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Holy smokes! Thank you to all @detroitartbookfair !!! It was a busy time and @squabtastic was running it alone so less photos than we might usually get but wow!! What a turn out and thanks to everyone everyone everyone for setting things up and showing out! We LOVE this fest and this Gddm city!

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We love @roc.small.press.book.fair !!! Thank you all so so much!!!!!! If you feel like yr missing out. You know where to go!

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some people make things. some people make the conditions where things can keep being made.

before chloe allyn @hotspider heads to minnesota to pursue her writing degree, we wanted to say how grateful we are to have shared this corner of the world with her. since meeting her, we’ve had the joy of watching her build community with incredible intention, trust her process, and curate spaces that remind us curation is an art form all its own. in a culture obsessed with constant output, she makes room for attention, generosity, and the slow work of bringing people together.

we’ve been lucky enough to collaborate a few times over the years, most recently on It Probably Won’t Work, But It’s Good To Have A Theory, where her artwork gave the book exactly the kind of restless, thoughtful life we hoped it would have.

thank you, too, for the invitation to be part of the final Last Word show in appleton this past thursday. it was a beautiful sendoff for the work you do in your community.

we’re going to miss having you nearby for now, but minnesota is getting someone endlessly talented, wildly thoughtful, and impossibly cool. we can’t wait to see what you make, build, curate, and dream up next. 💙

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what do all of these photos have in common?

if you signed up for our email newsletter—you wouldn’t have to guess!!!

get exclusive news, behind the scenes musings, silly outtakes, hot takes, etc. by signing up you know where☝️

we’re not gonna spam you, we promise 📩♥️

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winter to spring to summer happened quickly but it could be summarized like this: i got prodded and sutured and birthed a book (tree) and loved and wept.

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if you’re in the fox valley area, don’t sleep on this!! join us as we bid a bittersweet adieu to @hotspider —the last Last Word🥹

we’ve had so many amazing opportunities collaborating with them and are so excited to witness all the epic, magical things they will continue creating on their journey through grad school 🕷️♥️

epic poster by @turbotervo 🐄

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In a sad moo-d about @hotspider leaving town? Me too! Come out to @fsmartsjournal on 7/16 at 6pm to receive her LAST last word! A variety show consisting of:
Poetry by @pity_milk !
Music and poetry by @poor_ridley !
Poetry by writer Joe Radke!
Comedy by @levilyonscomedy !
… and music by @wishbonebreakers !

Free show but a $5-10 donation helps keep local art spaces thriving. Spare a cow, tip a poet, etc. See you soon!

🛣️🐄 ☁️ 🐦‍⬛ 🌽

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wink wink wink wink wink wink

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Three chapbooks. Three visual collaborations. A small stack of books interested in what happens when certainty falls apart and we keep going anyway.

This collection gathers work from both our previous and current publishing years and offers a snapshot of where Pitymilk has been living lately: in questions without easy answers, in complicated desires, in the strange and often funny work of becoming ourselves.

Included in this $40 bundle:

🐟 How To Wear Makeup In A God Honoring Way by Greg Zorko @zorknogg , illustrated by Chelsea Tadeyeske @pity_milk (July 2025)

🧠I’ve Created A Thing That Will Never Bring Me Pleasure by Margaret Saigh @circlet_poetry , illustrated by Edie Roberts @squabtastic (November 2025)

🐜 It Probably Won’t Work, But It’s Good To Have A Theory by Chelsea Tadeyeske @pity_milk , illustrated by Chloe Allyn @hotspider (April 2026)

oh, and did we mention free shipping? 😉

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📚 REVIEWERS WANTED 📚

We’re looking for readers, reviewers, bloggers, newsletter writers, podcasters, and generally curious folks interested in spending some time with ‘It Probably Won’t Work, But It’s Good To Have A Theory’ by Chelsea Tadeyeske @pity_milk , our newest chapbook featuring images by Chloe Allyn @hotspider

The book wanders through doubt, desire, belief, and the strange comfort of carrying a theory even when you’re not sure it will hold—and we’re dying to hear what you think.

If you’d be interested in reviewing the book, featuring it on your platform, or learning more, we’d love to hear from you.

Send us a DM or email pitymilkpress@gmail.com with any questions or interest.

We firmly believe every book deserves a few weird conversations. Maybe this one could have one with you ♥️

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Restock alert! Pitymilk and @bathmatics dropped a bunch of books including a few copies of @pity_milk ‘s newest to @booksuey —- pop through to get the freshies. This shop does literally so so much for the lit community in Detroit. Support or get right with yr higher hunnies immediately.

As always… if yr not near a shop we’ve been able to stock. You always bang that website.

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