Slough Press
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Slough Press is an American small press publisher that specializes in unique literature in all genres, publishing since 1973 from Texas in Austin, Dallas, and College Station.[1] The mission of Slough Press aims to publish novels/fiction, poetry, and non-fiction[2] by writers from backgrounds that mainstream publishers ignore or marginalize, and the press has a reputation for publishing authors from Cajun or Chicano backgrounds.[3] Most Slough authors are from the American South or Southwest.[citation needed]
History[]
Charles "Chuck" Taylor, Jr. founded Slough Press with Susan Bright in 1973, after moving to Texas from the Midwest.[3] Taylor moved the press to El Paso when he was hired at the University of Texas at El Paso.[3] Bright left the press at this time and later founded in Austin.[3] As of 2017, Slough Press was operating out of Austin.[2]
Since its beginnings, several Slough authors have received major awards and been published by bigger presses to gain national recognition, including Marion Winik, , and Mick White.[4] Some of the most popular writers of the hundreds published since its beginnings include Ricardo Sánchez, Hedwig Gorski, and most recently . The press remains faithful to its regional writers across genres.[1] Slough also published satirical Latino poet José Montalvo's collections Black Hat Poems (1987) and Welcome to My New World (1992).[citation needed]
Slough does not charge authors fees or running contests to collect funds.[citation needed]
Publishing[]
- Hedwig Gorski. Intoxication: Heathcliff on Powell Street (2006). ISBN 978-1427604750
- Carmona, Christopher. Beat (2011). ISBN 978-0982734247
- Sánchez, Gabrielle H. The Fluid Chicano (2015). ISBN 978-0941720410
- . Afoot in a Field of Men, Special Anniversary Edition (2015). ISBN 978-0982734285
Notes and references[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Slough Press Books "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ Jump up to: a b Tracey (17 March 2017). "Book Talk: Becky Introduces Ken Fontenot's For Mr. Raindrinker". Malvern Books. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Cota, Mitch (2017). Lone Star imPRESSions: A History of Small Press in Texas. Austin, Texas: University of Texas at Austin. pp. 4–5. doi:10.15781/T2M902K5M.
- ^ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Slough-Press/119618144733029
External links[]
- Book publishing companies based in Texas
- Publishing companies established in 1973
- 1973 establishments in Texas