We love publishing poetry. The collections themselves are stunning and show the work of months and years. The poets are brilliant and fascinating to work with. And then we get to read blurbs about their work, which is thrilling in yet another way. We will be sharing the blurbs for our three new poetry collections […]
Author: Cathie Crooks
About the Book Cover Ruben, a font inspired by a civil rights march, is used on the cover of our book, Rights and the City: Problems, Progress, and Practice. “The end of August in Los Angeles has historically been a time of sad recollections for Latinos, especially activists who remember a triumphant civil rights march […]
After reviewing an earlier blog post, where we corrected his spelling of color to colour, Alex agreed to the change but left behind a comment in the Google Doc: “I refuse to believe that Canadian spelling is even a thing.” And thus, the gauntlet was thrown down. Doug: Apparently our friend, Alex, who spent a […]
Guest post by Elisia Snyder University presses rely on strong independent booksellers, and Edmonton is fortunate to have two hugely supportive and collegial bookstores: Audreys Books, the staunch matriarch, and Glass Bookshop, a relative newcomer. The strong book culture in our city is fostered by a remarkable writing community, locally-based publishers, excellent bookstores, and book […]