Slough Press

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Slough Press is an American small press publisher. They publish fiction, poetry, and essays. The press published authors from a variety of backgrounds and currently focuses on poets with a Chicano background.

History

Poet Susan Bright and Chuck Taylor founded Slough Press in 1973 in Austin, Texas, and moved to El Paso briefly before returning to Austin. Bright left the press at this time and later founded Plain View Press. As of 2017, Slough Press was operating out of Austin with new publisher Christopher Carmona.

Writers on their roster include Ricardo Sánchez, Hedwig Gorski, and Christopher Carmona. Slough also published satirical Latino poet José Montalvo's collections Black Hat Poems (1987) and Welcome to My New World (1992).

Publishing

• Hedwig Gorski. Intoxication: Heathcliff on Powell Street (2006).
• Carmona, Christopher. Beat (2011).
• Sánchez, Gabrielle H. The Fluid Chicano (2015).
• Littledog, Pat. Afoot in a Field of Men, Special Anniversary Edition (2015).

References

1. Tracey. (17 March 2017). "Book Talk: Becky Introduces Ken Fontenot's For Mr. Raindrinker".
2. Cota, Mitch. (2017). "Lone Star imPRESSions: A History of Small Press in Texas". University of Texas at Austin.
3. (2004-08-30). "Black Hat Poems". Google Books.
4. Martín-Rodríguez, Manuel M.. (July 25, 2024). "José Montalvo".

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