new from above/ground press: Spamtoum, by Noah Berlatsky

Spamtoum
Noah Berlatsky
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published in Ottawa by above/ground press
July 2025
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Noah Berlatsky (he/him) is a freelance writer in Chicago. His full-length collections are Not Akhmatova (Ben Yehuda Press, 2024), Gnarly Thumbs (Anxiety Press, 2025), Meaning Is Embarrassing (Ranger, 2025) and Brevity (Nun Prophet, 2025). 

This is Berlatsky’s second above/ground press title, after Send $19.99 for Supplements and Freedom (2023).

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