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publisher of boundary-breaking prose books

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Wow! Just stumbled upon this Best of 2025 List! How weird, it's only SLP books! Best novella, best short story collection, best nonfiction and best graphic book...looks like we swept them all!
repeating covers of YOU, FROM BELOW; SHOW ME WHERE THE HURT IS; SPECIMEN, and GRAPHIC RAGE. Looks exactly like the Electric Lit graphic for all the Best Ofs.
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Reminder that our FREE SHIPPING code (found in our 11/1 newsletter) is good through Dec 1. Works on orders of all sizes! This holiday season, don’t retreat to the couch with your phone when you need to escape your relatives—BRING A BOOK!

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An image of a bookshelf with tons of book spines facing outright. Spoiler: they’re all Split/Lip Press books
November 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Happy Publication Anniversary to @anarkissedpoet.bsky.social's essay collection HOLD ME,
"an electrifying multiplicity of novel forms, spanning the lyric to the diagnostic, the ghost note to the terminally online" (thx Blake Butler!)

We're so happy to have it—and jade—with us at SLP! Ebook now $5!
Happy First Publication Anniversary! Depicts the cover of Hold Me by jade vine, an essay collection with a gorgeous white, pink, and gray cover. Also notes that the eBook is now $5
November 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Please help us welcome five new readers to our 2026 Short Story/Flash Fiction reading team! Joining returning readers Elena, Victoria, Kaleena, Aysha, and Kim (and SS/FF editor @egreenberg.bsky.social ), please say hello to Blake, Elaina, Allison, Nirica, and Gina!
November 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Guess who's back at the the Twin Cities Book Festival this Saturday? We'll be slingin' books, chattin' with y'all, and featuring two of our favorite Twin Cities authors (yes they happen to be SLP authors), @tashacoryell.bsky.social and @jeannineouellette.bsky.social.
Split/Lip Press at Twin Cities Book Festival: 10am-5pm on Saturday, November 8th at Union Depot in St. Paul. Free admission, more details at twincitiesbookfestival.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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And that's a wrap! Thanks to everyone who submitted your reader applications, we'll be in touch soon!
November 3, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Happy Halfway Day!

We're HALFWAY through our nonfiction book submissions period: if you've got an essay collection, memoir, or nonfiction/hybrid full-length book manuscript over 125pg, SEND US YOUR BOOK!

We're open through December 1!

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HALFWAY through our open call for creative nonfiction books. Reading period from October 1 through December 1. Submit at splitlippress.submittable.com, 125 page minimum.
October 31, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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I say this with excitement: our short story/flash fiction editor, @egreenberg.bsky.social, will be looking for a few new readers to join the 2026 SS/FF reading team! Readers are COMPENSATED!

SS/FF reader apps open on Sun Nov 2 and will close by Sat Nov 8, or after we've received 100 applications.
CALL FOR READERS: Want to help Split/Lip Press choose our next collection of short stories/flash fiction? The details: Readers are compensated, 25% of our submission fee is divided among readers, and they also receive a free copy of their team's chosen book. Reading period is from 1/1/26 through 3/1/26 Applications open 11/2-11/8, applications will be capped at 100 Apply at splitlippress.submittable.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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We've got news! Our amazing creative director Maggie made us a new website (and those of you who've suffered through our barely-functional mobile phone version are going to LOVE how much easier it is to click through our site now)!

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ANNOUNCING: Split/Lip Press Subscription Boxes & Website Refresh
October 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Happy Publication Day to @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social and her incredible comic collection GRAPHIC RAGE: COMICS ON GENDER, JUSTICE, AND LIFE AS A WOMAN IN AMERICA!!!

Time to celebrate! Aubrey will be in conversation with @robhollywood.bsky.social TONIGHT at 8pm ET--registration info in our bio. 🎉🎉🎉
LET'S LAUNCH THIS BOOK! The GRAPHIC RAGE VIRTUAL BOOK LAUNCH: Tuesday, October 7, 8:00pm ET, registration link in bio
October 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Good morning to everyone, but especially NONFICTION WRITERS because we're open for your book submissions!

@athenadixon.bsky.social and her 25NF reading team are reading essay collections, memoirs, + nf/hybrid full-length book manuscripts over 125pg at splitlippress.submittable.com now through 12/1!
OPEN CALL: CREATIVE NONFICTION BOOKS Reading period October 1 - December 1 Submit at splitlippress.submittable.com 125 page minimum
October 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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ONE WEEK til @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social's comic collection GRAPHIC RAGE is published on Oct 7--and we'll be celebrating pub day with a virtual book launch! You're all invited to join Aubrey in conversation with @robhollywood.bsky.social at 7pm CT (8pm ET) next Tuesday--link to register is in our bio!
Let's Launch This Book! The GRAPHIC RAGE virtual Book Launch, Tuesday October 7, 8:00pm ET, registration link in bio!
September 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Hey @marchxness.bsky.social fans! It's cover reveal + preorders day for HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC: THE MARCH XNESS ANTHOLOGY, edited by @angermonsoon.bsky.social and @meganc.bsky.social!

