Kitsch Press is a publisher of pink flamingos, garden gnomes, and whirligigs.  We create and we publish the strange, the weird, and the ambitious.

Also, mostly a vanity press for right now.

Welcome to the Kitsch-en.

  • tiny pleasures

    All poems guaranteed to be less than one hundred words or your money back guaranteed. tiny pleasures is an exploration of the small poem and the small items in life that make the largest impact. An ode to AR Ammons.

  • the human test

    CAPTCHA has been flooded with too many requests. Therefore, we must now implement a new test to determine your humanity. THE HUMAN TEST is a 63 point examination to determine your human-ness. The exam will include multiple choice, true/false statements, and one essay question. Afterwards, you will self-grade your exam for measurement of your humanity. The key will be included.

  • to light a darkened hallway

    The light switch? Heavy. The hallway? A mile long. The house? New. What does it take to the light the hall?
    A treatise on the endeavors of homely existence and a rubric for all of the actions that a person must take to live simply or simply live.