Red Hen Press

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Red Hen Press
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Founded1994
Founder Kate Gale and Mark E. Cull
Country of origin United States
Headquarters location Pasadena, California
Distribution Ingram Publisher Services [1]
Publication typesBooks
Fiction genres literary fiction and poetry
Imprints Arktoi Books and Boreal Books
Official website www.redhen.org

Red Hen Press is an American non-profit press located in Pasadena, California, and specializing in the publication of poetry, literary fiction, and nonfiction. The press is a member of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses, [2] and was a finalist for the 2013 AWP Small Press Publisher Award. [3] The press has been featured in Publishers Weekly, [4] Kirkus Reviews, [5] and Independent Publisher. [6]

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Red Hen Press titles have been reviewed in Library Journal, [7] [8] Publishers Weekly, [9] Booklist, [10] Kirkus Reviews, [11] The Washington Post, [12] The New York Times, [13] [14] and other publications. Authors have been interviewed or featured on NPR, [15] PBS Newshour, [16] in The Boston Globe, [17] Southern Review of Books, [18] and other venues. Authors representative of the poets and writers the press publishes include Chris Abani, [19] Jan Beatty, [20] Camille Dungy, [21] Gaylord Brewer, [22] Aimee Liu, [23] [24] Ron Carlson, [25] Nickole Brown [26] Steve Almond [27]

History

Red Hen Press was founded in 1994 by Mark E. Cull and Kate Gale. The press was reorganized as a non-profit 501(c)(3), getting its federal exemption in 2004. It established a Writing in the Schools program in 2003, [28] which has received funding from the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the Kinder Morgan Foundation, the City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs, Sony Pictures Entertainment, the Rose Hills Foundation, the Dwight Stuart Youth Fund, the Macy's Foundation, and the Ahmanson Foundation. [29]

It has held reading series at the Ruskin Art Club, Boston Court Performing Arts Center, Annenberg Beach House, and the Geffen Playhouse. [30] The press has received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities for a poetry lecture and discussion series. [31]

Imprints

Red Hen Press has eight imprints: Arktoi Books, Boreal Books, Canis Major Books, Crooked Hearts, DJS Books, Pig Hog Press, Story Line Press and Xeno Books.

Arktoi Books was established in 2006 by Eloise Klein Healy and publishes literary fiction and poetry by lesbian writers. It publishes at least one book every year, by new and established authors, [32] such as Celeste Gainey’s The Gaffer, [33] [34] and Veronica Reyes, whose Chopper! Chopper! Poetry from Bordered Lives won the 2014 Golden Crown Literary Society Award, the 2014 International Latino Book Award, and was a finalist for the 2014 Lambda Literary Award. [35]

Boreal Books was established in 2008 and focuses on literature and fine art from Alaska, such as Nicole Stellon O’Donnell’s Everything Never Comes Your Way, [36] [37] and Mark Rozema’s Road Trip. [38] [39] It is edited by Peggy Shumaker, State Laureate Writer of Alaska. [40]

Red Hen Press has also published many artist's books by Welsh printmaker Shirley Jones.

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  2. CLMP Directory of Publishers
  3. Association of Writers & Writing Programs | Contests | Small Press Publisher Award Winners & Finalists
  4. Publishers Weekly | Red Hen Press Works to Keep Poetry Relevant | by Wendy Werris | Jan 31, 2011
  5. Kirkus Reviews | News and Features | Q&A: Kate Gale, Managing Editor of Red Hen Press
  6. Independent Publisher | Indie Groundbreaking Publisher | Red Hen Press | Awarding Its Community with Creative Literature for Over 18 Years | by Ariel Bronson
  7. Library Journal Book Review | by Terry Hong | of Glorious Boy by Aimee Liu | May 1, 2020
  8. Library Journal Book Review | by Karla Huston | of Rift Zone by Tess Taylor | June 1, 2020
  9. Publishers Weekly Book Review | The Sadness of Whirlwinds | by Jim Peterson | 09/07/2021
  10. Booklist | Reviews Meatballs for the People: Proverbs to Chew On, by Gary Soto | October 2017
  11. Kirkus Review of The Blue Box by Ron Carlson August 19, 2014
  12. The Washington Post | Review by Chris Carroll | What the Hell Just Happened to Our Country? Steve Almond asks, and tries to answer. | April 27, 2018
  13. The New York Times Books I The Hollow Men by Brian Morton I Review of Martha Cooley’s The Archivist I April 26, 1998
  14. The New York Times Magazine | Poem: I Gave My Love a Story by Tess Taylor | Selected by Naomi Shihab Nye (from Rift Zone) | April 16, 2000
  15. NPR Morning Edition | When Your Book Publishes In A Pandemic: Authors Talk About Terrible Timing | Interviews by Neda Ulaby | July 23, 20215
  16. PBS NewsHour | Poet Tess Taylor on How Verse Can Provide Solace | March 2, 2021
  17. The Boston Globe | Arts | Best Books of 2020 | Poetry | The Rift Zone by Tess Taylor
  18. Southern Review of Books Beth Gilstrap on Titles, Flash Fiction and Deadheading Interview by Bradley Sides October 25, 2021
  19. Poets & Writers Directory | Chris Abani
  20. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Review: Jan Beatty Unleashes an Adoptee’s Anger in American Bastard | November 9, 2021
  21. Poets & Writers Directory | Camille Dungy
  22. MTSU Faculty Profile Gaylord Brewer Publications
  23. Booklist | Starred Review by Cari Dubiel of Glorious Boy by Aimee Liu | May 1, 2020
  24. Library Journal | Starred Review by Terry Hong of Glorious Boy by Aimee Liu | May 1, 2020
  25. Kirkus Review of The Blue Box by Ron Carlson August 19, 2014
  26. Publishers Weekly Review of Sister by Nickole Brown July 30, 2007
  27. The Washington Post | Review by Chris Carroll | What the Hell Just Happened to Our Country? Steve Almond asks, and tries to answer. | April 27, 2018
  28. Red Hen Press website | About Us
  29. The Ahmanson Foundation | Grants Paid | Red Hen Press
  30. Entertainment Today | Small Presses Onward | by Sean Reynolds | March 15, 2007
  31. National Endowment for the Humanities | Grants for Public Programs | 2021 | Grant number like: GA-280608-21 | Red Hen Press Presents Poetry Reformed: Discussions of Formalism and Its Place in Poetry Today
  32. Red Hen Press Website Arktoi Books Page
  33. Lambda Literary | Too bright/ is the heaven I’m after: A Review of Celeste Gainey’s 'The Gaffer' by Julie Marie Wade | March 17, 2015
  34. The Rumpus | Book Review by Rebecca Bornstein | The Gaffer by Celeste Gainey | July 4, 2015
  35. Poets & Writers Directory | Veronica Reyes
  36. Anchorage Daily News | Books | In new volume of poetry, Nicole O’Donnell articulates a non-mythic, realist sense of the northern life she knows by Nancy Lord | September 4, 2021
  37. Shelf Awareness | Readers Issue | Poetry | Starred Review Everything Never Comes Your Way by Nicole O’Donnell August 20, 2021
  38. Kirkus | Book Reviews | Road Trip by Mark Rozema | June 15, 2015
  39. Arizona Public Radio | KNAU’s Southwest Book Review: Mark Rozema’s Road Trip | by Mary Sojourner | November 20, 2015
  40. Red Hen Press Website Boreal Books Page