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leftyblondiepress
6 days ago3 min read
Edith Friedman Answers: What Can Poetry Do?
Edith Friedman is the author of Reconstruction, winner of the 2024 Lefty Blondie Press First Chapbook Award. As our 2025 contest opens, Frie
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leftyblondiepress
Jan 75 min read
How Maria McLeod Tends to Her Creative Fire & Keeps Her Writing Life Bright
Maria McLeod, poet and writer, talks to LBP about living a writer’s life, where she turns for inspiration, and what poetry can do.
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leftyblondiepress
Dec 19, 20241 min read
Poetry chapbooks, book earrings, bundles, gift cards, & more!
Unique gifts for the reader, poet, and booklover in your life! Support small businesses & independent presses while growing your collections
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leftyblondiepress
Nov 12, 20243 min read
Ryan Kaune: Art Doesn't Have To Be Precious
Printmaker Ryan Kaune has created handset letterpress designs for our Editors’ Choice series and shared her creative process.
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leftyblondiepress
Oct 29, 20245 min read
Three Inspiring Writing Spaces with Ann Wilberton
Author Ann Wilberton spoke to us about her writing process and how she came home to poetry.
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leftyblondiepress
Sep 17, 20242 min read
Reconstruction = Successfully Launched: Congratulations, Edith!
Lefty Blondie Press launches Reconstruction by Edith Friedman, winner of the 2024 First Chapbook Award, selected by Lee Ann Roripaugh
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leftyblondiepress
Jun 22, 20241 min read
---Reconstruction by Edith Friedman--- selected by Lee Ann Roripaugh as the 2024 LBP 1st Chapbook Award Winner!
2024 Lefty Blondie Press First Chapbook Award winner: Reconstruction by Edith Friedman
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leftyblondiepress
Jun 9, 20240 min read
Congrats LBP 1st Chapbook Award Runner-Up: Map in the Body of the Sky by Meredith Arena & Selected by Lee Ann Roripaugh
2024 Lefty Blondie Press First Chapbook Award First Runner-Up
A Map in the Body of the Sky by Meredith Arena Selected by Lee Ann Roripaugh
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leftyblondiepress
Jun 6, 20240 min read
Announcing our Finalists for the 2024 Lefty Blondie Press First Chapbook Award!
Announcing our Finalists for the 2024 Lefty Blondie Press First Chapbook Award!
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leftyblondiepress
Jun 5, 20240 min read
Announcing our semi-finalists for the 2024 Lefty Blondie Press First Chapbook Award!
Semi-finalists for the 2024 Lefty Blondie Press 1st Chapbook Award
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leftyblondiepress
May 28, 20241 min read
Limited-Edition Letterpress Bookmark: "These Bodies" a Poem by Maria McLeod
"These Bodies" written by Maria McLeod; Bookmark design and letterpress printed by Ryan Kaune
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leftyblondiepress
Apr 13, 20241 min read
The Re-Creation of a Poem through Letterpress
Pittsburgh-based printmaker, Ryan Kaune, creates a letterpress version of Ann Wilberton's poem, A Salt Marsh House.
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