Our poetry defies expectation and convention both! Featuring:

The Splooge Factory by Christina Springer. Informed by theories of feminized eroticism and a feminist inquiry of power dynamics, these poems reflect the real stories of the real women in an “adult services” massage parlor.

¿Cómo Hacer Preguntas? or How To Make Questions by Daniel Hales. This poetry collection explores the spaces from which questions arise—the memories, musings, and metaphysics we use to seek out meaning.

​The Ghettobirds by Bryant O’Hara. Aftofuturist speculative poetry with a hip-hop beat. Includes the Rhysling Award-nominated "Hoop Dance."

See all of the Frayed Edge Press titles here: ​https://www.frayededgepress.com/books.html 

Continuously showcasing facets of history largely unseen and unexplored, our history authors produce work that intersects engaging prose with academic research. Check out:

A Nurse’s Story: Medical Missionary in Korea and Siberia, 1915-1920 by Delia Battles Lewis.  A young American nurse works in a rural Korean hospital before being called to serve in a Red Cross unit on the Eastern Front during World War I.

Yearning for the Sea by Esther Seligson, translated by Selma Marks. Translated from the Spanish, this feminist retelling of Homer’s Odyssey centers Penelope and her feelings of loss and desire.

​​Jeremiah Hacker: Journalist, Anarchist, Abolitionist by Rebecca M. Pritchard. Covers the biography and writings of Jeremiah Hacker (1801-1895), editor of The Pleasure Boat--Portland, Maine’s most controversial newspaper.

See all of the Frayed Edge Press titles here: ​https://www.frayededgepress.com/books.html 

We love to share great books from other languages with our English-language audience! Check out the following translations from Frayed Edge Press!

Ere the Cock Crows by Jens Bjørneboe, translated by Esther Greenleaf Mürer. A chilling novel follows the ethical quandaries--or not--of Germans involved in Nazi concentration camps and human medical experiments in World War II.

Yearning for the Sea by Esther Seligson, translated by Selma Marks. This feminist retelling of Homer’s Odyssey centers Penelope and her feelings of loss and desire, in lush poetic language.

Winter in Bellapalma by Jens Bjørneboe, translated by Esther Greenleaf Mürer. This comic novel follows the exploits of a community of expatriates living off-season in a small Italian fishing village.

And, as a bonus -- see the Full Fare novelette in our Street Smart Series (#1) -- the first-ever translation into English of a work by the renowned French author, Jean Bernard Pouy. Some call his work untranslatable, but our team of three translators managed to crack the code!

In Madison's Cave, an epistolary dialogue between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams by Douglas Anderson will officially launch on September 14th. You can pre-order your copy now, at 20% off the list price.

In a series of chapters that mimic those of his infamous book, Notes on the State of Virginia, Jefferson ushers Adams into the underworld of the human psyche, filled with both its monsters and its redemptive lessons. This experimental novel considers early American history, government & politics, education, race relations, and other themes that still resonate in modern American life.

Douglas Anderson was educated at Oberlin College and the University of Virginia. He was the Sterling-Goodman Professor of English at the University of Georgia, and has published a number of critical studies in American literature. He currently resides in Portland, OR.

For more information, visit: https://www.frayededgepress.com/madisons_cave.html