Holy Cow! Press Explained

Holy Cow! Press is an independent publisher based in Duluth, Minnesota. Founded in 1977, they have published more than 125 books.^[1]

The press publishes between three and five new books each year, in genres including poetry, fiction, memoir, and biography. Their focus is on writers from the American Midwest, a "territory traditionally ignored by larger indie publishers," according to founder and publisher Jim Perlman,^[2] who runs the press out of his home.^[3] He also focuses on publishing Native American authors and thematic anthologies.^[4]

Selected publications

Poetry

• Natalie Goldberg (1980), Chicken & In Love^[5]
• Joyce Sutphen (2004), Naming the Stars
• Jane Yolen (2011), Things to Say to a Dead Man: Poems at the End of a Marriage and After
• Kimberly Blaeser (2019), Copper Yearning
• Warren Woessner (2019), Exit-Sky
• Richard Terrill (2020), What Falls Away Is Always
• Jane Yolen (2021), Kaddish: Before the Holocaust and After
• Gordon Henry (2022), Spirit Matters: White Clay, Red Exits, Distant Others
• Max Garland (2023), "Into the Good World Again"
• Yael S. Hacohen (2024), "The Dove That Didn't Return"
• Greg Watson (2024), "Stars Unseen"

Fiction

• Miriam Karmel (2017), Subtle Variations and Other Stories

Memoir

• Brenda Ueland (1996), ME: A Memoir

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: About Us . Holy Cow! Press.
2. Web site: Small Press Points: Holy Cow! Press . Poets & Writers . 2020-07-27.
3. News: ARTIST SPACES: Holy Cow! Press has homegrown location, projects - just how founder likes it . Duluth News Tribune . 2017-04-01.
4. Web site: Klefstad . Ann . Holy Cow! Press at 35 - The More Things Change... . MN Artists . 2020-07-27.
5. Web site: Books . Natalie Goldberg.