About Us
Monkey Puzzle Press is an independent trade publisher based out of Boulder, Colorado. We publish novels, poetry collections, short story collections, hybrid works, fiction and nonfiction, by both emerging and established writers. We also publish a biannual literary arts journal, Monkey Puzzle. We appreciate daring writing that exhibits intelligence and creativity, socio-political-cultural awareness, and humor. MPP is a member of IBPA, CLMP, and has distribution through SPD and GenPop Books. For submission information, please visit the Submissions Page.
Monkey Puzzle Press has published works by:
Jack Collom
Elizabeth Robinson
John Allen Cassady
Margaret Randall
Tim Skeen
Nancy Stohlman
Keith Abbott
Lisa Birman
Rob Geisen
Get in the car, Helen
Michelle Naka Pierce
Mark Spitzer
Dr. Shurooq Amin
Kona Morris
Junior Burke
Leah Rogin-Roper
Tim Z. Hernandez
Megan Burns
Travis Cebula
Ben Olson
Jonathan Montgomery
Nicholas B. Morris
Shane Joaquín Jiménez
Scott Alexander Jones
Olatundji Akpo-Sani
Adam Perry
Brandon Arthur
Paul A. Toth
Julius Caesar
Cicero
Henry David Thoreau
Upton Sinclair
For more information, please visit our Authors Page and Contributors Page.
Nate Jordon – Founder / Editor-in-Chief
Nate founded Monkey Puzzle Press in 2007 and is the creative director behind it. He holds a BA in English from California State University, Fresno and an MFA in Writing & Poetics from the Jack Kerouac School of Naropa University. His work appears in various publications. To learn more, click the following:
Nate’s interview in the Boulder Weekly
Nate’s interview on KGNU radio
Nate’s article on Jack Kerouac in the Denver Voice
Nate’s profile at Boulder Arts Resource
Nate’s profile at Naropa University
Michael D. Edwards – Publishing Assistant
Michael is a poet being educated in golden mind at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. In his free time he enjoys existing and not existing.
Travis Cebula – Assistant Editor
Travis currently resides in Golden, Colorado with his wife, Shannon. He has an MFA in Poetry from the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, a program last seen hovering somewhere above and slightly to the right of Naropa University. His poems, photographs, and stories have appeared in The Talking River Review, Apothecary, In Stereo Magazine, Bombay Gin, and The Strip, as well as recent editions of The Bathroom and Whrrds. In 2008 he was a finalist for the Third Coast Poetry Prize. His first book, Some Exits, is now available from Monkey Puzzle Press.
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[...] It features an article on Bukowski by MPP author Adam Perry with an interview by Monkey-in-Chief Nate Jordon – or dig the online version by clicking here: Charles Bukowski [...]