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Piżama Press @pizamapress.bsky.social · 17h

Kiik will be reading some poems this Thursday from the comfort of your couch!

Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 18h

it’s getting close to third Thursday, and you know what that means…a Night Light event with some amazing poets!! sign up below to hear these inimitable readers do their thing in just a couple days’ time :) 💡

NIGHT LIGHT
THURSDAY 10/16
9PM EASTERN
ZOOM

ERIKA GILL
MICHAEL WASHINGTON
HOLLI CARRELL
BENJAMIN NIESPODZIANY
KIIK ARAKI-KAWAGUCHI

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Piżama Press @pizamapress.bsky.social · 22h

Now, 10 years later, Edward's back with his newest collection. Featuring one-page tales alongside his own illustrations, the result throws us (comfortably & extraordinarily) right back into his world, where stories feel like dreams & anything is possible.

www.publishinggenius.com/catalog/whis...

Whiskey for the Holy Ghost by Edward Mullany - Publishing Genius

In spare, haunting flashes of prose and evocative line art, Edward Mullany captures the small fissures and quiet rituals of life. From quitting a job to drinking alone, each illustrated story reveals ...

www.publishinggenius.com

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Piżama Press @pizamapress.bsky.social · 22h

From 2011 to 2015, Edward Mullany released a trilogy of books with @pubgen.bsky.social that we return to often. Tiny poems & microfictions both haunting & hilarious. He ended these 3 books with a trio of novellas (The Three Sunrises), a series of fever dream fables not to be missed.

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Piżama Press @pizamapress.bsky.social · 1d

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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · 1d

AWP will be in Chicago in 2027. HELL YES.

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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · 2d

brewing coffee, watching folk horror films, and prepping the two @pizamapress.bsky.social 2026 releases

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Piżama Press @pizamapress.bsky.social · 6d

You can find Kiik's book at any of these awesome stores!

- Alienated Majesty Books
- Arundel Books
- The Astoria Bookshop
- The Daily Planet
- Kinokuniya Bookstore
- Leviathan Bookstore
- Open Books
- Perelandra Bookshop
- Powell's Books
- Topos Bookstore
- Unnameable Books
- Village Books

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Piżama Press @pizamapress.bsky.social · 4d

yes, it’s quite true this wild mammoth of a poem has it all

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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · 3d

LOVE seeing both of Kiik's books available at the UChicago Library, where I worked for 8.5 years

@pizamapress.bsky.social
@fictioncollective2.bsky.social

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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · 4d

There are not enough funny poems in the world. This is one of them.

Piżama Press @pizamapress.bsky.social · 4d

yes, it’s quite true this wild mammoth of a poem has it all

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Piżama Press @pizamapress.bsky.social · 4d

yes, it’s quite true this wild mammoth of a poem has it all

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Piżama Press @pizamapress.bsky.social · 6d

and also here:

asterismbooks.com/product/disi...

Disintegration Made Plain and Easy | Asterism Books

Disintegration Made Plain and Easy is the debut poetry collection from Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi. In this book, you will find surreal, absurd, dreamspeak poems full of humor, autobiographical mistruths, po...

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Piżama Press @pizamapress.bsky.social · 6d

You can find Kiik's book at any of these awesome stores!

- Alienated Majesty Books
- Arundel Books
- The Astoria Bookshop
- The Daily Planet
- Kinokuniya Bookstore
- Leviathan Bookstore
- Open Books
- Perelandra Bookshop
- Powell's Books
- Topos Bookstore
- Unnameable Books
- Village Books

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Piżama Press @pizamapress.bsky.social · 7d

"This is what Disintegration does over and over again, pairs truth against humanity."

Really insightful & thoughtful review of Kiik's book is up on @bendinggenres.bsky.social today!

Thanks to Yetta Stein & @rgvaughan.bsky.social

bendinggenres.com/review-of-ki...

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Piżama Press @pizamapress.bsky.social · 8d

six of the rarest books in our collection

📚 The Butcher’s Tales
📚 POOL
📚 The Battlefield where the Moon Says I Love You
📚 Beauty Was the Case that They Gave Me
📚 The Zoo Club
📚 I Am a Very Productive Entrepreneur

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 8d

12 or 20 (second series) questions with Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi / @pizamapress.bsky.social @neonpajamas.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/10/12-o...

12 or 20 (second series) questions with Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi

Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi is the author of DISINTEGRATION MADE PLAIN AND EASY (Piżama Press) and THE BOOK OF KANE AND MARGARET (FC2 / UAP). 1...

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Piżama Press @pizamapress.bsky.social · 10d

the vision ✨✍️

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Piżama Press @pizamapress.bsky.social · 10d

two copies of Kiik's book available at one of the coolest bookstores on the planet

alienatedmajestybooks.com/item/BI66_-G...

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Piżama Press @pizamapress.bsky.social · 10d

the vision ✨✍️

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Piżama Press @pizamapress.bsky.social · 12d

"Reading this poetry collection is akin to being trapped in a funhouse that is no longer fun but deeply fascinating. So many of these poems need to be revisited in the coming months in order to unlock their full meaning. Fuck, this was great."

www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

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Piżama Press @pizamapress.bsky.social · 12d

high praise from @gwoltjer.bsky.social

we couldn't have said it better ourselves

asterismbooks.com/product/disi...

Weird. Absurd. Introspective. Challenging. Hilarious. Gross. Intertextual. Wise. Idiotic. Phantasmagoric. Illuminating. Deranged. Unsettling. Cosmic.

These are only a few of the words I’ve used when describing this collection to my wife.

Her blank stare is the perfect response

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GW @gwoltjer.bsky.social · 13d

This collection of poetry is freaking fantastic. Caveat: it’s weird as shit. Order a copy today from @pizamapress.bsky.social.

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Piżama Press @pizamapress.bsky.social · 14d

huge if true

asterismbooks.com/product/disi...

Really bad stock imagery of 'breaking news' with Kiik's book cover saying "Kiik's book is back in stock!"

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GW @gwoltjer.bsky.social · 15d

I can vouch for this statement

Piżama Press @pizamapress.bsky.social · May 20

The weirdest poetry book of 2025. We promise.

asterismbooks.com/product/disi...

Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · May 20

DISINTEGRATION MADE PLAIN AND EASY is out in seven days. It’s a beautifully strange & fully illustrated debut poetry collection from Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi. We can’t recommend it enough 📚

grab a copy via Asterism: asterismbooks.com/product/disi...

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Piżama Press @pizamapress.bsky.social · 19d

a surrealist absurdist meandering epic of hysterical Wolverine fan fiction

“skeleton of glass and marmalade” by Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi

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Piżama Press @pizamapress.bsky.social · 19d

a surrealist absurdist meandering epic of hysterical Wolverine fan fiction

“skeleton of glass and marmalade” by Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi

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