If You Give a Girl a Book
Some Stewart, Unsolicited Press, LeeAnn PickrellIf You Give a Girl a Book is a sharp, loving field guide for writers, authors, small press people, mothers, misfits, and literary workers trying to build a serious creative life without becoming well-behaved content.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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The Quiet Violence of Constant Access
I’ve become increasingly pissed off by the assumption that owning a smartphone means I’ve agreed to be available to anyone who wants something from me. It took me until 2023 to buy an iphone, and I only did because I needed to take payments...
Dear Author, You've Been Selected. Now Pay $4,500.
Earlier this month, LeeAnn, an Unsolicited Press author, received an email that appeared to come from Books-A-Million. According to the message, the bookstore chain wanted to place 3,000 copies of her book in its physical stores, distributi...
A Man’s Right to Be Disappointed
I used to like the word cunt. Not like, like like it. But its etymology is so rich, and it wasn’t always used to hurt women…I liked it. I didn’t go around saying it because I know a lot of women who really cannot stand the sound. I get that...
Your Publisher Cannot Get You Invited to Every AWP Party
Every summer, authors start asking about readings for AWP.
Are we doing one? Do we know anyone doing one? Can we get them into something? Is there a bookstore event? A launch? A panel? A party? A reading in the back of a bar where everyone...
Field Notes from the Small Press Swamp: The Author Who Vanishes
Every publisher eventually encounters the vanishing author, that pale departmental cryptid who signs the contract with bright plans, speaks tenderly about audience, and swears they are ready to promote until the first marketing questionnair...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Summer is the publisher of Unsolicited Press. She is also an award-winning journalist, poet, developmental editor, and a badass homeschooling mama.
A small press that supports literature, writers, the environment, a good beer, feminism, & the fight against systemic oppression. Not necessarily in that order.
I've created a life from words, as a reader, a poet and writer, and editor. My memoir Tsunami is forthcoming from Unsolicited Press in August 2026. Gathering the Pieces of Days, my debut poetry collection, was published by Unsolicited Press in 2025.
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