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

COMING SOON

-My Almost Certainly Real
Imaginary Jesus:
a memoir by Kelly Barth

NEWS

  • Elizabeth Bradfield, author of Interpretive Work has been appointed the 2012-2014 Jacob Ziskind Visiting Poet-in-Residence at Brandeis University.
  • The next Arktoi poet has been chosen! Congratulations to Verónica Reyes of Los Angeles. more info & poetry
  • The Alphabet Conspiracy by Rita Mae Reese won The Pamaunok Poetry Award AND the Drake Emerging Writers Award.
  • Rita Mae Reese won a Pushcart Prize for a poem published in So To Speak
  • The newest Arktoi author (and first nonfiction author) has been chosen: Kelly Barth of Lawrence, Kansas. more about Kelly & her memoir
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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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