You saw our favorite books of 2013 — now take a peek at our picks specifically put out by the small presses we love.

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POETRY

American Songbook, Michael Ruby (Ugly Duckling Presse)

Interrobang, Jessica Piazza (Red Hen Press)

Urban Tumbleweed, Harryette Mullen (Graywolf Press)

 

TRANSLATIONS

Commentary, Marcelle Sauvageot; translated by Christine Schwartz Hartley and Anna Moschovakis (Ugly Duckling Presse)

It’s No Good by  Kirill Medvedev; Translated by Keith Gessen with Mark Krotov, Corey Mead, and Bela Shayevich (Ugly Duckling Presse)

 

FICTION

A Questionable Shape, Bennett Sims (Two Dollar Radio)

The Revolution of Every Day, Cari Luna (Tin House)

Mother Ghost, Casey Hannan (Tiny Hardcore Press)

Half the Kingdom, Lore Segal (Melville House)

 

*See our 2013 staff list for two extras: The Gorgeous Nothings from New Directions and The Riot Grrrl Collection from Feminist Press

*And for good luck, a few we’re excited to get our hands on in the new year:

• Unmentionables by Laurie Loewenstein (Akashic, Jan 2014; debut novel and debut of Kaylie James Books imprint)
• The Expedition to the Baobab Tree by Wilma Stockenstrom, translated from the Afrikaans by J. M. Coetzee (Archipelago, Feb 2014)
• In the Course of Human Events by Mike Harvkey (Soft Skull, May 2014; debut novel)