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Poetry & Short Fiction since October 2005

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Press 53 published its first book on October 10, 2005, and we have now published more than 300 titles by writers in 38 states who have earned more than 100 awards.

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Better to resist the flux and believe that something stays. At last, he thinks, that is his answer. How still it all is, so utterly clear. Then one bright leaf lets go and changes everything.
from Knowing by Mark Cox, winner of the 2025 Brockman-Campbell Book Award