Available for preorders (+ ARC requests) NOW, link in our bio or www.splitlippress.com/march-xness-anthology
Now available for pre-order: Hit Repeat Until I Hate Music: The March Xness Anthology, edited by Ander Monson and Megan Campbell, coming with Split/Lip Press on March 31. Image shows a yellow book cover with a dubbed cassette tape, upon which the title of the book has been written.
September 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Last day of our Five Questions with @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social and we agree: you'll have a lot of feels after finishing GRAPHIC RAGE.

We're about to do a third (3rd!) print run, so make sure you place your order now! www.splitlippress.com/graphic-rage
Five Questions with Aubrey Hirsch: How do you hope readers feels when they turn the final page of your book? Response: angry, validated, amused, empowered, hopeful, inspired
September 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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We asked @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social what the recipe for GRAPHIC RAGE was...
September 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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We're so excited to welcome two new readers to the 2025 SLP Nonfiction reading team! Joining our returning NF readers Cavar, August, Tucker, E. Ce, Keene, and Maxwell ( and our fantastic NF editor @athenadixon.bsky.social ), please say hello to @silkjazmyne.bsky.social and @jerxiong.bsky.social !
Split/Lip Press welcomes new nonfiction/hybrid readers! Silk Jazmyne and Jer Xiong
September 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Day 3 of our Five Questions with @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social sch and she is making me post this graphic with an anglerfish on it--me, a person who refuses to go beyond ankle-deep in the ocean SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF CREATURES LIKE THESE! Thanks, Aubrey. Just buy GRAPHIC RAGE, y'all.
Five Questions with Aubrey Hirsch: If your book was an animal, what kind of animal would it be? Response: An anglerfish, specifically, female! Then there is a drawing of a female anglerfish (the most terrifying creature to exist on planet earth) as well as a male anglerfish (a tiny, slimy baby).
September 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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We've got another question for @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social (and this was a hard one in a book full of bangers!)
Five Questions with Aubrey Hirsch: What's your favorite line from your book? Response: "I assure you I am a person!"
September 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Good morning and HAPPY FALL! We had five questions for @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social about her forthcoming book GRAPHIC RAGE (out October 7!) and Aubrey drew her responses <3

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Five Questions with Aubrey Hirsch: Why did you write your book? Response: I wrote this book to channel my feelings of anger, fear, helplessness, and hopelessness. I hope it can find people with similar feelings and make us all feel less alone!
September 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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As we state in our press mission, we want to see the dark AND the light side of the moon. We're embracing the fall equinox a day early with a HALF OFF sale on 9/21!

Preorders: check! Ebooks: check! Backlist AND frontlist: check!

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HALF DARK, HALF LIGHT, HALF PRICE: EQUINOX SALE. September 21, 2025 only, use code EQUINOX at splitlippress.com from midnight through 11:59pm CT to get half off all books
September 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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And that's a wrap! 276 applications for the two open positions on the 2025 SLP NF/H reading team...y'all really did not decide to make it easy for @athenadixon.bsky.social! We're psyched to see so much interest--and preemptively sorry that we can only take, like, 1% of you onto the team this year!
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September 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Wrapping up Blurb Week for @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social's GRAPHIC RAGE with love from @robhollywood.bsky.social, who will be joining Aubrey for conversation during her SLP Zoom launch on October 7th at 7pm CT--register for this free event at the link in our tree!

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"Fearless and unflinching, Aubrey Hirsch’s Graphic Rage confronts injustice with sharp wit and raw honesty—both a searing indictment and a manifesto for hope." —Robert James Russell, author of Hard Body
September 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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We continue @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social's Blurb Week with praise for GRAPHIC RAGE from @mirkdrop.bsky.social, who also presciently noted that "Hirsch's comics make her readers feel less alone as we see the bigger picture we're all (unfortunately) part of."

Agreed and signed! ❤️
"Aubrey Hirsch's work is a feminist magnifying glass--when she points her sharp lens at an issue, the paper may actually burst into flames." --Shay Mirk, author of MAKING NONFICTION COMICS: A GUIDE TO GRAPHIC NARRATIVE
September 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Second day of Blurb Week for GRAPHIC RAGE by @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social, who'll be in conversation with the provider of these kind words, @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social TONIGHT: 7:30pm at @stjoesny.bsky.social! (details on Maggie's page—she + Saeed Jones are touring for their book THE PEOPLE'S PROJECT)
"An irresistible blend of comics, cultural criticism, research, and reportage, served with a scathing, and often hilarious, side-eye toward the patriarchy. No one else is doing what Aubrey Hirsch does. Hers is a voice I’ve come to rely on in these strange times." --Maggie Smith, author of YOU COULD MAKE THIS PLACE BEAUTIFUL
September 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Welcome to Blurb Week for @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social's GRAPHIC RAGE, out on October 7 (but preorders are shipping now!).

First up, we've got this stunner from @roxanegay.bsky.social ❤️

Order your copy of GRAPHIC RAGE at www.splitlippress.com/graphic-rage or your favorite bookstore!
"Aubrey Hirsch is a master of the graphic essay form. GRAPHIC RAGE is an exceptional expression of the eminently justifiable rage felt by anyone who sees the world as it is. Beautifully drawn and full of visual wit, the collection is necessary and urgent, now more than ever." --Roxane Gay, author of BAD FEMINIST and HUNGER
September 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM