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ArtsPamphlet seriesPublic Service AnnouncementsFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSNon-fiction

September 13, 2026

HAL: Heuristic Algorithmic Library|O:JA&L Guides & Rubrics||O:JA&L Best Practices Guide||”How to Market Poetry”

FictionProse Discourse: Long forms (to 10,000 words)LITERARY ARTSProse Discourse: Fiction Long forms (to 10,000 words)Short Story (to 10,000 words)

September 12, 2026

Prose discourse|Fiction|Novel Excerpt||James Joaquin Brewer||TELEMACHUS CONSULTS MENELAUS|(Re A Ranger: Rust and Recreation)|(a self-contained chapter from Dublin Downs,|an experimental novel based on The Odyssey)

ArtsLITERARY ARTSHaibunMixed Forms

September 12, 2026

HAL: Heuristic Algorithmic Library||O:JA&L Guides & Rubrics||O:JA&L’s Analytical Rubric for Haibun

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BUTTONHOOK PRESSAvailable titlesPamphlet Series

Buttonhook Press|Pamphlet Series|Poetry: All forms & styles|A Writer’s Portfolio||Tushar Sen|”Labyrinth: Poems”

ArtsFEATUREDFeatured Project

HAL: Heuristic Algorithmic Library|Pamphlet Series||”Beyond the Little Magazine:|The story of OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters”

PoetryProse poetryLITERARY ARTS

O:JA&L Poetry: All forms & styles|Prose Poetry||John Dorroh|”IF ONLY A FAIRY TALE KNEW ITS OWN ENDING”

PoetryProse poetryLITERARY ARTS

Poetry: All forms & styles|Prose Poetry||John Dorroh|”MY HOMETOWN”

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September 3, 2026

Poetry: All forms & styles||John Dorroh|”THAT GRAVITY WEREN’T SUCH A PAIN”

September 2, 2026

Poetry: All forms & styles||John Dorroh|”KILLING TIME IN THE O’FALLON, ILLINOIS, CITY LIBRARY|WHILE WAITING ON LINDA TO HAVE A HEART CATHETERIZATION”

September 1, 2026

HOT BUTTON PRESS: Contemporary Controversies|Pamphlet Series|A Performance Protocol||Gabriele Micozzi|”Protocol for Declaring the Human Still Present”

August 29, 2026

Poetry: All forms & styles|Prose Poetry||Ken Poyner|”Art Theory”

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