White Pine Press Explained

White Pine Press
Founded:1973
Founder:Dennis Maloney
Country:United States
Headquarters:Buffalo, New York
Distribution:Consortium Book Sales & Distribution
Publications:Books

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.[1]

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.[2]

White Pine Press titles have been reviewed in venues including The New York Times,[3] Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, [4] Booklist,[5] and many others.

The press has received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts,[6] the New York State Council on the Arts,[7] private foundations including the Lila-Wallace Foundation,[8] 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.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.whitepine.org/about.php White Pine Press > About Us
  2. http://www.whitepine.org/catalog.php White Pine Press Catalog
  3. https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/24/books/books-in-brief-fiction-392095.html?scp=1&sq=%22Happy+Days%2C+Uncle+Sergio%22&st=nyt The New York Times > September 24, 1995 > Books in Brief: Fiction > Happy Days, Uncle Sergio, by Magali Garcia Ramis, reviewed by James Polk
  4. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1877727105 Amazon.com > Whereabouts: Notes on Being a Foreigner by Alastair Reed
  5. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1877727555 Amazon.com Destination Zero by Sam Hamill
  6. http://www.nea.gov/grants/recent/09grants/09AAE.php?CAT=Access&DIS=Literature National Endowment for the Arts > 2009 Grant Awards: Access to Artistic Excellence
  7. http://www.nysca.org/grant_app/org_search.cfm?search_type=op&org_id=333&projfy=2010 NYSCA Past Grant Recipients
  8. http://www.whitepine.org/links.php White Pine Press > Links: Sponsors