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Unpublishable was a reading series at POWERHOUSE Arena in Brooklyn, organised by Chris Molnar and Etan Nechin. They described it as a home for 'writing that excites you, that scares you, things that you delete from your browser history. The piece you can't submit but can't stop thinking about either, burning a hole in the bottom of your desk drawer. Writing from any genre that is uncharacteristic, outre, or offending of sensibilities, that is impossible to place or be published in some fashion.' Writers from a range of cliques and communities participated, giving striking and unusual performances. Each event included a chapbook of pieces read, and this anthology collects them together for the first time. It was the direct precursor to the Archways reading series and Archway Editions as a whole, and the barrier-defying ethos it represents remains part of this imprint's DNA. Contributors include Mary Boo Anderson, Daphne Palasi Andreades, Steve Anwyll, Hratch Arbach, Arash Azizi, James Ca¨on, Nifath Karim Chowdhury, Jessica Denzer, Naomi Falk, John Farris, Jameson Fitzpatrick, Cat Forst, Jean Kyoung Frazier, Chris Gonzalez, Evan Gorzeman, Mina Hamedi, Brent Kite, Jason Koo, Noah LeBien, Anya Lewis-Meeks, Chris Molnar, Etan Nechin, Nicodemus Nicoludis, Kate Olsson, Erin Taylor, and Joanna C. Valente.

Chris Molnar is an author, co-founder of the Writer's Block bookstore in Las Vegas and editorial director of Archway Editions.

Etan Nechin is an Israeli-born journalist, author, and online editor for The Bare Life Review, a journal of immigrant and refugee literature.