Our Recent Books
WINDSHEAR - Christopher Nelson "In this richly imagistic and formally inventive collection, Christopher Nelson illuminates the dailiness of beauty and horror juxtaposed in our natural and private worlds. These poems see straight… …
LATE STAGE - Mark Neely "What a remarkable sensibility lives in Mark Neely’s Late Stage, at times cynical and witty, at times filled with awe at an America that is at once beautiful… …
White Dresses - Jaki Shelton Green White Dresses by Jaki Shelton Green. Limited Edition. $40 This collectible work of Book Art is a 24 page accordion book printed on archival paper, produced by… …
What Is Left - Bunkong Tuon "With stirring clarity, modesty, and understatement, Tuon shares the feeling of what it must have been like at one end and what words can light up the next… …Jacar Press is a Community-Active Press. We were founded with the belief that proceeds from our book sales would be used to fund progressive organizations and individuals working towards positive change in their communities. In that role, we have offered free and low cost workshops for all people as well as those often left out of literary programming. People living in shelters, dealing with the aftermath of sexual assaults, those who are incarcerated or transitioning out, and more. Proceeds from Resisting Arrest went to provide college scholarships to young women in D.C. and Atlanta. Proceeds from Dream of the River were donated to the Trevor Project. We have purchased theater tickets for LGBTQ teens, donated books to summer teen programs for youth, and paid fees for activists to attend leadership training workshops. We also make direct donations. See the list below.
Recent direct donations have been made to:
A Gathering of Tribes
American Civil Liberty Union Beloved Asheville
Black Art Futures Fund
Black Lives Matter
Boston Immigration Justice
Accompaniment Network
Canary Coalition
Childrens Justice
Camp(Highlander Center)
ConPRmetidos
Dakota Access Pipeline Fund
Doctors Without Borders
Durham Literacy Council
EDWINS Leadership &
Restaurant Institute
Environmental Defense Fund
First Nations Development Institute
Freedom House Manna Food Bank
Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland
National Immigration Law Center
Orange County Rape Crisis Center
Planned Parenthood
Poets House
Raleigh PACT (Police Accountability Community Task Force)
Song (LGBTQ and prisoner activism)
Syrian Refugee Relief
Tampire Task Force
The Trevor Project
Watershed Assoc. of the Tuskasegee River
Women’s Theater Festival
Zoeglossia