Anhinga Press
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Anhinga Press is an American, independent, literary press located in Tallahassee, Florida. The press began in 1972 as an outgrowth of the Apalachee Poetry Center, a non-profit organization promoting the reading and understanding of poetry. In 1976, founder and poet, Van Brock, expanded the scope of the press by publishing poetry chapbooks. From 1976 through 1981, Anhinga Press published eight chapbooks by regional Florida poets. In 1981, the press published its first full-length volume of poems Counting the Grasses by Michael Mott
, and today publishes the winners of its two book award contests as well as manuscripts chosen by its board. Rick Campbell, author of four poetry collections, is Director of Anhinga Press.
Notable authors published by Anhinga Press include Frank X. Gaspar, Janet Holmes
, David Kirby (poet)
, Judith Kitchen, Chad Sweeney
, Naomi Shihab Nye
, Ruth L. Schwartz
, Robert Dana
, Erika Meitner
, and Diane Wakoski
. Anhinga Press titles have been reviewed in venues including Mid-American Review, Poetry Flash, Rattle, Cold Front Magazine, and Story South, and featured on Poetry Daily, Verse Daily, and the National Book Critic's Circle blog, Critical Mass, and reprinted in anthologies including The Best American Poetry
.
The press publishes the winners of its national poetry competitions, as well as manuscripts accepted through general submission. Awards given by the press include the Anhinga Prize for Poetry and the Levine Prize for Poetry.
Michael Mott
Michael Mott is the author of ten poetry collections, four novels and a best-selling biography of Thomas Merton.- Life and career :...
, and today publishes the winners of its two book award contests as well as manuscripts chosen by its board. Rick Campbell, author of four poetry collections, is Director of Anhinga Press.
Notable authors published by Anhinga Press include Frank X. Gaspar, Janet Holmes
Janet Holmes
Janet Holmes is an American poet, professor, and the director of Ahsahta Press. She is author of six poetry collections, most recently, The ms of m y kin , and has had her poems published in literary journals and magazines including American Poetry Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Boulevard,...
, David Kirby (poet)
David Kirby (poet)
David Kirby is an American poet and the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of English at Florida State University . His most recent book is The Temple Gate Called Beautiful, published in 2008 by Alice James Books...
, Judith Kitchen, Chad Sweeney
Chad Sweeney
-Life:Chad Sweeney is the author of three books of poetry, Parable of Hide and Seek , Arranging the Blaze , and An Architecture ; and four chapbooks, most recently A Mirror to Shatter the Hammer...
, Naomi Shihab Nye
Naomi Shihab Nye
Naomi Shihab Nye is a poet, songwriter, and novelist. She was born to a Palestinian father and American mother. Although she regards herself as a "wandering poet", she refers to San Antonio as her home.-Career:...
, Ruth L. Schwartz
Ruth L. Schwartz
Ruth L. Schwartz is an American poet. Her most recent poetry collection is Dear Good Naked Morning . She graduated from Wesleyan University, with a B.A., from the University of Michigan, with an M.F.A., from the University of Integrative Learning with a Ph.D. in Transpersonal Psychology...
, Robert Dana
Robert Dana
-External links:Links to poems*, poetry by Robert Dana including "Heat", "A Short History of the Middle West", and "Beach Attitudes" on The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor*, poetry by Robert Dana including the poem "Rapture" on Anhinga Press....
, Erika Meitner
Erika Meitner
Erika Meitner is an American poet.She graduated from Dartmouth College with an A.B. in 1996, and from the University of Virginia with an MFA, and where she is studying for a doctorate in religious studies. She taught at University of Virginia, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of...
, and Diane Wakoski
Diane Wakoski
Diane Wakoski is a American poet who is primarily associated with the deep image poets, as well as the confessional and Beat poets of the 1960s.-Biography:...
. Anhinga Press titles have been reviewed in venues including Mid-American Review, Poetry Flash, Rattle, Cold Front Magazine, and Story South, and featured on Poetry Daily, Verse Daily, and the National Book Critic's Circle blog, Critical Mass, and reprinted in anthologies including The Best American Poetry
The Best American Poetry
The Best American Poetry series consists of annual poetry anthologies, each containing seventy-five poems.The series, begun by poet and editor David Lehman in 1988, has a different guest editor every year...
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The press publishes the winners of its national poetry competitions, as well as manuscripts accepted through general submission. Awards given by the press include the Anhinga Prize for Poetry and the Levine Prize for Poetry.