We feel that to "better" American poetry is to jam dominant systems of taste to the best of our abilities, and to resignify the very phrase "American poetry" with the languages that it so desperately lacks. We intend to center voices of resistance, subjectivities that emerge from the radical margins, artists whose Americanness transcends nationalism and other borders, perspectives historically denied institutional backing--in short, poets and poetries that are urgent and necessary but do not get along nicely with Power.

"Soaring and raw, these poems 'better' American Poetry by battering...

November 2012: Amy King (POETRY) Elizabeth Quinn (STORY) Chris Wong (ESSAY) Submissions read year round. We only guarantee a response if accepted. After three weeks, if you have not heard from our staff, you may inquire via one email on the status of a submitted work. Send all submissions (three to nine pages of poetry, one story or one essay) to uspocobooks@gmail.com. Include month, genre and author's name in the subject line. Submissions may also be considered for publication @ ManuFacturedArtists.com, a blog of the arts. Do not include contributor notes or bios, for we do not publish them....

A rich empirical account of China's post-war foreign economic policy towards Japan, drawing on recently declassified Chinese sources.