“Flashlights in the Distance” by Nick Manzolillo
We are supposed to meet beneath the stars, while the ocean whispers. I’ve stripped to my briefs and sampled the water with my toes . . .
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“Hit the Till” by Costa Koutsoutis
The first thing out of his mouth when I sat down was about the High Park. I hadn’t been in maybe a year or so since I’d moved out of the neighborhood, but my brother was a regular . . .
FREE E-BOOK: Download A Fictional History of the United States with Huge Chunks Missing for FREE through Monday, July 18!
Download a copy of A Fictional History of the United States with Huge Chunks Missing for absolutely free through Monday, July 18!
FREE E-BOOK: Download The Night of the Rambler for FREE through Wednesday, February 24!
Download a copy of The Night of the Rambler for absolutely free through Wednesday, February 24!
FREE E-BOOK: Download Pepperpot: Best New Stories from the Caribbean for FREE through Tuesday, January 26!
Download a copy of Pepperpot: Best New Stories from the Caribbeant for absolutely free through Tuesday, January 26!
Kwame Dawes’s Preface to Coming Up Hot
To celebrate the release of Coming Up Hot: Eight New Poets from the Caribbean, today we’re pleased to give you a look at the book’s preface, written by Kwame Dawes.
Friday, May 8: Benefit Party for AK Press
New York, stop by the Brooklyn Commons on May 8 for a party benefiting our friends at AK Press! All proceeds will go toward helping them get back on their feet following the devastating fire that wiped out their home base in Oakland, CA, earlier this year.
Johnny Temple, Prodigy, and K’wan talk Infamous Books on NPR’s Weekend Edition!
Did you catch Akashic publisher Johnny Temple and Akashic authors Albert “Prodigy” Johnson and K’wan on NPR’s Weekend Edition? Click to learn all about how Infamous Books is reverse gentrifying literature.