CATALOG
A GIRL WHO WAS HIS HOUSE, by Sarah-Jean Krahn
A Girl Who was His House is a collection of experimental poetry centering on themes of feminism, political agency, and madness, penned by Canadian writer Sarah-Jean Krahn. (Gothic Funk Press, Publication Date 2/14/2021, Poetry, $14.00 USD, $18.00 CAD, Trade Paperback).
A Girl Who was His House offers up a cast-iron innovation of courage in women’s writing that howls a cacophony of both the (im)personal and political. Krahn’s forceful experimental voice illuminates a body and elucidates a mind steeped in the madness brewed by a (f)rigid patriarchy.
Stark and sassy images illustrate the chaos of a woman’s selfhood infected by old traumas. The landscape around her is warped into twisted triggers that are yet absurd, sarcastic: “books ooze with thickredfoldedhalfwaysjam” as she marvels at execution videos against crimson cloud-cover and “moonwalks past the whole ‘whore’ aspect.”
She answers the Mandela Effect with the word “queer” and dares to eat a peach that “laughs an earwig out across the counter.” Her “tender French rabbits” grapple with “A Giant Pair of Scissors” as she induces miscarriage with a sprightly sprig of parsley.
She’s “a sad, yet beautiful egg” who hopes you will surrender to this provocative read.
A Girl Who was His House will be Gothic Funk Press’s first poetry publication.
GOTHIC FUNK SALON
An occasional, curated, virtual reading series, the Gothic Funk Salon welcomes three guest readers and a guest mixologist. Learn more about the Gothic Funk Salon here.
THE FLINT FESTIVAL OF WRITERS
The Gothic Funk Press is a founding partner in the Flint Festival of Writers, which has coordinated events for the Flint and Genesee County literary communities since in 2017. Visit the festival at their website here.
THE FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY TEEN/TWEEN WRITERS WORKSHOP
Are you between the ages of 11 and 19, live in the Greater Flint area, and love writing?
Please join us at the Flint Public Library on every other Tuesday of each month (September – June), 4:30-6 PM, for the Tween/Teen Writers Workshop! This is a free program. Call the Flint Public Library at 810.232.7111 for more information.
THE PARAMANU PENTAQUARK, ISSUE NO. 5
May be read here.
Featuring poetry, painting, photography, and music by artists from all around the world. Featured artists include Angella Aliaga, Lucy E. Allan, Sam Alper, Ali Asohagy, Bracha Bdil, Morgan Chandler, John Dorhauer, Rae Howell, Alcy Leyva, Eyal Margalit, Layla Meillier, Mira Milosavljevic, Rafael Mojica, Jeff Morris, Carolyn O’Brien, Nina Peterson, Justice Petty, Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Bambi Redux, Beatriz Rodriguez, Theodore Teichman, Maggie Wells, and John Wiggins.
THE PARAMANU PENTAQUARK, ISSUE NO. 4
May be read here.
Featuring poetry, painting, photography, and music by artists from the United States, the United Kingdom, and South Africa. Featured artists include Jessica Fogle, Graeme Gerard Halliday-Hallidonto, Sarah-Jean Krahn, Esther La’Montagne, Lisa M. Land, and Lumumba Mthembu.
MARK’S HAT
May be read here.
Featuring innovative writing by Flint residents including Paul Counelis, Connor Coyne, Nic Custer, Desiree Duell, Michael Evans Kelly, Bob Mabbitt, Ruby Spademan, Tom Sumner, Jan Worth-Nelson.
FLINT ORDER OF ORPHEUS
From 2015-2017 the Gothic Funk Press coordinated the Flint Order of Orpheus (FLOOR), a celebration of the carnival season. Visit the archive here.
FLINT AREA SCAVENGER HUNT
In 2012 and 2016 the Gothic Funk Press organized the Flint Area Scavenger Hunt (FLASH), a weekend long epic of imagination and competition. Visit the archive here.
URBANTASM
ATLAS: SHORT STORIES
SHATTERING GLASS
HUNGRY RATS
Connor Coyne originally registered Gothic Funk Press in order to self-publish his own work. Gothic Funk Press is now focused on community-engagement and independent publishing. However, if you are interested in purchasing Connor’s writing, you may visit his website at http://connorcoyne.com.