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One of our editors @xandergershberg.bsky.social wrote this stunning dispatch on life in Minnesota as the people resist fascism. Please read!

Organizations supporting Minnesotans targeted by ICE Organizations supporting Minnesotans targeted by ICE: Mutual Aid links Rent Relief for Impacted South Minneapolis Families Mutual Aid for Near North Minneapolis Families Affected by ICE Rent Relief fo...

@miracmn.bsky.social @unidos-mn.bsky.social

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Spout Press stands in solidarity with everyone targeted by ICE's occupation of Minnesota, and with the family of Renee Good. As a press that is rooted in the Twin Cities, we support and grieve with our neighbors. We continue on in the resistance against fascism and hope you consider donating to and following the lead of these organizations, and if you're local, getting involved.

The Hummingbird Network, Unidos MN, MIRAC, Immigrant Defense Network, Defend 612, Immigrant Law Center of MN, Immigrant Advocates Network. Links to offer financial support and to learn more about volunteering with these organizations can be found linked in the comments.

Spout Press stands in solidarity with everyone targeted by ICE's occupation of Minnesota, and with the family of Renee Good.

We want to amplify the work of organizations leading the resistance to ICE on the ground and mutual aid networks supporting affected families. Links and info in the comments

Two exciting updates!:

1. We're fundraising to relaunch Spout Magazine, our historic literary magazine that originally ran from 1989-2015. Plus, we're giving thank-you gifts to donors. Donate here www.givemn.org/story/wuj8ef

2. We're on Substack now! Subscribe here: spoutpress.substack.com

We are relaunching Spout Magazine! Help us raise the money to do so and get a special thank you gift. Donate at www.givemn.org/story/wuj8ef

We are relaunching Spout Magazine! Help us raise the money to do so and get a special thank you gift. Donate at www.givemn.org/story/wuj8ef

Alum @alisonmcghee.bsky.social reads along with former English writer in residence Kao Kalia Yang this Wed--as contributors to Locker Room Talk: Women in Private Spaces, winner of the 2025 Minnesota Book Award for Best Anthology! @spoutpress.bsky.social

Join us the Aug 27th @ Hook & Ladder Lounge for a night of readings from Kao Kalia Yang, Alison McGhee, Casey Jarrin and music from @squinnysquinny.bsky.social, Whispered the Rabbit, and Kith + Kin Chorus to celebrate our MN Book Award winning Locker Room Talk app.opendate.io/e/locker-roo...

Book Fair for Grown Ups — Inbound BrewCo

Did you love the Scholastic Book Fair? We got you covered! Tomorrow I'll be with @spoutpress.bsky.social tabling at the Book Fair for Grown Ups! Stop by!
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This Saturday! We hope to see you there!

Poet, performer J. Otis Powell dies at 61 Those who knew him say he was a master of his literary tradition.

Read more about J. Otis Powell here via @mprnews.org www.mprnews.org/story/2017/0...

This Juneteenth, we're returning to our title from the late-great J. Otis Powell, a legend of MN writing and spoken word communities. Through the rest of June, his book WAITING FOR A SPACESHIP is 25% off on @asterismbooks.bsky.social Buy here: asterismbooks.com/product/wait...

Join us in St. Paul for a reading with co-editor Michelle Filkins and contributors Sha Cage,
@slipfast.bsky.social, @maureenaitken.bsky.social, and Pat Cumbie at the East Side Freedom Library May 15th, 7pm! Register here eastsidefreedomlibrary.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/e...

Join us in St. Paul for a reading with co-editor Michelle Filkins and contributors Sha Cage,
@slipfast.bsky.social, @maureenaitken.bsky.social, and Pat Cumbie at the East Side Freedom Library May 15th, 7pm! Register here eastsidefreedomlibrary.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/e...

Last night, editors Michelle Filkins and Margret Aldrich accepted the MN Book Award for Best Anthology for “Locker Room Talk: Women in Private Spaces.” Here is a clip of their lovely acceptance speech. Thank you and congratulations to the 30+ wonderful contributors!

New anthology celebrates epic and ordinary moments between women Co-editors Michelle Filkins and Margret Aldrich look to reframe the traditional sense of locker room talk and celebrate the privates spaces where women are often at their best in “Locker Room Talk: Wo...

Editor Michelle Filkins and contributor Shá Cage spoke about Locker Room Talk: Women in Private Spaces for KAXE's What We're Reading Series! Read the full feature "New anthology celebrates epic and ordinary moments between women" by Tammy Bobrowsky here:

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Spout editor Xander with a brilliant interview of @santisugi.bsky.social about erasure poetry, documentary and visual poetics, writing against colonial legacies, and his new book Small Wars Manual, forthcoming from @milkweededitions.bsky.social.

Get it here @asterismbooks.bsky.social ! asterismbooks.com/product/lock...

Women share stories of connection and support in ‘Locker Room Talk,’ up for MN Book Award For the first time since 2006, the Minnesota Book Awards include a category for anthologies. One of the finalists is the story collection “Locker Room Talk: Women in Private Spaces.”

We were delighted to talk about our new collection LOCKER ROOM TALK: WOMEN IN PRIVATE SPACES on @mprnews.org today with @ninamoini.bsky.social !!

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Cover of book "Locker Room Talk: Women in Private Space", nominated for the Minnesota Book Award Best Anthology

Red text saying "Through a prismatic series of essays, “Locker Room Talk” indexes the myriad shapes of women’s behind-closed-doors encounters: from the mammogram suite to the BDSM dungeon to P!nk’s backstage dressing rooms. These stories reveal the myriad ways women care for themselves, each other, their communities, and our world. Available only through Asterism Books"

We are delighted and humbled to have our book LOCKER ROOM TALK nominated for the Minnesota Book Award for Best Anthology!! It feels too appropriate to have this collection protesting Trump's misogyny to be recognized now at the onset of another Trump term. Buy @asterismbooks.bsky.social

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@asterismbooks.bsky.social Included our title Locker Room Talk: Women in Private Spaces in their new blog post of books to look out for 😀

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Square maroon slide with circular photos of two Black men and text: Embracing Our Roots: Rooted and Rising Dr. Haki Madhubuti & Chaun Webster Saturday, Feb. 1, 1-3 p.m. Elmer L. Andersen Library

This Sat Feb 1, we're co-presenting MFA student Chaun Webster, a two-time Minnesota Book Award Poetry winner, talking with poet and Third World Press founder Dr. Haki Madhubuti about self-determination in Black writing, publishing, and distribution:
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We are extremely grateful to be named a grant recipient for the CLMP Small Press Future Fund! We are delighted to be named along with other presses that we admire. Please check out their books and support small presses.