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Michele McDannold
Michele McDannold
@oneldammit.bsky.social
Poet/Publisher at Roadside Press, Founder of The Literary Underground, Publisher at Citizens for Decent Literature Press
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Happy Tuesday, mofos. Tune in today to see what's on the Polish Hammer's mind theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/10...
theliteraryunderground.orgTHE POLISH HAMMER POETRY CORNER: Life is Fleeting, or, Fuck! It’s Feeling Like the End Times, Again by Karl Koweski - The Literary UndergroundLife is Fleeting, or, Fuck! It’s Feeling Like the End Times, Again I feel this sense of impending doom every time I accidentally watch the news; that we as a species have once again stumbled up on the...
Happy Monday! today we have a short story, "Most Wanted," by Jason Irwin theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/10...
theliteraryunderground.orgMost Wanted by Jason Irwin - The Literary UndergroundMOST WANTED When Bill was sent for a thirty-day evaluation at the psych hospital, after police found him siphoning anti-freeze from a pickup truck behind Tom’s Diner, his fiancé, Jessica, decided she ...
Happy Sunday! today we have "My Favourite Pizza Shop" by Joe Couture theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/10... #poetry
theliteraryunderground.orgMy Favourite Pizza Shop by Joe Couture - The Literary UndergroundMy Favourite Pizza Shop Has steel grates on the windows. Next door, the windows are fitted with plywood courtesy of the municipality. It used to be a convenience store operated by a first-generation C...
Happy Saturday! today we have "That Night" by Steven Meloan theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/10... #poetry
theliteraryunderground.orgThat Night by Steven Meloan - The Literary UndergroundThat Night Visions of a long-ago night headed to Bukowski's a time in life where anything seemed possible Blasting out Jackson Browne's "Somebody's Baby" and my brother and I singing along… "She's pro...
Happy Fuck-It Friday! today we have "Scamper" by Mathias Nelson theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/10... #poetry
theliteraryunderground.orgSCAMPER by Mathias Nelson - The Literary UndergroundSCAMPER Balcony, cigarette, whiskey. Brother’s inside the ward again, the grim voices inside his head again. There’s a letter I want to write to him to remedy all of this. I’ve even split with my girl...
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happy pre-friday! today we have "The new hire" by Alan Catlin theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/10... #poetry
theliteraryunderground.orgThe new hire by Alan Catlin - The Literary UndergroundThe new hire cook looked like a miniature, dollar store Frank Zappa, without the glint of warped genius in his eyes or his sense of humor, though inevitable, he would play a guitar in a bad heavy meta...
happy tuesday, mofos! get your weekly dose of THE POLISH HAMMER right here with "Halfway to Heaven" by Karl Koweski theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/10...
theliteraryunderground.orgTHE POLISH HAMMER POETRY CORNER: Halfway to Heaven by Karl Koweski - The Literary UndergroundHalfway to Heaven Well, Bippy the Chihuahua-Cornholing Clown who runs the show at Hydra Hydraulics has chased off every quality operator once employed here through an intense program of sixty-five-hou...
Happy Monday! today we have "The Water Is Never Shallow: Richard Modiano reviews Devon Fulford's YOU CAN STILL DROWN IN THE SHALLOWS" theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/10... #booksky #review #poetry #roadsidepress
theliteraryunderground.orgThe Water Is Never Shallow: Richard Modiano reviews Devon Fulford’s YOU CAN STILL DROWN IN THE SHALLOWS - The Literary UndergroundThe Water Is Never Shallow Devon Fulford’s you can still drown in the shallows There are books of poems that invite admiration for their construction, and there are books less interested in being admi...
Reserve your signed copy of BULLET PUDDING by @hubbsd.bsky.social www.magicaljeep.com/product/bull... #poetry #roadsidepress #booksky
Happy Sunday! today we have "Kakistocracy" by Marc Pietrzykowski theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/10... #poetry
theliteraryunderground.orgKakistocracy by Marc Pietrzykowski - The Literary UndergroundKakistocracy After school, on a Friday evening thistle-bound road, pebbles squeaking underfoot, we’d stop and yell down the empty well, curses and cackles and snatches of song. The words came back man...
