praise for flume books

“In twentieth-century poetry, discerning readers have

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always paid close attention to chapbooks, for it is often
in the pages of those concentrated volumes that one finds
the true work, the harbinger of great things to come. So it
is with Lynne Kuderko’s The Corner of Absence.”
– Robert McDowell

“In The One Blue Thread, Naomi Chase gives us Gittel,

a character so lively, so rambunctious, so splendid in
her reasoning, the poems in this chapbook also read
as a novel-in-verse. Chase’s on-target wit and verbal
agility do more than challenge religious iconography.
These poems transform a tender and vulnerable
human emotion and lift them into the political. A
completely engaging series of poems!”
– Denise Duhamel

“I have long regarded David Graham as one of the

most moving and able poets of his generation. In
Stutter Monk, his best work to date, he proves his
mastery and soul again.”
– Sydney Lea

“The natural world was not named and ordered by

Adam, rather it names us daily, as Uschuk proves in
these fine-crafted poems.”
– Joy Harjo

“In Joann Allred’s poems, the air hums with lives

which serve as the poet’s ‘whetstone to sharpen
vision.’…I admire the range and complexity of the
poems, their textured language, the feel and sound
of them in my mouth and my inner ear.”
– Carole Simmons Oles

“I Call This Flirting is a collection of fever-dreams,

haunted by desire, grief, sex, and memory. These are
late-night stories, told after midnight; a femme fatale
whispering sad and unraveled and lusty tales into
your ear. That femme fatale is Sherrie Flick, and she’s
a wickedly good writer.”
– John McNally

“Vertreace’s work is rich with subtleties, careful

imagery, agreeable varieties of music. It is obvious
that she is committed to her positives, and will
say nothing that she does not feel. She is a steadily
growing artist, with an impressive future.”
– Gwendolyn Brooks

“Brehm’s close looks into old age and decline are as

honest and clearly put forward as any I have read,
anywhere, anytime.”
– Ted Kooser
 chapbook competition
The Flume Chapbook Series is supported
by our annual Chapbook Competition and
chapbook sales. Flume editors comment on
most submissions with an SASE, so writers
know what we liked and can determine if
their work fits our biases.

flume chapbook series Flume Press alternates its chapbook

competitions—poetry in even numbered years,
poetry fiction in odd years. The deadline is always
At Dusk On Naskeag Point As Close as Possible December 1. Please include acknowledgments
by Tina Barr  by Mary Matthews 
and a table of contents. See our Web site for
Running Patterns The Corner of Absence moredetails:www.csuchico.edu/engl/flumepress.
by Randall Freisinger  by Lynne Kuderko  A self-addressed stamped envelope is necessary
for return of your manuscript.
Common Waters Eating Nasturtiums
by David Graham  by Mary Makofske  Every submission is read by at least two
Stutter Monk
editors, and many submissions receive written
The Centralia Mine Fire
by Leonard Kress  by David Graham comments—specific feedback about what
worked for us, and what didn’t.
Lost Stone The Way Water Moves
the press by Carol Gordon by John Brehm There is a $20 reading fee, which is used to
pay the winner and help produce the winning
Flume Press was established in 1984 as a small, Concentric Circles The One Blue Thread chapbook. The winner receives $500 and 25
independent, not-for-profit poetry press. In by Gayle Kaune  by Naomi F. Chase
copies of the chapbook. Flume Press advertises
2001, we became affiliated with California in national literary magazines.
Without Birds, Without Flowers, Bad Girl at the Altar Rail
State University, Chico’s literary editing and by Sharon Charde
Without Trees
publishing program, so we could continue by Pamela Uschuk
producing fine literary chapbooks while And Still the Music $500 prize
training a new generation of literary editors. Follower of Dusk by Alison Townsend
Our primary goal remains to help new and by Luis Omar Salinas
emerging writers get the exposure that can fiction
Shovel Point I Call This Flirting
help them achieve deserved recognition. by Judy Lindberg  by Sherrie Flick
We publish one book a year, with a print run Staving Off Rapture The Sheepbreeders Dance
of 500 copies, and we try to get the books to by Ava Leavell Haymon  by Áine Greaney
important readers—readers who care about
contemporary poetry and fiction, reviewers, and Cinnabar Mad to Live
by Martha M. Vertreace by Randall Brown
editors of literary magazines and small presses.
Whetstone
In 2003 Flume Press launched its fiction by Joanne Allred for more information:
chapbookseriesbecausewerecognizedaneedfor Casey Huff, Managing Editor
additional publishing opportunities for writers Phone: 530•898•5983
of short fiction. And we think the chapbook is an flumepress@csuchico.edu
ideal form for introducing readers to new fiction. www.csuchico.edu/engl/flumepress