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Deep Cuts

Celebrate Coffee House Press' Deep Cuts! Get these literary gems at a major discount ALL OCTOBER LONG! Discount automatically applied at checkout.

1-2 Books: 17% OFF | 3-5 Books: 26% OFF | 6+ Books: 31% OFF

Deep Cuts

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The Romance of Happy Workers

Cover of "Joe: A Memoir of Joe Brainard," by Ron Padgett, which features a photograph of a man wearing a sweater, tie, pants, and Converse sneakers, all in black and white.

Joe: A Memoir of Joe Brainard

Cover of "Fugue State," by Brian Evenson, which has smears of neutral colors and unreadable typography in the lower right corner.

Fugue State

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The Pink Institution

Cover of "A Toast in The House of Friends," by Akilah Oliver, with a photograph of a sunset or sunrise in the background and silhouetted trees in the foreground.

A Toast in the House of Friends

Cover of "Coal Mountain Elementary," by Mark Nowak, which features a photo of a man in the dark, lit from behind by lamps, wearing a mining uniform.

Coal Mountain Elementary

The Meat and Spirit Plan

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The California Poem

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The Book of Medicines

Shut Up Shut Down

Cover of "How to Be Perfect," by Ron Padgett, which features a detailed drawing in muted colors of a bird perched on some sort of wall mount.

How to Be Perfect

book cover featuring artistic image of a man sitting on a chair looking at the camera against a wall. Image centered on the cover with title and author above and below image.

You Never Know

Cover of "Margaret & Dusty," by Alice Notley, which features a close-up photo in black and white of a woman's face.

Margaret & Dusty

Book cover featuring image of the tops of dead trees reaching into a white sky from a ground point of view with author and title in skinny black text centered

You and Three Others Are Approaching a Lake

Cover of Bob Kaufman's "Cranial Guitar," featuring a vague sketch of a guitar, shaded in blue with a yellow center, and the left side in a shade of bright yellow.

Cranial Guitar

Cover of "Circle K Cycles," by Karen Tei Yamashita, focusing on brightly colored images of temples, statues, and city life, as well as a drawing of a woman smiling widely.

Circle K Cycles

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Teducation

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Shiny Pencils at the Edge of Things

Cover of "Famous Suicides of the Japanese Empire," by David Mura, which shows long bungalow-style houses with lit windows that show different people going about their business.

Famous Suicides of the Japanese Empire

Cover of "Moment's Notice: Jazz in Poetry & Prose," which features a black and white image of the back side of a man playing a piano.

Moment's Notice: Jazz in Poetry and Prose

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Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah

Cover of "Civil Disobediences," with 14 separate black and white photos of the Statues of Liberty, all from the same angle.

Civil Disobediences

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The Loving Detail of the Living & the Dead

Cover of "Paul Metcalf Volum I," by Paul Metcalf, which features an black and white image of a man lighting a pipe.

Paul Metcalf, Volume I

Things I Must Have Known

Rounding the Human Corners

Cover of "Half in Shade," by Judith Kitchen, which is an black and white photograph of a lady sitting on a fence, wearing a suit, and has her feet propped on a tire.

Half in Shade

Cover of "Captain Blackman," by John A. Williams, featuring black, green, and red-reminiscent of a flag. The cover also features a picture of a Black solider carrying a rifle.

Captain Blackman

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Truth, War, and the Dream-Game

The Cosmopolitan

Teahouse of the Almighty

Sarah—Of Fragments and Lines

Cover of "Paul Metcalf Volume Three," by Paul Metcalf, which features a black and white image of a man holding a pipe, smiling, and looking away from the camera.

Paul Metcalf, Volume III

Cover of "Paul Metcalf Volume Two," by Paul Metcalf, which features a black and white image of a man in glasses smiling at the camera and leaning against a railing.

Paul Metcalf, Volume II

Cover of "Netsuke," by Rikki Ducornet, which features the interior of a Victorian that looks into a room that is lit by sunlight.

Netsuke

Cover of "Legends from Camp," by Lawson Fusao Inada, which features a black and white photo of a man, woman, and a little boy, and the rest of the cover is a bright red.

Legends from Camp

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