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wine for a shotgun receives another award

 EM Press poet Marty McConnell's wine for a shotgun has won the Silver Medal for the 2013 Independent Publisher Book Awards ...

EM Press Is Now On Audible.com

EM PRESS LAUNCHES “THE SLAM POETS SERIES,” AVAILABLE AS AUDIO DOWNLOADS AT AUDIBLE.COM CHANNAHON, IL, April, 2013. EM Press today ...

Regie Gibson reflects on the Jack McCarthy Memorial

Em Press poet Regie Gibson attended Jack McCarthy's Memorial service in Massachusetts last month and was kind enough to write ...

wine for a shotgun up for national book awards

We're very proud to announce that poet Marty McConnell is a finalist for two book awards for her new release, ...

Slam the Radio features Marty McConnell

Here's a segment from our Slam the Radio show on SiriusXM Book Radio Channel 80 that features Marty McConnell.  The ...

Slam The Radio Tribute to Jack McCarthy

Slam The Radio is a weekly show that EM Press produces for SiriusXM Book Radio Channel 80.  We have been ...

Good Days by Stephen Dobyns for Jack McCarthy, 1939-2013

When we were working on Jack McCarthy's first book, 'Say Goodnight Grace Notes: New and Corrected Poems' (he lifted 'corrected' ...

A few words for our friend Jack McCarthy

It is difficult to speak about Jack McCarthy using only a few words.  There will never be enough words.  For ...

wine for a shotgun book release

Marty McConnell hosted a fantastic night of poetry and music at the Funky Buddha Lounge in Chicago.  She was celebrating ...

Time for a Refresh…

As we approach our thirteenth year of publishing, we felt it was time to do some updating on our website ...

Everything Old Is New Again…

Here's a reprint of our first entry... Original date: 7/20/05 This is the first, of hopefully, many newsletters to come ...