White Pine Press
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White Pine Press is an American, nonprofit, literary press located in Buffalo, New York
, publishing poetry, fiction, essays, and world literature in translation. The press was founded by poet, translator, editor and publisher Dennis Maloney in 1973.
Notable authors published by White Pine Press include James Wright
, Jacqueline Johnson, Robert Bly
, William Matthews
, Sonia Sanchez
, Christopher Merrill
David St. John
, Marjorie Agosín
, Matsuo Bashō
, Pablo Neruda
, and Peter Johnson
.
White Pine Press titles have been reviewed in venues including The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist, and many others.
The press has received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts
, the New York State Council on the Arts
, private foundations including the Lila-Wallace Foundation, and individuals. White Pine Press titles are distributed by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution. Awards given by the press include the White Pine Press Poetry Prize.
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...
, publishing poetry, fiction, essays, and world literature in translation. The press was founded by poet, translator, editor and publisher Dennis Maloney in 1973.
Notable authors published by White Pine Press include James Wright
James Wright (poet)
James Arlington Wright was an American poet.Wright first emerged on the literary scene in 1956 with The Green Wall, a collection of formalist verse that was awarded the prestigious Yale Younger Poets Prize. But by the early 1960s, Wright, increasingly influenced by the Spanish language...
, Jacqueline Johnson, Robert Bly
Robert Bly
Robert Bly is an American poet, author, activist and leader of the Mythopoetic Men's Movement.-Life:Bly was born in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, to Jacob and Alice Bly, who were of Norwegian ancestry. Following graduation from high school in 1944, he enlisted in the United States Navy, serving...
, William Matthews
William Matthews
William, Bill or Billy Matthews may refer to:*Billy Matthews , Chester F.C. and Wales international footballer*William Matthews , American baseball pitcher...
, Sonia Sanchez
Sonia Sanchez
Sonia Sanchez is an African American poet most often associated with the Black Arts Movement. She has authored over a dozen books of poetry, as well as plays and children's books...
, Christopher Merrill
Christopher Merrill
Christopher Merrill is an American poet, essayist, journalist and translator. Currently, he serves as director of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. He led the initiative that resulted in the selection of Iowa City as a UNESCO City of Literature, a part of the Creative...
David St. John
David St. John
-Biography:Born in Fresno, California, he was educated at California State University, Fresno, where he studied with poet Philip Levine, and at the University of Iowa, receiving an M.F.A. in 1974...
, Marjorie Agosín
Marjorie Agosín
Marjorie Agosín is an award-winning poet, essayist, fiction writer, activist, and professor. She is a prolific author: her published books, including those she has written as well as those she has edited, number over eighty...
, Matsuo Bashō
Matsuo Basho
, born , then , was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. During his lifetime, Bashō was recognized for his works in the collaborative haikai no renga form; today, after centuries of commentary, he is recognized as a master of brief and clear haiku...
, Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda was the pen name and, later, legal name of the Chilean poet, diplomat and politician Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto. He chose his pen name after Czech poet Jan Neruda....
, and Peter Johnson
Peter Johnson
Peter Robert Johnson , is a Birkenhead based business man and football investor.The son of a butcher, Johnson helped build the family business into Park Foods, the leading supplier of Christmas hampers in the early 1990s. From this base, Johnson took Tranmere Rovers from the foot of the Football...
.
White Pine Press titles have been reviewed in venues including The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist, and many others.
The press has received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
, the New York State Council on the Arts
New York State Council on the Arts
The New York State Council on the Arts is an arts council serving the U.S. state of New York. It was established in 1960 through a bill introduced in the New York State Legislature by New York State Senator MacNeil Mitchell , with backing from Governor Nelson Rockefeller, and began its work in 1961...
, private foundations including the Lila-Wallace Foundation, and individuals. White Pine Press titles are distributed by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution. Awards given by the press include the White Pine Press Poetry Prize.
External Links
- White Pine Press Website
- Interview: Three Percent > 4 May 1010 Interview with Dennis Maloney of White Pine Press by Chad W. Post
- Interview: The Alchemist’s Kithcen > May 1, 2010 > Interviewing the Publisher Behind White Pine Press by Susan Rich
- Consortium Book Sales & Distribution > White Pine Press Publisher Page
- Council of Literary Magazines and Small Presses > Directory of Member Publishers