Four Way Books Explained
Four Way Books is an American nonprofit literary press located in New York City, which publishes poetry and short fiction by emerging and established writers. It features the work of the winners of national poetry competitions, as well as collections accepted through general submission, panel selection, and solicitation by the editors.[1] The press is run by director and founding editor Martha Rhodes,[2] who is the author of five poetry collections.[3] Four Way Books titles are distributed by University of Chicago Press.[4] The press has received grants fromNew York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts,[5] and The Community of Literary Magazines and Presses through their re-grant program.[6]
Authors
Representative authors published by Four Way Books include Catherine Bowman, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Kevin Prufer, Terri Ford, Forrest Hamer, Pimone Triplett, Yona Harvey, Jeffrey Harrison, Sarah Gorham, D. Nurkse, Gregory Pardlo, Laurel Blossom, C. Dale Young, Noelle Kocot, Joel Brouwer, Cynthia Cruz, Pablo Medina, Jay Baron Nicorvo, Maya Pindyck, Cynthia Huntington, Jason Schneiderman, Sarah Manguso and Eugenia Leigh
Authors have been recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry,[7] the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award,[8] the Rome Prize,[9] The Edward Lewis Wallant Award,[10] Guggenheim Fellowships, NEA fellowships, and many other honors; and Tommye Blount's Fantasia for the Man in Blue was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award[11] Four Way Books authors have been interviewed on the PBS NewsHour,[12] regional[13] [14] and national radio,[15] [16] and print media,[17] [18] including The New York Times.[19]
Recognition
Four Way Books titles have been reviewed in The New Yorker,[20] Publishers Weekly,[21] Library Journal,[22] Kirkus Reviews,[23] Booklist,[24] and many other publications. The press has been profiled in The New York Times Arts Beat, [25] and in Poets & Writers.[26] In a twenty-fifth anniversary feature of the press, the Los Angeles Review of Books praised Four Way Books for "publishing some of the most interesting, aesthetically diverse collections of poetry and fiction in the country."[27]
The press sponsors the annual Levis Prize in Poetry for a full-length poetry collection; and through their Four Way Books + Friends Program, has sponsored since 1993, joint readings by its authors with those of other presses, and authors yet to be published.[28] [29] The press also sponsors "Pay a Book Forward, which offers free books to college students who attend readings," and "the electronic journal Four Way Review, which publishes poetry and fiction from emerging and established authors."[30]
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Notes and References
- http://www.nyslittree.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/DB.EntityDetail/EntityPK/2221.cfm New York State Literary Tree Website > Small Press Detail > Four Way Books, Inc.
- https://www.pw.org/content/four_way_books_at_twentyfive Poets & Writers | Articles | Four Way Books at Twenty-Five | by Nadia Q. Ahmad | 5.29.18
- [Martha Rhodes|Martha Rhodes Wikipedia Article]
- https://press.uchicago.edu/cdc/publishers.html University of Chicago Press | Distribution | Publishers
- http://www.nea.gov/grants/recent/09grants/09AAE.php?CAT=Access&DIS=Literature NEA: 2009 Grant Awards: Access to Artistic Excellence: Literature
- http://www.fourwaybooks.com/ Four Way Books Homepage
- https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/23/books/gregory-pardlo-pulitzer-winner-for-poetry-on-his-sudden-fame.html?_r=0 The New York Times | Books | Gregory Pardlo, Pulitzer Winner for Poetry, on His Sudden Fame | by Alexandra Alter | April 22, 2015
- https://www.cgu.edu/news/2021/04/john-murillos-kontemporary-amerikan-poetry-named-2021-kingsley-tufts-poetry-award-winner/ Claremont Graduate University | News | April 7, 2021 John Murillo’s Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry Named 2021 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award Winner
- Web site: Pratt Institute: News > Pratt Institute Professor Receives Prestigious 2007 - 2008 Prize in Literature . 2009-06-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110615094856/http://www.pratt.edu/newsite/backgroundOpt/pr-comm/1179848351_PRATT%20PROFESSOR%20SARAH%20MANGUSO%20RECEIVES%20PRESTIGIOUS%202007%20ROME%20PRIZE.pdf . 2011-06-15 . dead .
- Web site: University of Hartford > The Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies > The Edward Lewis Wallant Award . 2009-05-11 . 2013-05-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130508230659/http://www.hartford.edu/greenberg/wallant.asp . dead .
