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November/December 2009
Small Press Points highlights the happenings of the small press players.
This issue features BlazeVOX Books in Buffalo.
TAGS: independent/small presses <http://www.pw.org/explore/tag/5200>
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A couple of years ago Geoffrey Gatza was in Buffalo, attending a conference
devoted to the work of Charles Olson, when he had a chance to talk with poet
Anne Waldman. Gatza, who launched the online journal BlazeVOX in 2000, and
four years later, the small press BlazeVOX Books <http://blazevox.org/> in
Buffalo, was lamenting the fact that the press wasn't attracting more women
writers. By that point, BlazeVOX Books had published about thirty
titles‹only three of which were written by women. "Even though that included
two books nominated for Lambda Literary Awards, I wanted to be a more
responsible editor," Gatza says. "So Anne offered the wonderful advice to
place a note [on the Web site] to let women know in advance that their
voices are appreciated." Evidently it worked. Among the press's new and
forthcoming books are titles by Marcia Roberts, Amy King, Celia Gilbert,
Sarah Sarai, Florine Melnyk, Jessica Baron, Sally Ashton, Elizabeth
Hatmaker, and others. BlazeVOX Books is currently accepting submissions of
poetry and fiction; guidelines are available on the Web site.
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Best, Geoffrey
Geoffrey Gatza
Editor & Publisher
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Publisher of weird little books
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