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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 75 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.

 

Westley Heine reviews The Book of the Dirty Poet

first published at The Rusty Truck The Book of the Dirty Poet: by the Dirty Poet 206 pages Roadside Press available for pre-order at magicaljeep.com They say cleanliness is next to Godliness. If only things were that simple. In my experience, you get closer to the truth when you get down in the dirt. If you really get …

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Alan Catlin reviews THE PEOPLE ARE LIKE WOLVES TO ME by William Taylor Jr.

first published in Misfit Magazine, Alan Catlin, ed. William Taylor Jr., The People Are Like Wolves to Me, Roadside Press, roadsidefam.com distributed by Magical Jeep, also available on Amazon, 2025, 85 pages, $17. If his poetry is to be taken literally, and there is no reason not to take him at his word, Taylor is a melancholy …

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Alan Catlin reviews Roadside Assistance: A Roadside Press Reader

first published in Misfit Magazine, Alan Catlin, editor Roadside Assistance: A Roadside Press Reader, roadsidefam.com, available on Amazon, 2026, 198 pages, $20, https://www.magicaljeep.com/product/roadside/SO7LETPOXJR5T4LEQK36FBRE This weighty collection is not a best of the press’s books so much as a selection of the work of 48 poets and writers of fiction all of whom had a book …

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Richard Modiano reviews ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE: A ROADSIDE PRESS READER

first published at The Literary Underground’s In Conversation Roadside Assistance: A Roadside Press Reader edited by Dan Denton & Michele McDannold There’s something refreshingly unvarnished about Roadside Assistance: A Roadside Press Reader — a book that refuses polish in favor of presence. As the publisher’s note makes clear, this is not a curated “best of,” but a …

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