first nonfiction book on the Arktoi shelf.
  • Ching-In Chen is one of the 30 guest tweeters for the Academy of American Poets
  • Fabulous news!!! Cathy Kirkwood's Cut Away is a finalist for the Edmund White Debut Fiction Award from New York's Publishing Triangle.
  • The next Arktoi title is here! Get Rita Mae Reese's The Alphabet Conspiracy.
  • Ching-In Chen's The Heart's Traffic is listed as one of the notable Asian American books of 2009
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MISSION

An imprint of Red Hen Press, Eloise Klein Healy established Arktoi Books to publish literary works of high quality by lesbian writers.

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SUBMISSIONS

Arktoi publishes one book a year. Submissions will be accepted from August through November. In 2011 (publication in 2013), submissions will be accepted in poetry.

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