A Celebration of Small Press and Self-Published Books
BROKEN METROPOLIS: Queer Tales of a City that Never Was edited by dave ring is a short story anthology featuring all LGBTQ+ protagonists in urban fantasy settings. Check out what Kathy L. Brown of Independent Book Review has to say in her review of this Mason Jar Press book.
SHE IS A BEAST by Christina Rosso is an illustrated collection of feminist fairy tales, including both reimaginings and original fairy tales. Check out what Felicia Nicole Hall has to say about this Apep Publications book.
TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NEGRO GIRLS by Camille Acker is a stunning short story collection that puts Black women on center stage and glues its audience to their seats. Check out what Joe Walters of IBR has to say about this Feminist Press title.
THE INEXPLICABLE GREY SPACE WE CALL LOVE by Chuck Augello is a short story collection about people searching for connection, sometimes without even realizing they are. Check out what Nathaniel Drenner of Independent Book Review has to say in his latest review of this Duck Lake Books title.
A HISTORY OF MY BRIEF BODY by Billy-Ray Belcourt is a masterfully crafted essay collection about many things, including LGBTQ+ and Native American studies. Check out what Liam Anthony of IBR has to say in his review of this Two Dollar Radio title.
NOT HUMAN ENOUGH FOR THE CENSUS by Erik Fuhrer is a collection of poems and images exploring how humans fit into the greater nature of existence. Check out what Joseph Edwin Haeger thinks about it in his book review of this Vegetarian Alcoholic Press title.
ANTHROPICA by David Hollander A genre-defying mindbender of a novel with a darkly comic take on the creation and destruction of human life. Check out what Nathaniel Drenner of Independent Book Review has to say about this Animal Riot Press novel.
HIGH COTTON by Kristie Robin Johnson is a collection of autobiographical essays about growing up black in America’s Deep South. Check out what IBR founder Joe Walters has to say about this Raised Voice Press book.
I LOVE MYSELF WHEN I AM LAUGHING…AND THEN AGAIN WHEN I AM LOOKING MEAN AND IMPRESSIVE is a celebration of the life and work of the undervalued Zora Neale Hurston. Check out what Joe Walters has to say in this IBR book review of this Feminist Press title.
THE POPE LICK MASSACRE by Eric Butler is a supernatural horror novel telling the horrifying story of the Goatman rumored to haunt Pope Lick Creek. Check out what Alexandria Ducksworth of Independent Book Review has to say about this indie author book.