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Roadside Press is a leading publisher dedicated to preserving and celebrating the legacy of the literary underground. With a diverse catalog spanning poetry, fiction, and non-fiction, Roadside Press is committed to honoring the voices that shape our cultural landscape. Founded on 2/22/22 by Michele McDannold, Roadside Press has since published 40 titles and counting by some of the best the small press has to offer.

Our books, pictured below, are available through magicaljeep.com, Amazon, Ingram and most online book retailers. You can also request it at your favorite bookstore or library.

 

Michele McDannold’s Collected Poems: 2005–2025 — Twenty Years in ink

Roadside Press is proud to announce Collected Poems: 2005–2025 by Michele McDannold, releasing December 6, 2025—on the poet’s 51st birthday. This 300-page collection gathers two decades of McDannold’s poetry, including complete sections from Stealing the Midnight from a Handful of Days and By Plane, Train or Coincidence, along with nearly seventy-five pages of previously uncollected …

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Nathan Graziano examines ‘A Better Loser’ in new story collection

New Hampshire’s Nathan Graziano returns with another cast of unforgettable characters in a new linked story collection 23 years after his debut, ‘Frostbite’. After more than two decades, Manchester writer Nathan Graziano has finally followed up on his debut short story collection, Frostbite (Green Bean Press, 2002). On Oct. 21, Roadside Press, an independent press …

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Excerpt from PERSEVERANCE: THE MAKING OF A MUSICIAN by Steven Grey

Please Die & Everything – Part 4: Fuckin’ Lenny On the off days from my main two jobs, I still did the sales job whenever I could. We all hung out outside of work to various degrees as well. Something must have happened to Lenny’s car at some point because I remember giving him rides …

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NIGHT BIRD FLYING by Danny Shot reviewed by Alan Catlin

first published in misfit magazine, Editor Alan Catlin Danny Shot, Night Bird Flying, Roadside Press, distributed by Magical Jeep also available on Amazon, 2025, 130 pages $17 I might as well get this out of the way up front, if I had to create a list of the top ten small press mags since I stared publishing …

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