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.

  • andy warhol's definitions

    Why read an entire book when you can get the feeling of the entire story by reading the title and blurb?

  • walks into the burning sea

    Strip down to your birthday suit and take a walk on the hot side. An awkward poetic attempt to make sense of all of the conflicting and contradictory elements of existence. Hypocrites unite and read.

  • fortune cookies

    A fortune cookie a day keeps the doctor away. That’s what they say.
    Every day read your fortune, learn a word, and the rest of the year will take care of itself. Fortune cookies are delicious, but we can't send you one every day, so read this instead.