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Wednesday, December 1, 2021

2022 Pushcart Prize XLVI: Best of the Small Presses


Jack, the envelope please! Drumroll! Drumroll! Guess Who? Congratulations and Good Luck to ALL the Nominees! @anthonyrobertgibbons @onagritz @irisnschwartz @akshaya_pawaskar #pushcart #pushcartprize #nominations #prize #smallpress #poetswearprada @repoocejjj #litcommunity #literarylife #goodluck #congratulations #books #anthologies #2021publication #goodnews
Ona Gritz / “Persuasion,” “Troll Pox” / Present Imperfect

Robert Anthony Gibbons / “While Round Increase Rising Hills of the Dead” / Whom the Higher Gods Forgot (Kindle Edition)

Bob Heman / “Cone Melts” / Cone Transformed: Twenty-one Episodes from the Remarkable Life of Doctor Ephrastus Cone Medieval Metaphysician & Conjurer (Kindle Edition)

Iris N. Schwartz / “Golden Opportunity” / My Secret Life with Chris Noth (Kindle Edition)

Akshaya Pawaskar / “Indian Summer” / The Rainbow Project (Online Anthology),  Editors Roxanne Hoffman & Jack Cooper



Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Present Imperfect by Ona Gritz Available in Paperback


Paperback Edition of Present Imperfect by Ona Gritz
Paperback Edition of  Present Imperfect by Ona Gritz

A day early! In my hands this past Sunday — my copy of Ona Gritz’s new book, Present Imperfect, her essays — from The New York Times, The Rumpus, Brevity, and more! Now available in paperback as well as Kindle from Poets Wear Prada and Amazon. Get your brain fuel! DM me for more info. @onagritz @repoocejjj #newbook #hotoffthepress #essays #nonfiction #memoir #motherhood #sisters #sisterlove #runaways #truecrime #disabilityawareness #supportyourlocalwriter #independentpublishing #presentimperfect @amazonkindle @amazonbooks


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Sunday, October 10, 2021

Preorder Present Imperfect by Ona Gritz on Kindle

Amazon Listing for Kindle Edition of Present Imperfect by Ona Gritz

Get your brain fuel! Pre-order your Kindle Edition today for $9.99, $5.01 off the forthcoming paperback's $15 price tag (over 30% discount!). On 10/15 the title will automatically be loaded to your Kindle device or the free phone app.   The Kindle edition includes advance features such  X-ray for your reading enjoyment. 

Note that, on 10/15, the title will be made available to A Kindle Unlimited subscribers for FREE.


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This debut essay collection by the NY Times-published writer and longtime columnist for Literary Mama, reads like a blockbuster movie. There is a heroine with cerebral palsy, likeable and indefatigable. There is family conflict, romance, and true crime. Ona writes on disability, family dynamics, and the murder of her sister's family with candor and passion. A critically acclaimed essayist, two Notable mentions by Robert Atwan, The Best American Essays, a Best Life Story in Salon, among the recent accolades, Ms. Gritz has gathered some of the best of her work from the NY Times Disability series, The Rumpus, Brevity, and more for this fine and most riveting read. 

Friday, August 13, 2021

HOT OFF THE PRESS: A NEW EXPANDED EDITION OF DOCTOR CONE FROM BOB HEMAN!

HOT OFF THE PRESS: 
A NEW EXPANDED EDITION OF DOCTOR CONE FROM BOB HEMAN!
Cone Transformed: Twenty-One Episodes 
 from the Remarkable Life 
 of Doctor Ephrastus Cone 
 Medieval Metaphysician 
 & Conjuro
as recorded 
by Bob Heman 
Poets Wear Prada: 2021 
ISBN-13: 978-1946116222 
Paperback: 40 pages 
List Price: $12.00 

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Friday, June 25, 2021

Preorder Present Imperfect by Ona Gritz

 

Author Ona Gritz with Present Imperfect (proof copy)
Author Ona Gritz with Present Imperfect (proof copy)

Poets Wear Prada is pleased to announce Present Imperfect by Ona Gritz, among our fall 2021 offerings.  This debut essay collection by the NY Times-published writer and longtime columnist for Literary Mama, reads like a blockbuster movie. There is a heroine with cerebral palsy, likeable and indefatigable. There is family conflict, romance, and true crime. Ona writes on disability, family dynamics, and the murder of her sister's family with candor and passion. A critically acclaimed essayist, two Notable mentions by Robert Atwan, The Best American Essays, a Best Life Story in Salon among the recent accolades, Ms. Gritz has gathered some of the best of her work from the NY Times Disability series, The Rumpus, Brevity, and more for this fine and most riveting read. 

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Present Imperfect
by Ona Gritz
Poets Wear Prada: Fall 2021
ISBN-13: 978-1-946116-23-9
Paperback: 104 pages
List Price: $15.00

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