Curbside Splendor Publishing: 44 books

Due to his extensive publication credits, Barry Gifford has a built in audience and could be considered a household name A native to Chicago, Barry Gifford's first publication with a Chicago press will act as a sort of "coming home" after his decades-long writing & publishing...

"Funny, touching, observant, philosophical, sad, world-weary, artful and wonderful are the stories that pepper this book. There has never been a cab driver like Dmitry Samarov and, since he's given up for keeps late-night for-hire driving, there never will be."—Rick Kogan, hall-of-fame...

Blurbs from Donald Ray Pollack and Sandra Cisneros indicate major crossover potential with Latinos and fans of gritty realism. Author is already celebrated and respected in Native American community. Distinguished Writer in Residence at the Institute of American Indian Arts. Author...

This coffee table-sized book will be ideal as a gift for Chicago history and music culture buffs. This book will include interviews and firsthand accounts from recognizable Chicago personalities, including Chicago White Sox icons Mike and Bill Veeck, legendary White Sox organist Nancy Faust,...

Growing up as the only daughter of a wealthy landowner in Santiago de Cali, Colombia, teenaged Mercedes Martinez knows a world of maids, armed guards, and private drivers. When she falls in love with Manuel, a fiery young activist with a passion for his faith and his country, she begins to understand...

As an author of two previous books, Chicago Stories and Elephants in Our Bedroom, Czyzniejewski has an established following of writers and writing students. A beloved editor and professor, Czyzniejewski has a solid base of supporters and fans and sells very well among AWP types. Author's...

The Desert Places is a pocket-sized edition of a hybrid text by Amber Sparks and Robert Kloss that explores the evolution of evil in worlds both seen and unseen and features full-color illustrations by Matt Kish, illustrator of the critically acclaimed Moby-Dick in Pictures: One Drawing for Every Page.

"In the hands of Gwendolyn Brooks, old age is a diamond with many facets. Throughout her poetry Brooks has illuminated old age as a time of isolation and withdrawal, remembrance and continuity, poverty, vulnerability, even homelessness, exploitation, neglect, abandonment, marginalization and...

For everyone who's always wondered what would happen if Roger Ebert had taken Oprah Winfrey to a critics' screening of Revenge of The Nerds for their second date.. In Chicago Stories: 40 Dramatic Fictions by Michael Czyzniejewski, each story is told in the persona of a famous Chicagoan, from Mrs. O’Leary to Barack Obama. Illustrated by Chicago artist Rob Funderburk

"Evocative, fiercely intelligent, and beautifully constructed. In telling her story, Zolbrod becomes a time traveler, making elegant leaps from early childhood to her unconventional coming of age to the embattled but deep satisfactions of her own motherhood. The Telling is a necessary memoir...

"What’s it about? It’s about you. Something you said to me five years ago, five days ago, five minutes ago. It’s about sex, honesty, sadness, falling in and out of love, firsts and lasts, awkward moments. It’s my secrets and yours." Piano Rats is a collection of delectable short stories by a young Los Angeles-based writer who calls herself Franki Elliot.

Author is an aggresive marketer, does numerous readings / performances, consistent blogger and social media hussler. His writing is written for the everyman father and will have universal appeal. Author has been described as part Nick Hornsby, part Neal Pollack.

From a young age CeCe copes with her mother's crippling depression, their severe poverty, an absentee father, and her own insecurities. With gorgeous language, a vivid cast of characters, and an eye for poignant detail, Dasha Kelly tells the story of CeCe's struggle to break free from the grips of...