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new and forthcoming releases

 
Black book cover with gold, embroidered text '... AGAIN' and author name 'Mark Nowak'.

. . . AGAIN

$18.00
 
Book cover with 'Squirming' by Monika Ostrowska on a beige skin background with a bruise

Squirming

$20.00
 
Book cover of 'Electric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun' by Monica Ojeda with a volcano and star design.

Electric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun

$20.00
 
Book cover of 'Ada' by Mark Haber with pink background and black illustrations

Ada

$18.00
 
Book cover of 'Yñiga' by Glenn Diaz with abstract design of a woman and text on a yellow and green background

Yñiga

$18.00
 
Book Cover of "Helen of Nowhere" featuring a paper cutout of a woman holding a red diamond kite with a string wrapping around her.

Helen of Nowhere

$18.00
 
Book Cover of "The Mind Reels" featuring a woman's face overlayed by circular rings and numbers 1 through 6

The Mind Reels

$18.00
 
Book Cover of "Analog Days" featuring neutral gray squares on a white background.

Analog Days

$14.95
 
Book Cover of "Terry Dactyl" featuring open mouths with various diamonds collaged on a pink and black background.

Terry Dactyl

$18.00
 
Book cover of 'Very Collected Poems' by Ron Padgett with a beige background.

Very Collected Poems

$50.00
 
Book Cover of "The Aquatics" featuring a man's face overlayed by red waves on a red background

The Aquatics

$18.00
 
This image features the cover of the novel "Hyper" by Agri Ismaïl. The cover design is striking with its vibrant green background and white, bold text that states the title and author's name.

Hyper

$20.00

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Sand-Catcher Named a Finalist for the National Translation Award in Prose!

Sand-Catcher Named a Finalist for the National Translation Award in Prose!

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Damion Searls

Celebrate the release of Analog Days and come see Damion Searls read in your town!

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Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

Celebrate the release of Terry Dactyl and come see Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore read in your town!

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Connecting the world through literature

Coffee House Press is dedicated to supporting literature from around the world! Click below to see some of the books we've brought to US and English-speaking audiences!

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Africa & the Middle East
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Coffee House Press Bestsellers

 

Tell Me How It Ends

$17.00
 

Mean

$18.00
 
Book Cover of "The Mind Reels" featuring a woman's face overlayed by circular rings and numbers 1 through 6

The Mind Reels

$18.00
 
Book Cover featuring image of a person in a orange jumpsuit and astronaut helmet leaning onto a silver chrome car in a summer field with the title and author in big bold hot pink text

Alive at the End of the World

$16.95
 
Book cover featuring mosaic tiling of differing pastel colors including red, yellow, green, blue, and white, with the title and author in black text in white blocks in the center

Time Is the Thing a Body Moves Through

$16.95
 
Book cover featuring a drawing of a woman's face looking to the side with a mask being slightly askew on her head with a bright yellow background

Temporary

$18.00
 
Book cover featuring bright red background with black geometric shapes in the center and white outlined shapes over the black resembling houses and urban landscape.

Socialist Realism

$18.00
 
Book cover featuring gray background with the title written vertically half on the left side and half on the right side of the cover.

THRESHOLES

$16.95
 
Book cover featuring a sketch of two legs in motion running over an object and a reflection of a hand below them

The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell

$16.95
 
Book cover featuring the title and author in big black text in the middle of the cover with fine print text repeating in the background

Social Poetics

$18.95
 
Book Cover featuring a light blue background and repeating nature imagery in a zig zag formation with the title and author on top of the imagery in yellow text

The Nature Book

$17.95
 
Book Cover featuring the title in bold white text over a black background being warped in the center to make a spiraling out shape.

Till the Wheels Fall Off

$17.95