droppin’ 

droppin’, am I 

droppin’ keys my

droppin’ soap the 

droppin’ always deuce well-formed always an

droppin’ seat my remember 

droppin’ meal last Kafka’s Read More >

Cave Read More >

blind man’s conundrum

my mother and brothers, my neighbors and friends i found blind
to goodness. all preferred bounty. so like a mirror
i shut my eyes to wickedness and begged the kind
to feed and clothe me. Read More >

Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky is a poetry collection in two acts about what can happen to a community when the military moves in to control them. It is a tale of how the ethics of those who love, desire, or harmlessly gossip, can be transformed into actors who rape, torture, and engage in murder. Read More >

(A video of the reading can be found at the bottom of this page)

Maria Garcia Teutsch
&
Danusha Laméris

Sunday, September 13, 2:00 p.m. via Zoom

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Dylan Krieger’s collection, no ledge left to love, is the recipient of the Ping-Pong Free Press poetry prize of 2017, chosen by judge and poetry badass, Brian Henry. It is my extreme pleasure to share with you a sneak peek–one of my favorite poems out of this fascinating and essential collection, release date: December 1, 2017. Read More >

When Word Came of My Mother’s Death Read More >

We are happy to announce Jameson O’Hara Laurens as the winner of the Ping-Pong Free Press Poetry Prize 2016: Judge, Melissa Broder. Her collection MEDÆUM was published Fall of 2016, here is a poem from this outstanding collection. Congratulations Jameson! Read More >

Ping-Pong Free Press is proud to publish as our first book, a collection of the finest Russian poetry in dual-translation: Anna Akhmatova, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Marina Tsvetaeva, Daniil Kharms, Polina Barskova.
Praise for Katie Farris’ and Ilya Kaminsky’s translations:

“Words flicker — strange, elegant — a Russian evanescence. Heat lightning pulses between lines.”

— Dana Jennings, The New York Times

“A voice of stunning originality”

— Publishers’ Weekly

“These translations are a live-wire joy to read”
— Alicia Ostriker

“Taught, lively translations that earn their place as poems in English”
— Marilyn Hacker

“In these pages we find unassailable courage coupled with the dizzying beauty”
–Sonja James, The Journal of West Virginia

Translators’ Note from the book, by Ilya Kaminsky and Katie Farris: All English versions in this book are just that: versions, notes in the margin. One should not read them as exact, authoritative translations. They are two poet’s sketches, responses, shadow- plays, homages.

To purchase a copy go here: Henry Miller Library Virtual Store

About Ping-Pong Free Press

Ping-Pong Free Press was founded in 2016 by Ping-Pong journal EIC and Library president, Maria Garcia Teutsch. It is an imprint of the Henry Miller Memorial Library. The press is dedicated to free speech and promoting those writers in the legacy of Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin. The Henry Miller Memorial Library champions poets, writers, singer-songwriters, filmmakers and artists who often remain at the peripheries of the mainstream. Miller existed in these peripheries of American literature, but his sources and his influence extend far beyond this country, to the international literary avant-garde. It is in these peripheries where we find our truth both within and outside of our borders. We are committed to truth in all of its horror and beauty. Miller was not a pretty writer, and everything that will be published by Ping-Pong Free Press will not be pretty. The work published by Ping-Pong Free Press is not written for the market, but for the ages. It is challenging, it asks much of its reader. It’s not easy. It is, though, a vital continuation, and contribution, to Henry Miller’s literary legacy.