Oyster River Press
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Oyster River Press is a small press
based in Durham
, New Hampshire
. The press specializes in new and international poetry
, as well as books on Chinese myths, the environment, and the art of living. Bilingual editions of translations are also a focus. Authors published by the press since its inception in 1987 include Xiao-Ming Li, Joan Raysor Darlington, Cicely Buckley, Paul Eluard
, David Oates, Robert Duffy, Patricia Fargnoli
, W. E. Butts
, Fred Samuels, John Perrault, Hugh Hennedy, Jane Jordan, Rick Agran, Almor Halperin, Eva Claeson, Keith Holyoak
, Robert Dunn, Elizabeth Knies, Elena Lafert and Melina Draper, among others.
The editor and founder of Oyster River Press is Cicely Buckley.
Oyster River Press has played an important role in publishing the work of New Hampshire poets. A collection of chapbooks distributed as a set entitled Walking to Windward received critical praise in the Comstock Review.
Small press
Small press is a term often used to describe publishers with annual sales below a certain level. Commonly, in the United States, this is set at $50 million, after returns and discounts...
based in Durham
Durham, New Hampshire
As of the census of 2000, there were 12,664 people, 2,882 households, and 1,582 families residing in the town. The population density was 565.5 people per square mile . There were 2,923 housing units at an average density of 130.5 per square mile...
, New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
. The press specializes in new and international poetry
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
, as well as books on Chinese myths, the environment, and the art of living. Bilingual editions of translations are also a focus. Authors published by the press since its inception in 1987 include Xiao-Ming Li, Joan Raysor Darlington, Cicely Buckley, Paul Eluard
Paul Éluard
Paul Éluard, born Eugène Émile Paul Grindel , was a French poet who was one of the founders of the surrealist movement.-Biography:...
, David Oates, Robert Duffy, Patricia Fargnoli
Patricia Fargnoli
Patricia Fargnoli is an award-winning American poet and retired psychotherapist. She was the New Hampshire Laureate from December 2006 to March 2009....
, W. E. Butts
W. E. Butts
Walter E. Butts is an American poet and the Poet Laureate of New Hampshire. His most recent book is Sunday Evening at the Stardust Cafe , which was a finalist for the 2005 Philip Levine Prize in Poetry from the California State University, Fresno and won the Iowa Source Poetry Book Prize...
, Fred Samuels, John Perrault, Hugh Hennedy, Jane Jordan, Rick Agran, Almor Halperin, Eva Claeson, Keith Holyoak
Keith Holyoak
Keith James Holyoak is a researcher in cognitive psychology and cognitive science, working on human thinking and reasoning. Holyoak's work focuses on the role of analogy in thinking...
, Robert Dunn, Elizabeth Knies, Elena Lafert and Melina Draper, among others.
The editor and founder of Oyster River Press is Cicely Buckley.
Oyster River Press has played an important role in publishing the work of New Hampshire poets. A collection of chapbooks distributed as a set entitled Walking to Windward received critical praise in the Comstock Review.