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paige thomas @paigethomas.bsky.social · 23d

My book PERSON UNDER has a cover 😭 and is available for preorder before its pub date in January!

@finishinglinepress.bsky.social is publishing PERSON UNDER and preordering a book plays an important role in turning a book into a book for small presses. I am full of thank yous.

Link in bio!

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Rose Knapp 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @roseknapp.bsky.social · 18d

The Salty River Bleeds by Stephen Page @finishinglinepress.bsky.social ‬⁩

#poetry

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Pamela Pan, Ph.D. @pamelapan.bsky.social · 15d

My debut poetry chapbook!

Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 15d

NEW FROM FINISHING LINE PRESS: Tasting Moments by Pamela Pan
On SALE: www.finishinglinepress.com/product/tast...

Tasting Moments celebrates the strength of ordinary people as they gain wisdom and embrace new possibilities.

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Kathi Crawford @kathicrawford.bsky.social · 14d

Come to the Meet the Authors event at Sabine Street Studios on October 18th from 3 to 5 pm. I’ll be signing copies of my debut hybrid poetry and CNF collection—consider the light, selected "best entry in @finishinglinepress.bsky.social 2024 Open Chapbook Competition. Signup @writespace.bsky.social.

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paige thomas @paigethomas.bsky.social · 2d

The kindness(es) that Jennifer Richter has shown me and my work go far beyond her blurb for PERSON UNDER, but I am still so giddy to share it…

You can still preorder my book directly from @finishinglinepress.bsky.social at the link in my bio

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paige thomas @paigethomas.bsky.social · 13d

A book 🤝it's description

Full book description and presale link from @finishinglinepress.bsky.social in my bio ❣️

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 18h

Check out this review:
www.calyxpress.org/reviews/watc...
#books #review #poetry

Watching from the Bleachers by Eileen Ivey Sirota - CALYX

Altered is a collaborative effort by the writers’ collective The Foothill Five—all of whom serve as editors and contributors for the collection.

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 18h

NEW FROM FINISHING LINE PRESS: The Edge of Everything by Jo Bower
On SALE: www.finishinglinepress.com/product/the-...

The Edge of Everything traces Jo Bower’s evolving #family #relationships, as well as the challenges and gifts of #aging. It also celebrates local #landscapes#natural

Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 19h

FLP BOOK OF THE DAY: Dreamscape with Absinthe by Elaine Pentaleri
On SALE: www.finishinglinepress.com/product/drea...

In a subliminal playground, Dreamscape with Absinthe blurs the lines between dream and logic, preferring the former. #dreams #absinthe #subconscious #spirituality @epentaleri

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 20h

A Poem by Kelsey D. Mahaffey
paddockreview.com/2025/10/15/a...
#poetry #life #loss

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations to William Welch and Finishing Line Press for winning the 2025 CNY BOOK AWARD: People’s Choice Award for his book Adding Saffron (Finishing Line Press). #poetry #books #winner #recommended

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 3d

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 3d

A Poem by Veronica Sanitate
paddockreview.com/2025/10/12/a...
#poetry #nature #sun #life

A Poem by Veronica Sanitate

Reprise The fields of golden heliopsis (false sunflower) in their joyful blooming can’t know whether the next moment brings life or decline, nor can they choose it, but there must be …

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 4d

A Poem by Barry Vitcov
paddockreview.com/2025/10/11/a...

#survivor #life #poetry #HolocaustRemembrance

A Poem by Barry Vitcov

A Redheaded Girl born at a time to wonder about the numbers on her arm too young to ask about memories when we played on the steps of my great-grandfather’s apartment house your redhe…

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 5d

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 5d

Lineage – patrilineal, matrilineal – the lines of connection among family are not so easy. Relationships are complex, twisted and twined through our lives, sometimes the strands breaking. #poetry #family #dysfunction #connections

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 5d

A Poem by Karen Betz Mastracchio
paddockreview.com/2025/10/10/a...
#poetry #life #relationships #family #teddybears

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 6d

FLP BOOK OF THE DAY: Person Under by Paige Thomas
On SALE: www.finishinglinepress.com/product/pers...

Person Under renders a careful portrait of two #sisters and their #mother. In this book-length erasure of guardianship renewal papers, Paige Thomas retrieves fragments of her #family’s

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 6d

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 6d

A Poem by Gregory Maertz
paddockreview.com/2025/10/09/a...
#poetry #life #relationships

A Poem by Gregory Maertz

The Daughter I Never Had I see her now and then, most recently Below Munich’s famous clock belfry. She had the same Kirghiz eyes with The same arresting blue-grey tint, The same impis…

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 6d

FLP CHAPBOOK OF THE DAY: The Art of Undoing by Hudson Plumb
On SALE: www.finishinglinepress.com/product/the-...

The poems in The Art of Undoing guide the reader through the strange, luminous terrain of what remains after separation #poetry #chapbook #poems #loss #undoing Instagram: @hudsonplumb

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 7d

FLP CHAPBOOK OF THE DAY: The Sky Weeps with Us by Laurel S. Peterson
On SALE: www.finishinglinepress.com/product/the-...

The poems in this collection explore how grief builds through the weight of multiple losses, and then #poetry #grief #gratitude #aging #environment #peace

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 7d

The deadline is fast approaching. Submit your manusctipt by the October 15, 2025 deadline. finishinglinepress.submittable.com/submit/32778... #poetry #women #poetrycontest

Finishing Line Press - 2025 New Women's Voices Chapbook Competition

A prize of $1,500, royalty contract, and publication by Finishing Line Press is given annually to the winner for a poetry chapbook by a writer who identifies as a woman and has not yet published a ful...

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 7d

NEW FROM FINISHING LINE PRESS: The Needle Has Landed by Alicia Caldanaro
On SALE: www.finishinglinepress.com/product/the-...

THE NEEDLE HAS LANDED includes amusing poems with pop culture references that blend solicitude with enigmatic revelations.#poetry#pop#culture#mirthfulness#life