Pride. Poetry. Parallel Worlds. And a Whole Lotta Book Love. 🌈📚
This Pride Month, We're Loud, Proud, and Giving You Book Deals.
At Unsolicited Press, Pride isn’t just a rainbow slapped on a logo—we’re here to celebrate and support queer writers every month of the year. But during June, we turn the volume way up.
We’re proud to publish a vibrant community of queer writers whose work challenges norms, redefines identity, and dares to be unapologetically authentic. From Anthony DiPietro’s fiercely intimate poetry to Lara Lillibridge’s genre-bending memoirs, our catalog amplifies voices that refuse to be boxed in. Raki Kopernik crafts lyrical meditations on displacement and queer longing, while Kimberly Ramos explores intimacy and transformation with raw, poetic clarity. Jonathan Lerner brings a radical lens to history and activism, and Jennie Bricker infuses personal narrative with environmental insight. Elisa Carlsen, Rhys Daly, and John W. Bateman each bring distinct, powerful perspectives to fiction and poetry. And Elizabeth Jaeger gives us work that is both lush and fearless, weaving queerness into storytelling with nuance and grace. These writers remind us that literature is at its best when it reflects the full spectrum of human experience.
We champion LGBTQ+ authors telling bold, vulnerable, complicated stories because the queer experience isn’t one-note—and neither is great literature.
This month, we’re doubling down on our commitment with:
🌈 Pride Month Deals You’ll Love
20% off all books through June 15th with code PRIDE2025
Buy 2, Get 1 Free on any poetry titles
Free shipping on orders over $40
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📚 Meet Our June Releases — Just Dropped!
IN A BROKEN WINDOW by Anne Leigh Parrish
Poetry meets trauma recovery in this lyrical novel about Sam Clark, a poet trying to untangle the wreckage of her past. When she moves to Boston with her seemingly perfect partner Steven, new relationships and long-buried pain force her to confront the question: Can poetry—and connection—heal what was broken?
FIREFALL by Heather Lang-Cassera
These poems don’t whisper—they burn. With lush imagery and precise form, Firefall offers a gorgeous, unsettling meditation on the climate crisis. Rhyming couplets rub shoulders with cyclical pantoums as the world around us unravels. This is poetry for those who love the Earth fiercely—and are terrified for it.
NO PLACE LIKE by Lexie Brooker
What if your reality... glitched? Lexie, a sassy, retired landscape architect, finds herself in a world where the laws of physics (and mortality) don't quite add up. Ghosts on the couch? Check. Alternate dimensions? Possibly. This genre-bending novel offers a mind-twisting, heartfelt journey into identity, memory, and second chances.
📍New Bookstore Alert: Pennsylvania, You’re Up!
We’re thrilled to announce that Underground Yarn and Books, a new indie bookstore in Pennsylvania, is featuring a juicy stack of our titles during their opening month, including:
Intercede
Daughter Days
Can I Have a Hug First?
The Language of Love
Diary of a False Assassin
Mouth
Animal Husbandry
Pen & Pulse
Lines
Drowning Girl
The Cabin at the End of the World
Don't Pity the Desperate
Shotgun Woman
The Memory House
Lying Down with Dogs
Let Evening Come
The Truth about Unringing Phones
Unsettled
In Wells' Time
A Symmetry of Husbands
If you’re in the area, go check them out, buy a book or ten, and support local.
✨ Celebrate Queer Lit with Us
This Pride Month, we invite you to:
Read stories that reflect the full spectrum of love, identity, and resistance.
Share your favorite LGBTQ+ titles with friends (or enemies—we don't judge).
Support small presses doing the work, year-round.
Thank you for helping us build a world where queer voices are celebrated, not silenced.