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fractaledgepress
Our Mission
fractaledgepress – profilefractaledgepress emerged from a sense of urgency to publish good work and stop waiting for someone else to do the job. Having spent enough money in postage, reproduction, and contest fees to print a volume, I decided to create a press and contract the printing elsewhere. Like the products of many small, independent
presses, the initial works
derived from the publisher's pen and keyboard. Two were solo efforts, one a
collaboration. Many new projects are now available and others are under way
in a new campaign: Get the Word Out! (See News and Books
Sections
for the latest on books
available.) Most of the authors
involved are Chicago
writers, known
and ready to be known
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primarily poets who perform as well as
they write and write
as well as they perform. There are notable exceptions
in genre and geography,
but all these authors are bringing new projects to light
under this new publishing
banner because they have seen the quality in design
and production of the
current list. Key to the success of this campaign will be
the solution to
the
distribution puzzle. This nut, once safe in the cracker, is now
split and shelled,
thanks to: & At the moment, the division of labor is simple and clean. Writers write and have input to the layout and design of the works. Authors are not asked to contribute toward the expenses of production. This is not a vanity press – it never was. It is, however, still small. I handle book design, typesetting of manuscripts from all sources, and business with the printers. The works published under this rubric are the real deal. Read them and be moved the way the doubters were when they called for a demonstration at the sidewalk tables, thinking they would have some fun at the expense of the aesthetic pretenders, feeling their jaws dropping as words and images gripped their hearts and thrummed their souls. Responding to my first open-mic reading at Coffee Chicago in 2003, one of the regular participants said, "It's such a pleasure to meet and get to know people who raise the bar." Now that the new projects have begun to appear, this line is equally appropriate in describing the new works and the place of fractaledgepress in the vibrant and energetic poetry scene in Chicago. You will not be disappointed. You will get your money's worth. You will tell your friends about your discovery, your new favorite writer, books, poem, the best stanza, passage, and line.
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Contact InformationWe invite your comments on the website and the books we publish, and are eager to learn what you would like fractaledgepress to offer or to change about the way we do business. Here are the ways to get in touch and share your ideas and opinions:
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