Red Hen Press
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Red Hen Press is an American
non-profit press specializing in the publication of literary fiction and poetry located in Pasadena
, California
. Founded by Kate Gale
, the mission of Red Hen Press is to discover, publish, and promote works of literary excellence that have been overlooked by mainstream presses, and to build audiences for literature by fostering the literacy of youth and by bringing distinguished and emerging writers to the public stage.
The press began as a collective
that published Gale and other writers, including Marlene Joyce Pearson, Ricardo Means Ybarra, Benjamin Saltman
, and Angela Ball. Later the press was reorganized as a non-profit 501(c)3. Red Hen Press established a Writing in the Schools Program, which is funded by the city, the county, the Ahmanson, the Dwight Stuart Foundation, and Sony Pictures Entertainment
. Their reading series at the Ruskin Art Club, Boston Court, Annenberg Beach House and the Geffen Playhouse
host such writers as Carolyn See
, John Rechy
, C.D. Wright, Li-Young Lee
, Joy Harjo
, Chris Abani
, Al Young
, Robert Scheer
, Paul Cummins
, and Marvin Bell
.
Notable writers and poets published by Red Hen include Chris Abani
, Ernest Hilbert
, Camille Dungy
, Alan Fox
, Diane Wald
, Robert Peters
, Cecile Rossant, Tony Barnstone, Eckhard Gerdes
, Maurya Simon, Antje Ravic Stubel, Katharine Coles, DeWitt Henry
, Michael Neff, Anglea Ball, Charles Harper Webb
, David Mason
, Percival Everett
, Doug Kearney, Summer Brenner, Rob Roberge
, John Barr
, and Jim Tilley
.
Awards given by Red Hen Press include the Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award and the Red Hen Press Short Story Award.
United States
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non-profit press specializing in the publication of literary fiction and poetry located in Pasadena
Pasadena, California
Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. Founded by Kate Gale
Kate Gale
Kate Gale is an American poet, librettist, and independent publisher.- Life :Kate Gale was born in Binghamton, New York to Stephen Gale and Evadene Swanson. She graduated with a B.A. in English from Arizona State University. She received an M.A. in English with a creative writing emphasis from...
, the mission of Red Hen Press is to discover, publish, and promote works of literary excellence that have been overlooked by mainstream presses, and to build audiences for literature by fostering the literacy of youth and by bringing distinguished and emerging writers to the public stage.
The press began as a collective
Collective
A collective is a group of entities that share or are motivated by at least one common issue or interest, or work together on a specific project to achieve a common objective...
that published Gale and other writers, including Marlene Joyce Pearson, Ricardo Means Ybarra, Benjamin Saltman
Benjamin Saltman
Benjamin Saltman was an American poet and Professor of verse writing and contemporary American literature at California State University, Northridge....
, and Angela Ball. Later the press was reorganized as a non-profit 501(c)3. Red Hen Press established a Writing in the Schools Program, which is funded by the city, the county, the Ahmanson, the Dwight Stuart Foundation, and Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. is the television and film production/distribution unit of Japanese multinational technology and media conglomerate Sony...
. Their reading series at the Ruskin Art Club, Boston Court, Annenberg Beach House and the Geffen Playhouse
Geffen Playhouse
The Geffen Playhouse is a not for profit performing arts theater in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Originally named the Westwood Playhouse, UCLA purchased the property in 1993. UCLA's then chancellor, Charles E. Young, appointed Gil Cates Producing Director...
host such writers as Carolyn See
Carolyn See
Carolyn See is the author of nine books, including the memoir, Dreaming: Hard Luck and Good Times in America, an advice book on writing, Making a Literary Life, and the novels There Will Never Be Another You and The Handyman....
, John Rechy
John Rechy
John Francis Rechy, , is an American author, the child of a half-Scottish and half-Mexican father, Roberto Rechy, and a Mexican-American mother, Guadalupe Flores. In his novels he has written extensively about homosexual culture in Los Angeles and wider America, and is among the pioneers of modern...
, C.D. Wright, Li-Young Lee
Li-Young Lee
Li-Young Lee is an American poet. He was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, to Chinese parents. His maternal grandfather was Yuan Shikai, China's first Republican President, who attempted to make himself emperor...
, Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo is a Native American poet, musician, and author of ancestry. Known primarily as a poet, Harjo has also taught at the college level, played alto saxophone with a band called Poetic Justice, edited literary journals, and written screenplays. She is a member of the Muscogee Nation and...
