Slough Press
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Slough Press is an American small press publisher. They publish fiction, poetry, and essays.[1] They also publish authors from Cajun or Chicano backgrounds.[2]
History
[edit]Charles "Chuck" Taylor, Jr. founded Slough Press with Susan Bright in 1973, after moving to Texas from the Midwest.[2] Taylor moved the press to El Paso when he was hired at the University of Texas at El Paso.[2] Bright left the press at this time and later founded Plain View Press in Austin.[2] As of 2017, Slough Press was operating out of Austin.[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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ a b Tracey (17 March 2017). "Book Talk: Becky Introduces Ken Fontenot's For Mr. Raindrinker". Malvern Books. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Montalvo, José (30 August 2004). "Black Hat Poems". Google Books. ISBN 978-0-941720-45-8. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ Martín-Rodríguez, Manuel M. (25 July 2024). "José Montalvo". Retrieved 25 July 2024.