Our Recent Books
Creature - Kathryn Kirkpatrick "What does it mean to be a person in relation to others, both human andanimal? Rife with observations of the natural and manmade worlds,Creature by Kathryn Kirkpatrick is… …
Concrete Jungle Allegories - Dasan Ahanu "Spoken Word artist Dasan Ahanu is the inaugural recipient of the Unsung Poet Award for his manuscript, Concrete Jungle Allegories. This is a joint project between Jacar Press… …
All I Know About a Heavy Heart Is How to Carry It - Chisom Okafor "All I Know About a Heavy Heart Is How to Carry It is a celebrated revival of the absorbing language of an observant writer who raises and struggles… …
With Different Wars Raging - Simon Anton Niño Diego Baena "Simon Anton Niño Diego Baena is the author of three chapbooks. His work has appeared in Poetry Daily, The Bitter Oleander, The Columbia Review, The… …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