What a wonderfully uplifting post. It's raining outside at the moment but your fascinating descriptions of people, places and life in general support the types of books you publish as you reach beyond the ordinary and let people tell stories of their often quiet but intensely interesting and varied lives. I love the fact that you are where you are and you keep finding and publishing such excellent material. I sincerely hope you enjoy doing so as much as readers and writers appreciate the fact that you publish such noteworthy books. Thanks a million.
Kate, that you chose to birth books into the world - mystical slabs of trees engraved with magic spells to help us see new things, new philosophies and live through someone else’s eyes and mind - is a gift to humanity and Los Angeles. I wish you well on your ride on the Red Hen.
Dear Kate, My early trajectory is not unlike yours, minus the cult, but with the hippie pieces. Writing from Alaska, It was inspiring to read about the development of Red Hen Press. The early struggle versus the tremendous success with seven staff. In 2018, we began to develop CIRQUE, (the journal) into a press that publishes books - initially those of our contributors as their work needed to be collected - lest it languish in the wilderness of literary journals - always broken up never a whole.
We’ve published about 60 titles since we began.
We are in the exciting trajectory of more work than we can manage… Building a plane while flying it. Learning every day.
We, of course, follow Red Hen Press introduced to us initially by PEGGY SHUMAKER who was once our laureate.
(That capitalization is automatic. I don’t know why).
I’m enjoying your Substack posts. Thanks for sharing your stories.
I was hugely moved by your account of how you became a book person. And chided myself for never having thanked you for picking up from Story Line Press and republishing my book Hadean Eclogues. What you are doing is especially valuable in these times when we need to recognize and archive the best in our American civilization to sustain us through our current dark times.--Fred Turner
This post - literary love. My favorite line is, "It’s worth living in the West if you live for challenges." I wholeheartedly agree.
your posts always remind me of how to be economical with my words..no extras needed. Thanks PMZ
What a wonderfully uplifting post. It's raining outside at the moment but your fascinating descriptions of people, places and life in general support the types of books you publish as you reach beyond the ordinary and let people tell stories of their often quiet but intensely interesting and varied lives. I love the fact that you are where you are and you keep finding and publishing such excellent material. I sincerely hope you enjoy doing so as much as readers and writers appreciate the fact that you publish such noteworthy books. Thanks a million.
Kate, that you chose to birth books into the world - mystical slabs of trees engraved with magic spells to help us see new things, new philosophies and live through someone else’s eyes and mind - is a gift to humanity and Los Angeles. I wish you well on your ride on the Red Hen.
Kate, your ability to look back and inward is a gift, also your writing. Thank you.
Dear Kate, My early trajectory is not unlike yours, minus the cult, but with the hippie pieces. Writing from Alaska, It was inspiring to read about the development of Red Hen Press. The early struggle versus the tremendous success with seven staff. In 2018, we began to develop CIRQUE, (the journal) into a press that publishes books - initially those of our contributors as their work needed to be collected - lest it languish in the wilderness of literary journals - always broken up never a whole.
We’ve published about 60 titles since we began.
We are in the exciting trajectory of more work than we can manage… Building a plane while flying it. Learning every day.
We, of course, follow Red Hen Press introduced to us initially by PEGGY SHUMAKER who was once our laureate.
(That capitalization is automatic. I don’t know why).
I’m enjoying your Substack posts. Thanks for sharing your stories.
I was hugely moved by your account of how you became a book person. And chided myself for never having thanked you for picking up from Story Line Press and republishing my book Hadean Eclogues. What you are doing is especially valuable in these times when we need to recognize and archive the best in our American civilization to sustain us through our current dark times.--Fred Turner