The Worker Ants of the Cheese Puff Cult by Roy Richard – Rostie Publishing
15 poems that reflect on the current state of our democracy. Satire and sarcasm fill the pages as little worker ants follow the orange rule of the orange god.Buy it on Amazon
Month: October 2025
WHY WE ARE ANARCHISTS by Max Nettlau – Rostie Publishing
Originally a pamphlet signed by Max Nettlau, published in 1894 by the Commonweal Anarchist Group in London. It is a declaration of beliefs: setting out why anarchists hold the views they do, what objections are commonly raised, and how the anarchist position responds.Key themes/arguments:Freedom as the fundamental idealCritique of Authority and CoercionObjections and misconceptions addressedAgainst… Read More WHY WE ARE ANARCHISTS by Max Nettlau – Rostie Publishing
Fairy Tales for Workers’ Children by HERMINIA ZUR MÜHLEN (Author), LYDIA GIBSON (Illustrator), IDA DAILES (Translator) – Rostie Publishing
You have read many fairy tales, some of them very beautiful and some that frightened you with their horrible giants and goblins. But never, I am sure, have you read such lovely stories about real everyday things. You see poor people suffering around you every day; some of you have yourselves felt how hard it… Read More Fairy Tales for Workers’ Children by HERMINIA ZUR MÜHLEN (Author), LYDIA GIBSON (Illustrator), IDA DAILES (Translator) – Rostie Publishing
Poetry from The Masses 1911 – Rostie Publishing
With selections from TM Becker, Herbert Everett, Isaac Goldberg, Wilby Heard, Varl Holiday, Emanuel Julius, James C McNally, Reginald Wright Kauffman, and Horace Traubel.The Masses was a socialist magazine published in America from 1911 to 1917. Its demise was brought on when the federal government brought charges against it for conspiring to obstruct conscription during… Read More Poetry from The Masses 1911 – Rostie Publishing
Our Wild Irish Rose: The Story of Mary Ann Kennedy by Gaylia Kenslow Stogsdill – Rostie Publishing
Mary Ann Kennedy traveled from Ireland to America in 1906 as an indentured servant. While spending her days of servitude in North Bend, Nebraska, she met the love of her life. She and Herman Gutch were married and had started a family when, one Easter morning, tragedy struck. Life changes and opportunities appear. Mary Ann… Read More Our Wild Irish Rose: The Story of Mary Ann Kennedy by Gaylia Kenslow Stogsdill – Rostie Publishing
General Baptist Roots in Flint, Michigan by Roy O Richard, Dayron Jones – Rostie Publishing
The General Baptist Denomination in Flint, MichiganAs you drive around Genesee County today, there is no want for Cannabis businesses. Almost every street corner seems to have a store or grow facility. This was not the case when I was growing up. Flint during the 1950s to the 1980s was filled with Coney Islands, Banks… Read More General Baptist Roots in Flint, Michigan by Roy O Richard, Dayron Jones – Rostie Publishing
FLINTOID: A Collection of Poems About the Vehicle City by Roy O Richard, Sarah Louks, Ralph H Marlatt, Katherine Cary-Place, and Gaylia Kenslow-Stogsdill – Rostie Publishing
A Collection of Poems About the Vehicle CityIn memory of all those who made and continue to make this place home.The industrial city of Flint sits on the banks of the Flint River, a significant source of commerce and transportation for the Ojibwe Nation. The river, called Biiwaanagoonh-ziibi or Flinty River by those earlier people,… Read More FLINTOID: A Collection of Poems About the Vehicle City by Roy O Richard, Sarah Louks, Ralph H Marlatt, Katherine Cary-Place, and Gaylia Kenslow-Stogsdill – Rostie Publishing
Townsend Tinklings of Club No. 2, poems of Sarah Louks by Sarah Louks – Rostie Publishing
Poems by Flint, Michigan housewife, Sarah Louks (1862-1955).This work is dedicated and about the work of California physician Francis Townsend.He worked to establish an Old-Age Pension as part of America’s recovery from the Depression. His followers numbered up to 750,000. From their work, President Roosevelt developed the Social Security plan.Townsend’s plan would have paid each… Read More Townsend Tinklings of Club No. 2, poems of Sarah Louks by Sarah Louks – Rostie Publishing
Grand Blanc History in Rhyme by Edward Williams – Rostie Publishing
Originally published as what was surely an advertising gimmick, Newspaper Ad-man, Edward Williams wrote these pieces of poetry to describe the business’ and offices in Grand Blanc, Michigan.Published in 1930 by the Grand Blanc Press, these pieces offer a look at the past and fill in parts of that community’s history.Buy it on Amazon
Jukeboxer by Glen Armstrong – Rostie Publishing
In his fourth full-length collection of poems, Rustbelt Surrealist, Glen Armstrong, celebrates jazz, country western, and great heaps of rock and roll music. Here, he taps into the soundtrack of life itself with the newborn whistling “Dock of the Bay” as “a little piece / of everything [we’ve] ever loved / [goes] down over Lake… Read More Jukeboxer by Glen Armstrong – Rostie Publishing
Ramblings of an Old Coot 