Slough Press

Slough Press is an American small press publisher. They publish fiction, poetry, and essays. ^[1] The press published authors from a variety of backgrounds and currently focuses on poets with a Chicano background. ^[2]

History

Poet Susan Bright and Chuck Taylor founded Slough Press in 1973 in Austin, Texas, and moved to El Paso briefly before returning to Austin. Bright left the press at this time and later founded Plain View Press. As of 2017, Slough Press was operating out of Austin with new publisher Christopher Carmona. ^[1]

Writers on their roster include Ricardo Sánchez, Hedwig Gorski, and Christopher Carmona. Slough also published satirical Latino poet José Montalvo's collections Black Hat Poems (1987) and Welcome to My New World (1992). ^{[3] [4]}

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
• Littledog, Pat. Afoot in a Field of Men, Special Anniversary Edition (2015). ISBN   978-0982734285

Notes and references

1. Tracey (17 March 2017). "Book Talk: Becky Introduces Ken Fontenot's For Mr. Raindrinker". Malvern Books. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
2. 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.
3. Montalvo, José (30 August 2004). "Black Hat Poems". Google Books. ISBN   978-0-941720-45-8 . Retrieved 12 August 2024.
4. Martín-Rodríguez, Manuel M. (25 July 2024). "José Montalvo" . Retrieved 25 July 2024.

External links

• Official website
• Plain View Press