Arktoi Books: Literature by lesbian authors


RECENT TITLES

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

Heart's TrafficThe Heart's Traffic:
a novel in poem

-Ching-In Chen

Stories, letters, and riddles follow the life of Xiaomei.

Shapely and wild, personal and cultural, tough and vulnerable, this is a poet and a poetry of steadfast innovation and depth.   —Terrance Hayes

COMING IN 2011:
The Alphabet Conspiracy
poems by
Rita Mae Reese

NEWS

EVENTS

  • June 6: Catherine Kirkwood, author Cut Away, reads at LA's Skylight Books
  • July 10: Catherine Kirkwood, author of Cut Away, reads at Hugo House in Seattle for an A Room of Her Own event.
  • July 26 - 30: Elizabeth Bradfield, author of Interpretive Work teaches at Castle Hill Center for the Arts in Truro, MA
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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 2010 (publication in 2012), submissions will be accepted in creative nonfiction (not poetry).

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