- https://www.nationalbook.org/books/fantasia-for-the-man-in-blue/ National Book Foundation | Books | Fantasia for the Man in Blue
- https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/stuck-behind-bars-a-writer-found-a-way-to-connect-to-the-world PBS NewsHour | Stuck behind bars, a writer found a way to connect to the world | Interview with Reginald Dwayne Betts | by Jeffrey Brown | Jan 12, 2016
- https://www.wesa.fm/arts-sports-culture/2021-02-22/across-time-and-space-poet-channels-other-voices 90.5 WESA 90.5 WESA | Pittsburgh’s NPR News Station | Morning Edition | Yona Harvey Interview | By Bill O’Driscoll | Across Time And Space, Poet Channels Other Voices | Published February 22, 2021
- https://www.loispjones.com/april-ossmann-on-poets-cafe/ Poets Café | April Ossmann Interview | by Lois P. Jones | KPFK 90.7fm Radio
- https://www.npr.org/2015/12/08/458901392/in-bastards-of-the-reagan-era-a-poet-says-his-generation-was-just-lost NPR | Fresh Air | Author Interviews | In 'Bastards of The Reagan Era' A Poet Says His Generation Was 'Just Lost' | December 8, 2015
- https://www.npr.org/2016/05/14/478040450/for-pulitzer-prize-winner-gregory-pardlo-poetry-offers-intimacy-between-stranger NPR | Arts & Life | Weekend Edition | Interview by Scott Simon | For Pulitzer Prize-Winner Gregory Pardlo, Poetry Offers 'Intimacy' Between Strangers | May 14, 2016
- https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2014/03/07/the-expression-of-not-knowing-an-interview-with-kevin-prufer/ The Paris Review | The Expression of Not Knowing: An Interview with Kevin Prufer | by Robyn Creswell | March 7, 2014
- http://columbiajournal.org/from-city-to-city-an-interview-with-cynthia-cruz/ Columbia Journal | Interviews, Poetry | From City to City: An Interview with Cynthia Cruz |by Brian Wiora | January 22, 2019
- https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/23/books/gregory-pardlo-pulitzer-winner-for-poetry-on-his-sudden-fame.html?_r=0 The New York Times | Books | Gregory Pardlo, Pulitzer Winner for Poetry, on His Sudden Fame | by Alexandra Alter | April 22, 2015
- http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/brieflynoted/2008/04/28/080428crbn_brieflynoted4 The New Yorker Website > Books Briefly Noted > National Anthem by Kevin Prufer > April 28, 2008
- https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-935536-16-1 Publishers Weekly | Book Review | Bad Daughter by Sarah Gorham | 10/24/2011
- https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/the-affliction-a-novel-in-stories Library Journal | Book Review | by Barbara Hoffert | March 1, 2018 | The Affliction: A Novel in Stories by C. Dale Young
- https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/eileen-pollack/in-the-mouth/ Kirkus Reviews | Book Reviews | In the Mouth by Eileen Pollack | March 1, 2008
- https://www.booklistonline.com/Kontemporary-Amerikan-Poetry/pid=9729149 Booklist | Reviews | Kontemporary American Poetry by John Murillo | March 1, 2020
- https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/17/poetry-profiles-four-way-books/ The New York Times Arts Beat | Poetry Profiles: Four Way Books | By Dana Jennings | July 17, 2014
- https://www.pw.org/content/four_way_books_at_twentyfive Poets & Writers | Articles | Four Way Books at Twenty-Five | by Nadia Q. Ahmad | 5.29.18
- https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/portrait-of-a-press-four-way-books-twenty-years-on/ Los Angeles Review of Books | Essay | Portrait of a Press: Four Way Books, 20 Years On December | By Jeremy Glazier | 20, 2012
- https://fourwaybooks.com/site/four-way-books-friends-program/ Four Way Books Website What We Do Four Way Books + Friends Program
- https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/schedule_overview_offsite/2016_LOSANGELES 2016 AWP Conference Schedule Four Way Books & Friends Offsite (Short) Readings
- https://www.pw.org/content/four_way_books_at_twentyfive Poets & Writers | Articles | Four Way Books at Twenty-Five | by Nadia Q. Ahmad | 5.29.18