Cover Reveal & Pre-order link! www.magicaljeep.com/product/bull... Bullet Pudding is about disorderly magic. It's about the magic of characters and places, pop and post-punk, cities and landscapes. #poetry #booksky #roadsidepress BULLET PUDDING by @hubbsd.bsky.social
Happy Fuck-It Friday!! today we have an essay, RAT PACK, by Lori Jakiela theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/10...
theliteraryunderground.orgRat Pack by Lori Jakiela - The Literary UndergroundRat Pack “You gotta love livin’, baby.” –Frank Sinatra “A squirrel is just a rat with a cuter outfit.” – Sarah Jessica Parker “I see now that the path I choose through that maze makes me what I am. ...
Releasing from Roadside Press very soon! Dan Denton's fifth book, a novel, The Seven Stages of Middle-Class Life. Read all about it... roadsidefam.com/2026/10/awar... #booksky #fiction #novel #roadsidepress
roadsidefam.comAward Winning Author Dan Denton Publishes Fifth Book - Roadside PressAward Winning Author Dan Denton Publishes Fifth Book Former UAW Chief Steward releases The Seven Stages of Middle-Class Life: An American Fable Written by Midwestern writer Dan Denton, The Seven Stage...
Happy Thursday! today we have "fight the good fight" by Steve Maitlen theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/10... #poetry
theliteraryunderground.orgfight the good fight by Steve Maitlen - The Literary Undergroundfight the good fight fuck ai, billionaires, flock cameras & mass surveillance, wall street traders, government intervention, big business, conservative strangleholds; i lament & cross post to facebook...
NOTHING IS HAUNTED EVERYTHING IS by Paul Luikart Cover Reveal & Pre-order link! www.magicaljeep.com/product/haun... Cover Art by Jonathon Wurth. #booksky #fiction #coverart #roadsidepress
Happy Humpday! "Watching FORREST GUMP With My Wife" by Dave Newman is live now at theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/10... #poetry
theliteraryunderground.orgWATCHING ‘FORREST GUMP’ WITH MY WIFE - The Literary UndergroundWATCHING FORREST GUMP WITH MY WIFE A week after she’s had major surgery and still needs pain pills which the doctors never provide enough of we distract ourselves with old movies, good and bad this on...
We're taking a break for about a week, but before we go... a timely piece by Len Kuntz theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/10...
theliteraryunderground.orgCornell by Len Kuntz - The Literary UndergroundCornell I found a broken bird on the bed but thought, That’s someone’s daughter. There were bottles and glasses and cans, a bong, the room in utter disarray, as the sheets were, blood smeared, scrunch...
The Literary Underground is pleased to announce the Pushcart Prize nominees for IN CONVERSATION. These poems stood out above the rest, urgent & necessary in their own ways. Sincere thanks to all the poets. Links to the poems are on the front page if you want to have a look theliteraryunderground.org
Happy Fuck-It Friday! today we have "Everyone Is On The Run These Days" by Ryan Quinn Flanagan theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/10... poetry
theliteraryunderground.orgEveryone Is On The Run These Days by Ryan Quinn Flanagan - The Literary UndergroundEveryone Is On The Run These Days Treadmill tummy tuckers dominate that long gym pass window out to the street. A line of muscle shirts burning carbs like witches at the stake. Everyone is on the run ...
Happy Pre-friday! today we have "Advice For a Lonely Friend, Nursing a Cold" by Dave Newman theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/10... #poetry
theliteraryunderground.orgAdvice For a Lonely Friend, Nursing a Cold by Dave Newman - The Literary UndergroundADVICE FOR A LONELY FRIEND, NURSING A COLD Better to take the aspirin and blow your nose into a thousand different tissues than to fuck your own ass with your ex-wife's dildo. Dave Newman is the autho...
