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Hot Button Press: Contemporary Controversies gathers provocative fiction, poetry, and commentary confronting culture’s flashpoints. From satirical stories and counter-revolutionary prizewriting to war icons, crossroads poems, and argumentative essays, the imprint invites readers into contested public questions where literary pressure, political friction, and aesthetic risk become urgent creative form today.
Hot Button Press: The Broadside Series
2026
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Hot Button Press: The Pamphlet Series
2026
Hot Button Press: The Pamphlet Series
2025
Hot Button Press: The Pamphlet Series
2024
HOT BUTTON PRESS|2024 Pamphlet Series|Americana|Based Fiction||Mick McGrath|”Woes Innumerous”
Hot Button Press: The Pamphlet Series
2023
This project was made possible, in part, through support from
Richard Stimac and his new book BLOOD, WATER, AND STONE
available now from Spartan Press.
Hot Button Press: The Chapbook Series
2026
HOT BUTTON PRESS: Contemporary Controversies|ChapbookSeries|Fiction||Samantha Isasi|”The Apology”
These projects were made possible, in part, through support from
Grayling and Wraith, a growth marketing company.
Hot Button Press: Serials
HOT BUTTON PRESS|2023 Serials||Mick McGrath|”The Deplorable”||Installment 1
HOT BUTTON PRESS|2023 Serials||Mick McGrath|”The Deplorable”||Installment 2
HOT BUTTON PRESS|2023 Serials||Mick McGrath|”The Deplorable”||Installment 3
HOT BUTTON PRESS|2023 Serials||Mick McGrath|”The Deplorable”||Installment 4
These projects were made possible, in part, through support from
Grayling and Wraith, a growth marketing company.
OJAL Art Incorporated, publishing since 2017 as OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters (O:JA&L) and its imprints Buttonhook Press, HOT BUTTON PRESS Contemporary Issues, and HIGH BUTTON PRESS Contemporary Art, supports writers and artists worldwide.
O:JA&L’S BUTTONHOOK PRESS MASTERS SERIES
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The Buttonhook Press Masters Series: Brian Clements on Prose Poetry
With an Interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
The Buttonhook Press Masters Series: Mark Budman on Flash Discourse
With an Interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
The Buttonhook Press Masters Series: Ray Gonzalez on Prose Poetry
With an Interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
The Buttonhook Press Master Series: Michael Martone on Flash Fiction
With an Interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
The Buttonhook Press Master Series: Roberta Allen on Flash Fiction
With an Interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
The Buttonhook Press Master Series: Peter Conners on Flash Fiction
With an Interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
The Buttonhook Press Masters Series: Maxine Chernoff on Prose Poetry
With an Interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
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