Gnashing Teeth Publishing

| words that get in your teeth

what we’re reading (intro)

we love words that get in our teeth and we thought we should share some of our favorites with you. every Monday we will share a book we are currently enjoying.

our inaugural book is “We Meant to Bring it Home Alive” by Armin Tolentino published by Alternating Current. from whaling for dragons to astronauts to the Bone Wars, this collection of poems is as much about what is happening in the poem as what is occurring in between the narrator and the reader. there is connection. there is absurdism. there is truth.

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Pushcart Prize Nominees for 2023

Gnashing Teeth Publishing is proud to submit the following poems for consideration of the Pushcart Prize. Each of these nominees had work published by us in 2023, whether online or

BOOK REVIEW: gossypiin by Ra Malika Imhotep

Roots, ancestors, bending limbs and time. Ra Malika Imhotep’s gossypiin is a harvest of the experiences and discussions of black women. The meaning of the title, like many of her

The Reflection by Nadia Nunez

What an obscurity energy there’s no serenity A smile is what you’ll never see All you’ll hear is “In memory” Not a single ring on the telephone All you see

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