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What’s not to love? Download valentine’s day travelog now on our site (linked in bio).

Titles are only $5 via instant download, and all proceeds go to our authors.

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This passage, from “val’s day, 2008,” blew us away.

Download this impactful chapbook, through the link in our bio.

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Sylvester is having a love affair with poetry, and we’re having a love affair with his.

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Enjoy this reading of “14 février 2005” by Sylvester Kwakye, from his book valentine’s day travelog, available now through Whittle Micro-Press.

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Here’s to unicorn days. May they never end in before.

Download Sylvester Kwakye’s valentine’s day travelog for $5, link in bio.

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Sylvester Kwayke’s valentine’s day travelog is now available for only $5.

You’ll want to take this journey. All proceeds go to Sylvester.

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Get to know Sylvester Kwakye’s work before the release of valentine’s day travelog (Sept 1) with “powerpoint presentation to villagetude,” first published in @callaloojournal.bsky.social.

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“we’re willing / to fail & fail / again & again.”

Alex Stolis’ Soundtrack captures the ache of on-again off-again love through musical memory.

Just $5 from Whittle Micro-Press.

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Alex Stolis wrote Soundtrack nearly a decade ago, capturing the early moments of his journey.

He says, “writing out of my comfort zone has enabled me to grow.”

Soundtrack is just $5.

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With its focus on “how we define moments in time and associate them with a particular song,” we had an emotional response to reading Alex Stolis’ Soundtrack, and we think you will, too.

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Photos by Alex Stolis capture the heart of his collection Soundtrack.

See the full collection on our IG @whittlemicropress & grab the chapbook on our site for $5.

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Personal as it is, Alex Stolis’ Soundtrack puts into words feelings we may all have felt, but don’t know how to express.

Soundtrack now available for download, at $5.

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Alex Stolis’ collection, Soundtrack, which ruminates on the ways music can evoke memory, is available now for instant download!

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To get you ready for Soundtrack, read “Telling Dad the trials and tribulations of Atomic City (Minneapolis Radiation Oncology)” by Alex Stolis.

Published in One Art.

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“Music never lies.” Soundtrack by Alex Stolis will be available July 31 and is infinitely relatable.

Enjoy this one and more by downloading for $5.

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Whittle is thrilled to announce the upcoming release of Give Sorrow by Eilinor Ann Walker, a requiem in fragments that gathers “elegiac” lines to speak when words fail.

Arriving March 2026.

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Our catalog features titles by Kelly R. Samuels, Cyril Wong, Abbie Kiefer, Lauren Davis, Miranda Dennis, Katherine Fallon, & Roseanna Alice Boswell.

All proceeds go to authors!

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Whittle is happy to announce the acquisition of VOIDGAZING by mk zariel, which in exploring digital space and gender, is both “tender and insurgent.”

VOIDGAZING will be available May 2026.

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“‘I Want You to Want Me’ comes on and it's back to high school, drinking warm beer.”

- Alex Stolis, on Soundtrack, available on July 31.

Photos by Stolis.

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Whittle is proud to announce the acquisition of LJ Ireton’s Unclaimed— lyrical poetry giving voice to Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard, and Mary, Queen of Scots.

Available in Feb. 2026.

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Whittle received so many strong manuscripts, we had to close subs early—for the first time ever.

We're thrilled with the 2026 lineup and can't wait to share each poet's work!

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Whittle is proud to announce the acquisition of Allegra Wilson’s Sex Party at the Opera House, which celebrates “queer sex and desire as ancient, ornately beautiful, and revolutionary.”

Sex Party at the Opera House will be available in December 2025.

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Lauren Davis, author of Sivvy, has recently released her debut fiction collection.

Available for purchase @yesyesbooks.bsky.social

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Whittle is proud to announce the acquisition of nat raum’s april, buttersoft, which “luxuriates in poetry of the everyday, grounded in equal parts lyricism and sensory detail.”

april, buttersoft will be available in November 2025.

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Of this poem, Miranda Dennis writes, “What does it mean to be disinherited? What does it mean to lose the meager empire you gained through all the bone-rotting compromises you made? What does it mean when loss comes at your own hand, the axe that finally fells the great old tree?”

We have fixed the download link for Tongue of the Mushroom (free!).

This zine is a celebration of breaking down through the lens of poetry, including poems, inquiries into craft, writing and process prompts.

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Whittle is happy to announce the acquisition of Sylvester Kwakye’s valentine’s day travelog, a “life-walk poem that sweeps from birth…to becoming a man.”

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In addition to being a writer, Alex Stolis, is also a photographer. As with this bio slide, you’ll be seeing more of his work as we promote his micro-chap, Soundtrack.

Available for purchase on July 31.

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Whittle has acquired Alex Stolis’ Soundtrack, an exploration of music’s impact on memory, for publication in July. Keep an eye out for more info as we near the publication date!

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