Kenning Editions is one of the few publishing outlets keeping alive innovative and experimental writing that originates under, and responds to, the multiple indices of empire.—Tyrone Williams

A 501c3 non-profit, independent literary publisher founded in 1998, Kenning Editions began as a “newsletter” in the small press “little magazine” tradition. Since 2005 Kenning has published paperback books explicitly involved in a negotiation between political commitment and aesthetic quality. Work of this kind variously proves that “experimental” is not a stylistic feature or set of effects, but that risk and deliberation are mutually ramifying forces. Kenning Editions is a small press with a regular staff of one individual, who relies on the input of many, and now also your tax-deductible monetary contributions to continue.

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$50— a copy of our most recent title and a copy of the forthcoming title—at the time of donation—and acknowledgement by name in the subsequent title.

$100— a subscription to Kenning Editions, a tote bag, and acknowledgement by name in a forthcoming title.

$250— a subscription to Kenning Editions, a tote bag, a copy of either The Kenning Anthology of Poets Theater or Hannah Weiner’s Open House (indicate your preference in the “notes” section when you checkout), and acknowledgement by name in a forthcoming title.

$500— a subscription to Kenning Editions, a tote bag, your choice of three back catalog titles (indicate which three in the “notes” section when you checkout), and acknowledgement by name in a forthcoming title.

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A subscription includes a batch of recent titles, including Gossip Girl Fanfic Novella, by Charlie Markbreiter; The Science of Departures, by Adalber Salas Hernández; Zeroes Were Hollow, by David Larsen; three volumes devoted to Jay Wright’s dramatic writing; Hieroglyphs of the Inverted World, by Rob Halpern; Gathering, by Devin King; and Tomatoes, by Nathalie Quintane, translated by Marty Hiatt, with a preface by Juliana Spahr.

Selected back catalog: Audre Lorde: Dream of Europe, edited by Mayra Rodríguez Castro; French Unpublished Poems & Facsimile 1958-1960, by Miyó Vestrini, translated by Patrick Durgin; Craig Dworkin’s The Pine-Woods Notebook; The Dirty Text by Afro-Cuban poet Soleida Rios, translated by Barbara Jamison and Olivia Lott; Juana I by Ana Arzoumanian, translated by Gabriel Amor; Jesse Seldess’ third full length collection, Several Rotations; Legna Rodríguez Iglesias’s título / title, translated by Katherine M. Hedeen; There Three by Devin King; and Kevin Killian’s Stage Fright: Selected Plays from San Francisco Poets Theater.

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