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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

Feb 6, 20253 min read

Maria McLeod, poet and writer, talks to LBP about living a writer’s life, where she turns for inspiration, and what poetry can do.

Jan 7, 20255 min read

Unique gifts for the reader, poet, and booklover in your life! Support small businesses & independent presses while growing your collections

Dec 19, 20241 min read

Printmaker Ryan Kaune has created handset letterpress designs for our Editors’ Choice series and shared her creative process.

Nov 12, 20243 min read

Author Ann Wilberton spoke to us about her writing process and how she came home to poetry.

Oct 29, 20245 min read

Lefty Blondie Press launches Reconstruction by Edith Friedman, winner of the 2024 First Chapbook Award, selected by Lee Ann Roripaugh

Sep 17, 20242 min read

2024 Lefty Blondie Press First Chapbook Award winner: Reconstruction by Edith Friedman

Jun 22, 20241 min read

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

Jun 9, 20240 min read

Jun 6, 20240 min read

Semi-finalists for the 2024 Lefty Blondie Press 1st Chapbook Award

Jun 5, 20240 min read

"These Bodies" written by Maria McLeod; Bookmark design and letterpress printed by Ryan Kaune

May 28, 20241 min read

Pittsburgh-based printmaker, Ryan Kaune, creates a letterpress version of Ann Wilberton's poem, A Salt Marsh House.

Apr 13, 20241 min read