Arktoi Books, an imprint of Red Hen Press, publishes high-quality literary fiction and poetry by lesbian writers. It was established in 2006 by Eloise Klein Healy. The mission of Arktoi Books is to give lesbian writers more access to “the conversation” that having a book in print affords. Submissions by both new and established authors are welcome. Each year the imprint will publish a minimum of one book.
Arktoi Books is named for the arktoi or “bears,” young girls in the service of Artemis who lived for a year at her sanctuary at Brauron, east of Athens.
The current Arktoi Books are:
Hanging On Our Own Bones
Poetry by Judy Grahn
Publication Date: August 15, 2017
ISBN: 978-0-9890361-3-9
Size: 6×9
Pages: 184
Binding: Tradepaper
Price: $18.95
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The Gaffer
Poetry by Celeste Gainey
Publication Date: March 10, 2015
ISBN: 987-0-9890361-2-2
Size: 7×8
Pages: 112
Binding: Tradepaper
Price: $18.95
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Spheres of Disturbance
Fiction by Amy Schutzer
Publication Date: April 1, 2014
ISBN: 978-0-9890361-1-5
Size: 5×8
Pages: 280
Binding: Tradepaper
Price: $16.95
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Chopper! Chopper! Poetry from Bordered Lives
Poetry by Verónica Reyes
Publication Date: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 978-0-98903-610-8
Size: 7×9
Pages: 112
Binding: Tradepaper
Price: $18.95
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My Almost Certainly Real Imaginary Jesus
A Memoir by Kelly Barth
Publication Date: September 1, 2012
ISBN: 978-0-9800407-5-3
Size: 5×8
Pages: 240
Binding: Tradepaper
Price: $17.95
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The Alphabet Conspiracy
Poetry by Rita Mae Reese
Publication Date: February 1, 2011
ISBN: 978-0-9800407-3-9
Size: 7×9
Pages: 80
Binding: Tradepaper
Price: $17.95
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Cut Away
A Novel by Catherine Kirkwood
Publication Date: April 1, 2010
ISBN: 0-9800407-9-5
Size: 5×8
Pages: 152
Binding: Tradepaper
Price: $16.95
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The Heart’s Traffic
A Novel in Poems by Ching-In Chen
Publication Date: February 15, 2009
ISBN: 978-0980040722
Size: 7×9
Pages: 120
Binding: Tradepaper
Price: $21
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Interpretive Work
Poetry by Elizabeth Bradfield
Publication Date: March 1, 2008
ISBN: 978-0-9800407-1-5
Size: 6×9
Pages: 112
Binding: Tradepaper
Price: $18.95
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