Happy Humpday! today we have "You Should Be Lightning" by CL Bledsoe theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/09... #poetry
theliteraryunderground.orgYou Should Be Lightning by CL Bledsoe - The Literary UndergroundYou Should Be Lightning In clear skies, if you can find them. Once I touch you, I can never let go. You should be thunder warning the less picky away. Once I start counting, I will never stop. So much...
Happy Tuesday, mofos! check out the latest, "Scream for me, Chicago!" from THE POLISH HAMMER aka Karl Koweski theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/09...
theliteraryunderground.orgTHE POLISH HAMMER POETRY CORNER: Scream for Me, Chicago! by Karl Koweski - The Literary UndergroundScream for Me, Chicago! “S’up, asshole, whatcha doing September 22nd?” My brother, Steve, never calls me the Polish Hammer because he calls himself the Polish Hammer. He calls me “asshole” since that’...
Check out the full review on LORI JAKIELA'S The Things You Can't Remember Become the Things You Can't Forget (and Dave Newman's Dope and Vodka and Cigarettes, and Not Shaving Her Legs) at pghrev.com/the-very-thi... #poetry #booksky #roadsidepress #review #pittsburgh
Happy Monday! today we have "Cicadas" by James Babbs theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/09... #poetry
theliteraryunderground.orgCicadas by James Babbs - The Literary UndergroundCicadas 1. when we were children we collected the skins left behind on the trunks of trees 2. when I was young my father called them locusts and I didn’t question him 3. they seem...
Today at 6pm CST—TODD CIRILLO will be on Pop Chat live talking poems and happy hours and happy hour love poems. You can watch live on YouTube at this link www.youtube.com/live/DMKh36u... #poetry #roadsidepress #booksky
Happy Sunday! today we have "Staying Classy" by Jake St. John theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/09... #poetry
theliteraryunderground.orgStaying Classy by Jake St. John - The Literary UndergroundStaying Classy I called my Uncle Rich late one night from my favorite tavern in town I had to let him know they were now serving his favorite beer, Schaefer. The one beer to have when you’re having mo...
don't sleep on getting your copy of A STREETLIGHT THAT'S BEEN TOLD IT USED TO BE THE MOON by Robert McDonald! Reserve your copy today!! www.magicaljeep.com/product/stre... #booksky #poetry #roadsidepress
Happy Saturday! today we have "Occam's Razor" by Charlie Brice theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/09... #poetry
theliteraryunderground.orgOccam’s Razor by Charlie Brice - The Literary UndergroundOccam’s Razor I used to shave with Occam’s Razor, scraped simplicity across my stubbly cheeks each morning before I began my day as a psychoanalyst. The depressed, anxious, confused, and obsessional s...
Head over to the Pittsburgh Review of Books for Scott Silsbe's thoughtful look at Lori Jakiela & Dave Newman's latest Roadside Press books, Roadside Press in general and the Pittsburgh lit scene pghrev.com/the-very-thi... #booksky #review #roadsidepress #pittsburgh #litscene #poetry #novel
Happy Fuck-It Friday! today we have "The World and How to Survive It" by Dave Newman theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/09... #poetry
theliteraryunderground.orgThe World and How to Survive It by Dave Newman - The Literary UndergroundTHE WORLD AND HOW TO SURVIVE IT He said “Great pain brings great art” and I said “I don’t know, maybe.” But I hope not. He was a twat who talked a lot about creation but seldom created. His mom owned ...
g'morning, mofos! check it out.. Karl Koweski on Drinks with Tony! tune in wherever you get your podcasts or open.spotify.com/episode/1y7F... #booksky #interview #podcast #drinkswithtony #roadsidepress
Happy Thursday! today we have "Sex Shop Whips" by Ryan Quinn Flanagan theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/09...
theliteraryunderground.orgSex Shop Whips by Ryan Quinn Flanagan - The Literary UndergroundSex Shop Whips You should have seen the size of those suckers, they must have got a lot of lion tamers coming in. Deep down into the edible panty bowels of that basement sex shop. Run by large angry A...
