chapbook
- noun
- /ˈtʃæpˌbʊk/
- Literature
- The author proudly showcased her latest chapbook, filled with original poems about nature.
- a new chapbook
- chapbook titled
Examples
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Girl Erases Girl, her first chapbook, is due out this spring from Dancing Girl Press.
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I also like chapbooks, as nothing can sell a book like a sample of the writing.
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I'm going to start with and maybe not get past this new chapbook that came out recently.
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Did you get those chapbooks for me?
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Her second chapbook, Gardening Where the Land Remembers War, will be published by Two Herons Press in August.
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I also read a bunch of great chapbooks from friends and acquaintances.
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I've written "The Road to Seetee" for a new chapbook for Haffner Press.
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Also, a chapbook, The Endearment, is forthcoming in 1999 from Shortline Editions.
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Her chapbook, Bright, Burning Fuse, was a finalist in the 2008 Keyhole Poetry Chapbook contest and was published by Etched Press.
Academic text (2009) -
No Girls No Telephones, a chapbook I co-wrote with Rebecca Hazelton, is forthcoming from Black Lawrence Press.
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Synonyms
A small book with information or instructions on a topic
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Morphology
Etymology
Chapbook comes from chapman ('seller') plus book, because small booklets were sold cheaply by street sellers; that's why a chapbook today is a small, often self-published or inexpensive book of poems, stories, or essays.