Harbor Mountain Press

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Harbor Mountain Press
Founded2006
FounderPeter Money
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters location White River Junction, Vermont
Publication types Books
Official website www.harbormountainpress.org

Harbor Mountain Press is an American, nonprofit, poetry press located in White River Junction, Vermont. The press was founded by poet and editor Peter Money in 2006 (in Brownsville, Vermont). [1] [2] Notable authors published by the press include Alice B. Fogel, Sinan Antoon, Jan Clausen, Robert Farnsworth, Ana Merino, Laura Davies Foley, Elizabeth Robinson, Elena Georgiou, Norman MacAfee, and Mario Susko. [2] Harbor Mountain Press titles have been reviewed in venues including Time , [3] Library Journal , [4] Bookslut [5] and others. The press has received funding from the Byrne Foundation and Pentangle Council on the Arts and individual donors. Harbor Mountain Press titles are distributed by Small Press Distribution and GenPop Books. [6] [2]

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