Thank you Cybele.
So the topic of the first panel today
is the Joys and Challenges of Small Press Publishing.
And I'm joined today by Lisa Bowden, Kore Press,
Drew Burk from Spork Press, and Charles Alexander
from Chax Press.
I'll introduce them in just a moment.
We'll be talking for about 15 minutes.
A little louder, can you all hear me?
Is that?
We'll be talking for about 50 minutes
and I'd like the last 10 or 15 minutes
of that to have questions from the audience.
So you might keep that in mind as we're
talking about things if there's anything you'd like
them to elaborate further on.
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Lisa Bowden is a co-founder of Kore Press, which
since 1993, has been publishing women
writers to deepen awareness and advance
progressive social change.
She is editor of "Autumnal," a collection of elegies,
and co-editor of "Powder, Writing by Women in Ranks
from Vietnam to Iraq."
Thanks for being with us, Lisa.
Drew Burk is the fiction editor and lead
bookbinder for Spork Press.
Spork began in 2000 as a literary magazine
with the intent of showcasing the writing Tucson
had to offer, but they didn't stay local for long.
Today, Spork is publishing some of the most exciting,
emerging, and established writers.
Spork engages in various media from handmade chap books
to online publication.
Thanks for being with us, Drew.
Charles Alexander is the executive director
of Chax Press, which publishes experimental and innovative
writing that has a strong humanist commitment.
Since its founding in 1984, he has published more than 120
books, as well as chap books and broadsides.
Charles is also the author of several books of poetry,
including most recently, "Certain Slants" and "Near
or Random Acts."