, Chris Abani
Chris Abani
Christopher Abani is a Nigerian author. Abani's first novel, Masters of the Board, was about a Neo-Nazi takeover of Nigeria...
, Al Young
Al Young
Al Young is an American poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and professor. On May 15, 2005 he was named Poet Laureate of California by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. In appointing Young as Poet Laureate, the Governor praised him: "He is an educator and a man with a passion for the Arts...
, Robert Scheer
Robert Scheer
Robert Scheer is an American journalist who writes a column for Truthdig which is nationally syndicated by Creators Syndicate in publications such as The Huffington Post and The Nation...
, Paul Cummins
Paul Cummins
Paul Cummins is an Irish basketball player who plays for the Ireland national basketball team.-Biography:...
, and Marvin Bell
Marvin Bell
Marvin Bell is an American poet and teacher who was the first Poet Laureate of the State of Iowa.Bell was born in New York City and raised in Center Moriches, Long Island...
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Notable writers and poets published by Red Hen include Chris Abani
Chris Abani
Christopher Abani is a Nigerian author. Abani's first novel, Masters of the Board, was about a Neo-Nazi takeover of Nigeria...
, Ernest Hilbert
Ernest Hilbert
Ernest Hilbert is an American poet, critic, and editor born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1970.-Biography:Hilbert graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Rutgers University in 1993. He also received a Master's Degree and Doctorate in English Literature...
, Camille Dungy
Camille Dungy
Camille T. Dungy is an American poet and professor. She is author of two poetry collections, most recently, Suck on the Marrow . Her poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including Antioch Review, Carolina Quarterly, The Missouri Review, The Southern Review, The Crab Orchard...
, Alan Fox
Alan Fox
Alan Fox DFM was an English industrial sociologist, who revolutionised the separate discipline of industrial relations, which is also known as employment relations, labor relations and workplace relations....
, Diane Wald
Diane Wald
Diane Wald is an American poet. Her most recent poetry collection is Wonderbender . She has published poems in literary journals and magazines including The American Poetry Review, Skanky Possum, Fence, The Hat, Verse, and The Paterson Review. She was born in Paterson, New Jersey. She earned a B.A....
, Robert Peters
Robert Peters
Robert Louis Peters is a poet, critic, scholar, playwright, editor, and actor born in an impoverished rural area of northern Wisconsin in 1924. He holds a Ph.D in Victorian literature. His poetry career began in 1967 when his young son Richard died unexpectedly of spinal meningitis...
, Cecile Rossant, Tony Barnstone, Eckhard Gerdes
Eckhard Gerdes
Eckhard Gerdes is an American novelist and editor. He earned his MFA in creative writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.He is the author of twelve novels:* Projections [1986, Depth Charge Press]...
, Maurya Simon, Antje Ravic Stubel, Katharine Coles, DeWitt Henry
DeWitt Henry
DeWitt Henry is an American author and editor.Born in 1941 in Wayne, Pennsylvania, Henry earned his A.B. from Amherst College in 1963. He is a founding editor of Ploughshares, a literary journal, and served as its editor and director from its inception in 1971 to 1995...
, Michael Neff, Anglea Ball, Charles Harper Webb
Charles Harper Webb
Charles Harper Webb is an American poet, professor, psychotherapist and former singer and guitarist. His most recent poetry collection is Shadow Ball . His honors include a Whiting Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, a Pushcart Prize and inclusion in The Best American...
, David Mason
David Mason
David Mason was an English orchestral, solo and session trumpet player. He played the flugelhorn for the premiere of Ralph Vaughan Williams's ninth symphony and the piccolo trumpet solo on The Beatles' song "Penny Lane"....
, Percival Everett
Percival Everett
Percival Everett is an American writer and Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California.-Life:Everett lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife, novelist Danzy Senna and their two sons....
, Doug Kearney, Summer Brenner, Rob Roberge
Rob Roberge
Rob Roberge is an American writer, guitarist, singer, and tube amplifier researcher and developer.-Life:Rob Roberge was born in Bridgeport Connecticut. He studied writing at Emerson College and Vermont College where he received an MFA in the early 90's...
, John Barr
John Barr
John Barr was an Ontario-based Canadian physician and political figure. He represented Dufferin in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1875 to 1879, from 1890 to 1894 and from 1898 to 1904 and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1909 as a Conservative member...
, and Jim Tilley
Jim Tilley
Jim Tilley , Canadian-born and a physicist by education, is an American poet who previously worked at senior management levels in the insurance and investment banking businesses.- Career :...
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Awards given by Red Hen Press include the Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award and the Red Hen Press Short Story Award.