NEWS AND BLOG
“Trouble Department” is an anagram of “Embattled Retro Pun”
Trouble Department is what happens when a Clarion grad who is also a poetry slam master spends a few years helping friends put together zines and tour books, until they realize they’ve […]
Announcing Trouble Department’s 2023 poetry titles
It is with great pleasure and barely-contained excitement that we bring you news of next year’s poetry offerings! Trouble Department’s poetry catalog will be shining ever bigger and brighter with two more […]
BODYELECTRONIC now shipping!
Well that was certainly a year, wasn’t it? Trouble Department’s trade publishing line is officially back for 2022 with our first title of the year, Aerik Francis’ maniacally pixelated poetry collection BODYELECTRONIC. […]
Announcing Trouble Dismemberment’s 2022 fiction title
Our third and final book of 2022 will be Liza Sparks’ short story collection All of the Ghosts in the Room, coming to you in October. This chapbook-length selection of thoughtful, haunting […]
An update on our submissions process
As many of you know, Trouble Department opens to unsolicited submissions during the month of September. This year, we received a bit more attention than usual; specifically, we were sent about 10x […]
Announcing Trouble Department’s 2022 Poetry Titles
The coming year is going to be a very good one for our poetry catalog. As we wrap up what has been a year of surprises (pleasant and otherwise), we are pleased […]
Thank You and Happy Pub Day!
It’s August 11th, 2020 and Rot Contracts is officially available for sale! You can buy it in paperback or PDF here, or find the epub through Kobo and other ebook retailers! Whether […]
“Cost: a Pre-Nup” video poem
With just one day left to preorder ‘Rot Contracts’ at the discounted Kickstarter rate, here’s a preview of the video album we’ll be releasing of selected poems from the book. All Kickstarter […]
A Statement of Solidarity
Though protests against the police have faded from America’s 24-hour news cycle, the struggles that sparked them are far from over. Breonna Taylor’s murderers are still free, and the system that killed […]
Rot Contracts Kickstarter Launched, Preorders Open
The Kickstarter campaign for Rot Contracts is live! This is how we’ll be taking preorders for this amazing chapbook, and for considerably below retail price, too. Take a look and share with […]
Rot Contracts book trailer
Rot Contracts pre-orders open this Sunday! As we get ready to launch this title, here’s a sneak peak of what you can expect from this highly intense little chapbook. “After reading Jessica […]