GEORGE WALLACE's one-man show is coming to off-Broadway October 24th! Get your tickets at unitedsolo.org/the-21st-ann... An Evening with Poet and Writer George Wallace, a one-man multimedia show.
Happy Humpday! today we have "Smith Corona" by Damon Hubbs theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/09... #poetry
theliteraryunderground.orgSmith Corona by Damon Hubbs - The Literary UndergroundSmith Corona Light out for the territory, you said Of course both of us wanted to be Rimbaud When Harry learns to dance we’ll make amends Until then Verlaine is old. I miss you in a Jane Kenyon way. I...
Roadside Press is honored to announce the acquisition of Danny Shot's poetry collection, Like Falling Rain. Welcome back to the press, Danny! bio at roadsidefam.com/authors #booksky #poetry #roadsidepress
Happy Tuesday, mofos... head on over to The Literary Underground and catch up on the POLISH HAMMER shenanigans theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/09...
theliteraryunderground.orgTHE POLISH HAMMER POETRY CORNER: Out on the Streets of Hammond by Karl Koweski - The Literary UndergroundOut on the Streets of Hammond I’m fifty-one years old, staring down the barrel of fifty-two, and I still have no fucking idea what I wanna be when I grow up. I remember coming close to deciding about ...
Roadside Press is super excited to announce the acquisition of Devon Fulford's poetry chapbook titled [bruth-er, bruhth-ur]. [bruth-er, bruhth-ur] centers the events of a younger brothers' incarceration in federal prison for 32 years. for a full bio visit roadsidefam.com/authors/ #booksky #roadside
Happy Monday! today we have "Election Year Dream" by Matthew Ussia theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/09... #poetry
theliteraryunderground.orgElection Year Dream by Matthew Ussia - The Literary UndergroundElection Year Dream Interfaith banquet mainline Protestant church listening to strangers discuss over dinner rolls and butter distressing things they heard on NPR about the big crackdown experts worri...
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Happy Sunday! today we have a flash, "Fun" by Paul Luikart theliteraryunderground.org theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/09... #flashfiction
theliteraryunderground.orgFun by Paul Luikart - The Literary UndergroundFun The first thing Al noticed was she ordered a shot of rotgut, then said, “Make it two. In two different shot glasses. Not a double.” Shane, the barman, said, “You’re the boss,” and went to get them...
Happy Saturday! today, a thoughtful & thorough review by Richard Modiano on THE BOOK OF IMMACULATE PERCEPTION/MADRIGALS by Marc Zegans & Larry Beckett theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/09... #review #booksky
theliteraryunderground.orgBefore Words, Into Light: Richard Modiano reviews THE BOOK OF IMMACULATE PERCEPTION/MADRIGALS by Marc Zegans and Larry Beckett - The Literary UndergroundBefore Words, Into Light The Book of Immaculate Perception / Madrigals by Marc Zegans and Larry Beckett (Bamboo Dart Press) There is a lovely impossibility at the heart of The Book of Immaculate Perce...
Happy Fuck-It Friday! today we have a kick-ass poem by Janette Schafer, "Beaver County Auction" theliteraryunderground.org theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/09... #poetry
theliteraryunderground.orgBeaver County Auction by Janette Schafer - The Literary UndergroundBeaver County Auction In Monaca, notices are taped four or five deep on the screen doors. Grass, knee-high, creeps up the leg. I watch for poison ivy and dog poop—peer through broken panes of glass fo...
Happy Thursday! today we have "Running On Empty" by Jake St. John theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/09... #poetry
theliteraryunderground.orgRunning On Empty by Jake St. John - The Literary UndergroundRunning On Empty Sometimes, late at night when shadows whisper and the kids have stopped arguing and retreated to their bedrooms, and the dogs are fed and sleeping in the corner, and the lights have a...