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Loblolly Press is an independent Southern literary press based in Asheville, NC.

Loblolly Press publishes contemporary poetry and fiction rooted in the American South. We share profits equitably with our authors, publish small batches and first editions, and believe books should outlast trends. Our Substack is where the publishing happens in public — the decisions, the drafts, the debuts.

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Slow Fire

by Spencer K.M. Brown

Fiction Ships August 2026

Of Water Never Ceasing

by Kristin Entler

Poetry Ships June 2026

Habitats

by Garrett Ashley

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The Computer Room

by Emma Ensley

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