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New Rivers Press at MSUM
1104 7th Ave. S. Moorhead, MN 56563 218.477.5870 nrp@mnstate.edu
Wayne Gudmundson Director
218.477.2296 gudmund@mnstate.edu
Alan Davis Senior Editor
218.477.4681 davisa@mnstate.edu
Donna Carlson Managing Editor
218.477.5870 carlsond@mnstate.edu
Students: Under the direction of professional faculty and staff, students enroll in classes and work as interns or to do the work of the press. Classroom work relates directly to the publication and promotion of books. Students may pursue a concentration or Certificate in Publishing, which involves them in all areas (editorial, design and production, marketing and distribution), or they may take electives in a given area. Contact Wayne, Al, or Donna for information.
Writers: We sponsor the MVP competition for new and emerging writers each year: the submission period is September 15-November 1. We consider work in all genres; each year, we hold a national competition in either poetry or prose. Click here for more information. We also welcome the opportunity to read work of every character from single authors. If you are interested in editing an anthology, please become familiar with our list and then contact Al.
Donors: When we relocated the press from Minneapolis to Minnesota State Moorhead, the McKnight Foundation helped us defray debt. Without that grant and the generosity of others, both individuals and foundations such as Jerome, which continues its support of the MVP Project, the relocation could not have occurred. Now that we are at MSUM, we need your help to sustain the press. There are many ways to contribute:you can donate to general operations, so that we can continue to publish good books, or you can help support the service learning or teaching component of the press, so that we can train good students. You can also support a particular book or series. If you would like to join the New Rivers family, please contact Wayne (gudmund@mnstate.edu).
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2008 Titles
2007 Titles
Authors Online
Many of our authors are available for telephone or online conversations with book groups. Email or phone (218-477-5870) and tell us what you’re reading, the size of your book group, when you’d like to have a conversation with the author, and whatever else we need to know to help coordinate arrangements.
New Books October 2009
Fallibility, poems
Elizabeth Oness (Houston, MN)
"I am grateful for this beautiful book." Jeffrey Harrison
Friend Among Stones, poems
Maya Pindyck (Brooklyn, NY)
"The best advice re writing a poem is Emily Dickinson's: Tell the truth but tell it slant. Most poets try to do that, most of us fail. Maya Pindyck's poems very often find exactly the right slant, the right channel, the right wire, the right hypodermic--straight to the reader's heart!" Thomas Lux
When Love Was Clean Underwear, novel
Susan Barr-Toman (Philadelphia, PA)
“This novel captures the pulse of life—even when I put the book down and go about my day, I think about these characters. Barr-Toman writes with precision and wonderful humor about the human experience, and the need for forgiveness.” Elizabeth Cox
Click HERE to read first chapter.
Finalist Poetry Judge:
Michael Hettich
Finalist Prose Judge:
Ann Hood
American Fiction Series:
Whiskey Heart (novel) by Rachel L. Coyne (Minnesota)
"Coyne understands the human heart - she knows all the dark corners, twisted by the heat and hurt of love, and she knows the odd paths back from ruin. I couldn't put it down." Jonis Agee
Minneapolis Star Tribune review
Interference and Other Stories by Richard Hoffman (Massachusetts)
"The stories in Interference are moving, wise, and bracingly unsentimental. Richard Hoffman writes about male sadness and vulnerability with unusual insight and tough-minded compassion." Tom Perrotta
Click here for MPR Midmorning interview with Ed Bok Lee, author of Real Karaoke People
Other
2008 Titles
2007 Titles
Authors Online
Many of our authors are available for telephone or online conversations with book groups. Email or phone (218-477-5870) and tell us what you’re reading, the size of your book group, when you’d like to have a conversation with the author, and whatever else we need to know to help coordinate arrangements.
New Books October 2009
Fallibility, poems
Elizabeth Oness (Houston, MN)
"I am grateful for this beautiful book." Jeffrey Harrison
Friend Among Stones, poems
Maya Pindyck (Brooklyn, NY)
"The best advice re writing a poem is Emily Dickinson's: Tell the truth but tell it slant. Most poets try to do that, most of us fail. Maya Pindyck's poems very often find exactly the right slant, the right channel, the right wire, the right hypodermic--straight to the reader's heart!" Thomas Lux
When Love Was Clean Underwear, novel
Susan Barr-Toman (Philadelphia, PA)
“This novel captures the pulse of life—even when I put the book down and go about my day, I think about these characters. Barr-Toman writes with precision and wonderful humor about the human experience, and the need for forgiveness.” Elizabeth Cox
Click HERE to read first chapter.
Finalist Poetry Judge:
Michael Hettich
Finalist Prose Judge:
Ann Hood
Whiskey Heart (novel) by Rachel L. Coyne (Minnesota)
"Coyne understands the human heart - she knows all the dark corners, twisted by the heat and hurt of love, and she knows the odd paths back from ruin. I couldn't put it down." Jonis Agee
Minneapolis Star Tribune review
Interference and Other Stories by Richard Hoffman (Massachusetts)
"The stories in Interference are moving, wise, and bracingly unsentimental. Richard Hoffman writes about male sadness and vulnerability with unusual insight and tough-minded compassion." Tom Perrotta
Click here for MPR Midmorning interview with Ed Bok Lee, author of Real Karaoke People
Ronna Wineberg's Second Language was awarded an Honorable Mention in the 2009 Eric Hoffer Award for Books (for Excellence in Independent Publishing) in the category of Legacy Fiction (books that are more than two years old).