dancing girl press

dancing girl press & studio

the dancing girl press chapbook series was founded in 2004 to publish and promote the work of women poets and artists through chapbooks, journals, book arts projects, and anthologies. Spawned by the online zine wicked alice, dgp seeks to publish work that bridges the gaps between schools and poetic techniques--work that's fresh, innovative, and exciting. The press has published over 100 titles by emerging women poets in delectable open-run handmade editions. Our books are available via our website, at select independent bookstores, Chicago area literary events, and through author readings. Also a purveyor of paper, ephemera, and vintage-inspired arts and crafts, dancing girl press & studio occasionally hosts readings, discussions, and workshops related to poetics, publishing, DIY, and book arts.

dancinggirlpress@yahoo.com

editor: Kristy Bowen
production assistant: Rebecca Webster



dgp our books are also available at:

Quimby's Bookstore, Chicago

Woodland Pattern, Milwaukee

Beyond Baroque, Los Angeles


other resources:

PressPressPress

chapbookfinder.com


upcoming titles



{coming this Winter}

Dear American Lovechild, Yours, The Beautiful Undead / Robyn Art & Robin Barcus

Roof, Picnic, Sky / Jill Leininger

Given / Emileigh Barnes

Wonder Girl in Monster Land / Brenda Sieckowski

The Story of my Eyes / Cindy Savett

A Beautiful Place, That You Will Leave / Alison Armstrong Webber

I Cheated on Chanel No. 5 / Christine Herzer

Focus on Grammar / Gillian Devereux

Static Cling / Cat Conway

Short Stones / Amanda Ackerman

On the Refusal to Speak / Rebecca Givens Rolland

Genesis / Kasha Semonovitch

Quick to the Hothouse / Jane Flett

The Circus of Forgetting / Barbara Duffey

Conveyance / Ruth Williams

Some Citrus Makes Me Blue / Megan Fernandes

Yours, / Kristen Eliason

Talking Doll / J. Hope Stein

a city, bottleboned / Megan Burns

Aching Buttons / Mary Stone Dockery

The Outside of Sleep / Florencia Varela

Come, Clearing / Jackie White

Did I Mention There’s Gambling and Body Parts? / Mary Christine Delea

The Framework of Man: Found Poems / Mary Ann Abbot

Prim Imprints / Jennifer Pilch

Self Portrait as Rumor & Blood / Rachelle Cruz

Almanac for the Sleepless / Karin Gottshall

Hello Kitty Goes to College / Sandra Faulkner


More Coming Soon!!



new titles


Art Deco Set Design Curtains Falling
Becky Peterson
dancing girl press, 2012












You Are Not A Bird
Emily Jern-Miller
dancing girl press, 2012












Agapornis Swinderniana
Paula Cary
dancing girl press, 2012












Something to Help Me Sleep
Liz Kay
dancing girl press, 2012












Invisible Girls
Erika Lutzner
dancing girl press, 2012












Flight
Suzanne Grazyna
dancing girl press, 2012












Favored Daughter
Megan Kaminski
dancing girl press, 2012












let her
Laura Goldstein
dancing girl press, 2012












The Insomniac's House
Lisa J. Cihlar
dancing girl press, 2012












havoc
Kristy Bowen
dancing girl press, 2011












Slap Leather
Jessica Jewell
dancing girl press, 2011












A Woman Traces the Shoreline
Sheila Squillante
dancing girl press, 2011












Floor Baby
Ally Harris
dancing girl press, 2011













Dendrochronology
Jane Wong
dancing girl press, 2011











Midheaven Leo
Laura Carter
dancing girl press, 2011













Trollops in Love
Gina Abelkop
dancing girl press, 2011














if a thermometer
Bronwen Tate
dancing girl press, 2011