The Beginners Gets 2nd Run!

On Aug. 6, 2026, Digging Press announced a second print run for Heidi Kasa’s latest chapbook collection, The Beginners.

The Beginners is a collection where poetic intensity meets speculative imagination, demanding we examine not just where we're going, but who we're becoming along the way. Heidi Kasa explores what it means to be human when the lines blur-between self and machine, love and dependence, memory and ghost.

The Beginners won the 2023 Digging Press Chapbook Series award.

What readers are saying…

“A magnificent gem of the book that had my heart from the first page. The flash pieces explore grief, being an artist, caring for others, and what it means to be a human attuned to the world. I cried many times and will return to it again and again.” —Syr Hayati, author of What A Fish Looks Like

“A masterful and exquisite glimpse into being caught in the undertow of humanity while never losing the ability to rise above it.” —Britta Jensen, author of Orphan Pods, Eloia Born and Hirana’s War

“Here we gain a sassy new voice that’s precise and eerie, creepily comic, and casually catastrophic.”—Barbara Black, author of Music From a Strange Planet and Little Fortified Stories

“Some are surreal, some are funny, some are disturbing, some are edge-of-the-seat thrillers, some have a Black Mirror-type high concept pinning them together…highly recommended.”—David Gaffney, author of Sawn-Off Tales, Whole and Concrete Fields

“A wonderfully heartfelt series intermingling literary, realistic fiction with preternatural beyond-the-bounds.”—Goodreads review

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