Slough Press

Slough Press is an American small press publisher that specializes in unique literature in all genres, publishing since 1973 from Texas in Austin, Dallas, and College Station.[1] The mission of Slough Press aims to publish novels/fiction, poetry, and non-fiction[2] by writers from backgrounds that mainstream publishers ignore or marginalize, and the press has a reputation for publishing authors from Cajun or Chicano backgrounds.[3] Most Slough authors are from the American South or Southwest.

History

Charles "Chuck" Taylor, Jr. founded Slough Press with Susan Bright in 1973, after moving to Texas from the Midwest.[3] Taylor moved the press to El Paso when he was hired at the University of Texas at El Paso.[3] Bright left the press at this time and later founded Plain View Press in Austin.[3] As of 2017, Slough Press was operating out of Austin.[2]

Since its beginnings, several Slough authors have received major awards and been published by bigger presses to gain national recognition, including Marion Winik, Pat Littledog, and Mick White.[4] Some of the most popular writers of the hundreds published since its beginnings include Ricardo Sanchez, Hedwig Gorski, and most recently Christopher Carmona. The press remains faithful to its regional writers across genres.[5] Slough also published satirical Latino poet José Montalvo's collections Black Hat Poems (1987) and Welcome to My New World (1992).

Slough does not charge authors fees or running contests to collect funds.

Publishing
  • Gorski, Hedwig. Intoxication: Heathcliff on Powell Street (2006). ISBN 978-1427604750
  • Carmona, Christopher. Beat (2011). ISBN 978-0982734247
  • Sánchez, Gabrielle H. The Fluid Chicano (2015). ISBN 978-0941720410
  • Littledog, Pat. Afoot in a Field of Men, Special Anniversary Edition (2015). ISBN 978-0982734285

Notes and references
  1. Slough Press Books "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Tracey (17 March 2017). "Book Talk: Becky Introduces Ken Fontenot's For Mr. Raindrinker". Malvern Books. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  3. Cota, Mitch (2017). Lone Star imPRESSions: A History of Small Press in Texas. Austin, Texas: University of Texas at Austin. pp. 4–5. doi:10.15781/T2M902K5M.
  4. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Slough-Press/119618144733029
  5. Slough Press Books "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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