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The Weight of Almost Knowing

An Anthology of Arizona Voices

Twenty-five Arizona authors. Twenty-five new works that explore the theme of curiosity.

The Weight of Almost Knowing captures familiar moments that define us—the simple joys we cherish, the difficult truths we face, and the million shades of emotion that exist between.

These works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry explore what we chase, what we flee from, and what slips through our fingers despite our best efforts.

Each piece stands on a precipice: a moment of internal wondering. Many live at a crossroads where a choice can change everything. From the Arizona desert to the landscapes of memory, these voices illuminate the profound weight of an exhale.

Featuring work by: Jackie Anderson • Lori Appleby Hoke • Gaea Bailey • Derek Barton • Jordan Beckett • Tinamarie Cox • G.B. Croissant • Bonnie Danowski • Julie Erfle • Linda Esperanza • Tracy Holohan • Nour Kandalaft • Elle LeCarre • Glen Loveland • Ilana Lydia • Donna Parker • June Powers • Jerald Riibe • Gayla Wigal Robinson • Eileen Sauer • Hope Spear • Eric Thurston • Pam Vap • Mike Williams • Gerald Wood

Where Your Money Goes When You Buy Our Book — And What to Expect

Every 2025 anthology purchased helps us continue to offer free and low-cost programming to support Arizona authors. A portion of your purchase price covers printing and/or file delivery costs. Distribution platforms (like Amazon and Ingram for print and Draft2Digital for our ebook) also take a percentage. Here’s what POP receives when you pay the full retail price at these places:

Print Edition: $18.99

Ingram - Ingram is how traditional brick & mortar bookstores, including popups, get their books. Those bookstores might bring in print copies to sell in their stores. More often, the title will be available for order on their website, and they will bring in a copy for you when you hit ‘purchase.’ POP makes roughly $6 per sale of an Ingram-version print copy. The Ingram print version feels polished and the cover colors are vibrant. You will find the Ingram print version of our anthology at:

Amazon - Amazon is a huge marketplace, and helps us reach outside of Arizona as well. When compared to the Ingram print version, Amazon’s cover isn’t as vibrant and the quality is a little less polished, but it’s easy to order, delivery is fast, and it’s still awesome. POP makes roughly $8 per sale. Click here to go to our listing!

Ebook Edition: $5.99

POP makes roughly $3 per sale of our Ebook. You can find it on Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Smashwords, kobo, and Apple Books. We work with Draft2Digital on everything but the Amazon version of the Ebook. The digital file is exactly the same on all platforms.

Libraries: Free to you!

Libraries often choose their books from Ingram’s catalog. We are doing outreach to local libraries to see if they will include us in their local print collections. Next time you’re at an AZ library, ask if they have The Weight of Almost Knowing anthology. (Every request helps!)

Thank you for reading local and shopping local!

Beyond

Boundaries

Published April 2023
Anthology, Paperback
250 pages
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There's a boundary between ordinary and extraordinary, and when we're lucky or wise or brave enough to move beyond it, something wonderful awaits.

Join 30 authors as they explore transcendence in this original collection of stories, essays, and poems.

Experience a firetide, a nighttime fishing adventure, a beloved dog’s passing, a wingless flight, and the ache for a drink.

Meet Nai the Dragonfly, a star child, a caretaker, a man in bear’s clothing, a tall dark stranger with a birthmark, a curmudgeon and a puppy, a Tea Leaf Reader, a French couple, a strange old lady, and a woman discovering herself.

Walk beneath a Hunter’s Moon, climb a cliff, trek the Appalachian Mountains, wander Big Sky Country, read messages from Heaven, and more.

2O23 INTERNATIONAL FIREBIRD BOOK AWARD CIRCLE OF WINNERS - 1st for Anthology

Roots, Shoots

& Blooms

Published April 2022
Anthology, Paperback
59 Pages
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Meet thieves, a dragon, a tender talking shoot, a lost girl, purple hyacinths, a chimera, tomato hornworms, a pine tree, and four generations of violent men. Explore the secret of a scar, a new life story, roots of bitterness, an unexpected love, a spell, a world reborn, death, life changes and choices, facades, and new beginnings.

An anthology brimming with local Arizona voices, Roots, Shoots, and Blooms runs the gamut from flash fiction to creative nonfiction, and poetry.

Take a minute, pick a seed, enjoy the read.