Seven Kitchens Press
| Founded | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Ron Mohring |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Cincinatti, Ohio |
| Publication types | Books |
| Fiction genres | poetry |
| Official website | www |
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Seven Kitchens Press is a Cincinnati-based American literary publisher specializing in promoting poetry through the creation of handmade poetry chapbooks in limited editions. The press places a special emphasis on writers and areas traditionally underrepresented by publishers, including LGBTQIAP and older women writers[1] to "present a wide aesthetic range from both established and emerging writers."[2]
Founded in 2007 in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, the press has published over 150 titles and since 2015 has been based in Cincinnati, Ohio. According to founding publisher Ron Mohring,[3] the labor-intensive production involves each edition being "carefully-edited, hand-trimmed & hand-tied,"[4] a rarity in contemporary publishing.
Seven Kitchens Press operates on a shared profit model in which authors split profits with the press, thereby supporting authors and the press equally. According to Mary Meriam this experience provided an early model for the founding of Headmistress Press.[5]
Literary Series[edit]
Seven Kitchen Press runs a number of poetry series featuring an emphasis on various regions and demographic groups often overlooked in the publishing industry. These include:
- The Rane Arroyo Series
- The Robin Becker Series (LGBTQIA poets)
- The A. V. Christie Series (women writers over the age of 50)
- Editor’s Series (by invitation and editor's consideration)
- Keystone Series (Pennsylvania-focused writers)
- The ReBound Series (Out-of-print chapbooks in new, updated editions)
- Summer Kitchen Series
Guest and co-editors for the various series have included Steve Bellin-Oka, Eduardo Corral, Dan Vera, Jeff Walt and Karen Weyant.
Poets published by Seven Kitchens Press include Oliver Baez Bendorf, A. V. Christie, Todd F. Davis, Matthew Hittinger,[6] Christina Hutchins, John Keene,[7] Ed Madden, Marjorie Maddox,[8] Louis McKee, Mary Meriam, Deborah Miranda, and Jeff Oaks.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Field Notes: Small Chapbooks Make a Big Impression" by Robin Becker, The Women's Review of Books Vol. 26, No. 2 (Mar. - Apr., 2009), p. 20, Old City Publishing, Inc.
- ↑ Pennsylvania Center for the Book pofile https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/bios/Mohring__Ron
- ↑ "Faculty Notes" Lycoming Magazine, Lycoming College, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Winter 2010, page 40
- ↑ https://www.pw.org/small_presses/seven_kitchens_press
- ↑ "The Origins of Headmistress Press" A Lavender Libretto from The School of Sappho Conversation between Mary Meriam, Risa Denenberg, and Jessica Lowell Mason https://headmistresspress.com/
- ↑ https://matthewhittinger.com/2008/07/17/platos-de-sal-in-2009/
- ↑ "Professor John Keene Publishes "Punks," a Sweeping Collection of Poetry" By Lawrence Lerner Mar 4, 2022 https://sasn.rutgers.edu/news-events/news/professor-john-keene-publishes-punks-sweeping-collection-poetry
- ↑ "Soldier Girl," Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, Vol. 38, No. 1 (2017), pp. 64-66
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