NORMAN KITZMILLER PUBLICATIONS • MEDIA RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JUNE 5, 2025

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HEADLINE: DAVID KITZMILLER RELEASE "POEMS FROM THE TOASTER: VOLUME II"—AN UNFILTERED LITERARY CRUCIBLE OF trauma RECOVERY AND PROFOUND RESILIENCE

DATELINE: INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Independent imprint Norman Kitzmiller Publications has officially announced the global release of Poems from the Toaster: Volume II, the highly anticipated sophomore poetry collection by award-winning multimedia writer David Kitzmiller. Arriving as an active, independent extension of the author's celebrated visual verse portfolio, this 92-page volume captures an unblinking account of a writer uncovering his past, fiercely advocating that looking inward and asking uncomfortable questions is an act of profound psychological resilience. 

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF A SCAR 

Where Kitzmiller's foundational debut volume introduced a revolutionary visual layout, Poems from the Toaster: Volume II arrives completely unmasked, stripped down, and entirely devoid of introduction. This visceral collection was born directly out of the writing process of his upcoming book, Playing with a Toaster by the Bathtub—a work dedicated to the deep scars childhood leaves behind, the ones adulthood adds, and the relentless noise life throws at us along the way.

While digging through old photographs, cluttered notebooks, and forgotten personal archives to unearth his past, Kitzmiller rediscovered poems tucked away for years. Poems from the Toaster: Volume II brings those hidden artifacts back into the light, blending older, resurrected pieces with highly personal works written in real-time over months of therapy, self-examination, and active recovery.

Lyrical range across different versions of the author is the entire point of the volume: desire sits immediately next to grief, rage arrives alongside absurdity, and dry humor earns its place exactly where the reader least expects it. The explicit poems in this collection are written with uncompromised directness—no apologies, no performances, just precision. Some pieces are restricted to a razor-sharp two lines; others sprawl across the page, demanding the physical room required to process the architecture of loss.

DISCOGRAPHY ROOTS & MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM CROSSOVERS

Breaking traditional publishing boundaries, Poems from the Toaster: Volume II serves as the literal birthplace and structural foundation for Kitzmiller's independent music discography. Key pieces embedded in this volume double as major multimedia system crossovers:

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