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Slough Press is an American small press publisher. Founded by Charles Taylor, Jr., in 1973, it has been based in Texas in Austin, Dallas, and College Station.[1] Slough Press aims to publish fiction, poetry, and non-fiction[2] by marginalized writers. The press has a reputation for publishing authors from Cajun or Chicano backgrounds.[3] Most Slough authors are from the American South or Southwest.[4]
History
editCharles "Chuck" Taylor, Jr. founded Slough Press with Susan Bright in 1973, after moving to Texas from the Midwest.[3] Taylor moved the press to El Paso when he was hired at the University of Texas at El Paso.[3] Bright left the press at this time and later founded Plain View Press in Austin.[3] As of 2017, Slough Press was operating out of Austin.[2]
Several Slough authors have received major awards and gained national recognition, including Marion Winik, Pat Littledog, and Mick White.[5] Some of the press's most popular writers include Ricardo Sánchez, Hedwig Gorski, and most recently Christopher Carmona. Slough also published satirical Latino poet José Montalvo's collections Black Hat Poems (1987) and Welcome to My New World (1992).[citation needed][6]
Slough does not charge authors fees or running contests to collect funds.[citation needed]
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- ^ Slough Press Books "Sloughpressbooks". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Authors". Slough Press. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Slough-Press/119618144733029
- ^ Martín-Rodríguez, Manuel M. (25 July 2024). "José Montalvo". Retrieved 25 July 2024.
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