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Read Elizabeth Hazen's "Burial at Shanidar" from her collection Chaos Theories Christmas is the traditional European winter celebration of life. It endows a grace to flurries in the pines, bringing celestial comparisons to moon and star light, it celebrates the beauty, for Christians, of the messianic birth, and it pierces what are the darkest days of the year with hung and twinkling ornaments and fairy lights strewn, and smiles and cheer. In a lot of ways this solstitial celebration is a reaction to and transformation of death. It reminds us that there is a spirit in all things which does … [Read more...]

Hear Mark A. Pritchard the first few pages of Billy Christmas It's that time of year again, as I'm sure you know. That time of year to rediscover all those things one loves and yet stores in boxes during the sunnier months--ornaments, heirlooms, wax statues, wreaths, and the classics. And although one should not consider Billy Christmas a novel pigeon-holed by its festive nature, for it is good any day of the year, (as are the classics!) we are so happy the holiday season is here to give us an opportunity to promote Mark A. Pritchard's incredible young adult novel. Hear Mark A. Pritchard … [Read more...]

Grace Cavalieri's November 2018 Exemplars of Poetry Every month for the Washington Independent Review of Books, the amazing Maryland Poet, Grace Cavalieri, author of Other Voices, Other Lives, does a round-up style review of the best recently released independent books of poetry and books about poetry. This is November 2018's and you can find her full review HERE on the WIRoB site And don't forget to support your indies! Here is an excerpt, a review of The Book of Sharks by Rob Carney from Black Lawrence Press (What an awesome job they did with the cover art on this one. Wow!) The … [Read more...]

ASP Autumn 2019 Lineup As ASP has taken 2018 to prepare for a huge 2019 season, let's take a look at what's coming up! Linda Watanabe McFerrin: Writer, poet, journalist, world-traveler. Linda Watanabe McFerrin has had a truly extraordinary career and a major impact on us at ASP. From her early poetry collection The Impossibility of Redemption is Something We Hadn’t Figured On, to her wonderful short story collection, The Hand of Buddha, and to her latest, a Zombie tale about identity titled Dead Love, Linda has always striven for something new, resonant, and universal. Which is why we are … [Read more...]

Rose Solari Speaks to Delphi Quarterly's Ramola D An Interview with Rose Solari Today is day 2 of Small Press Week 2018! The theme for Monday is #SPWpast. In honor of #SPWeek2018 and #ASP, we are publishing an article where Co-Founder and award-winning poet, Rose Solari, tells out story. Happy Small Press Week! An excerpt on the conception of Alan Squire Publishing: Rd: That sounds like such a great approach. Did something in particular inspire you both to move forward from running a sports magazine to starting a literary press? Were other writers involved? RS: We’d been talking … [Read more...]