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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
ABOUT US
New Rivers Press is a not for profit literary small press founded in 1968 by C.W. "Bill" Truesdale that has published over 320 books and is now a part of . Our dual mission is to publish enduring literature and provide academic learning opportunities for students. "Dakota is everywhere," wrote visionary poet Tom McGrath, who taught at MSUM. We honor his progressive spirit by publishing work with a strong sense of place that speaks to our troubled times with satyagraha (the truthforce), empathy, and aesthetic courage.
New Rivers Press is dedicated to publishing new, emerging and established writers from Minnesota, the Midwest and New York City, from the many Americas, and from elsewhere in the world.
Wayne Gudmundson in Mass Communications serves as Director. Alan Davis from the MFA and English programs serves as Senior Editor. Donna Carlson is Managing Editor, Allen Sheets from Art & Graphic Design is Design and Production Director,and other faculty and staff assist us in publishing beautiful books and marketing them. Current and backlist titles are available for booksellers through the Consortium, and for individuals from New Rivers or other online vendors, or at fine bookstores.
New Rivers Press at MSUM is a teaching press. Students work with professional faculty and staff. Classroom activities are part of the press as we teach the art and business of publishing. Students take classes, serve as interns and have the opportunity to earn a Certificate in Publishing. Publishing courses and internships are open to both undergraduates and to MFA students. MSUM students who have worked at New Rivers Press are prepared for additional internships or for careers in publishing and in other industries.
New Rivers Press is interested in books or book proposals. We publish new and emerging writers through our MVP Series, we are open to work of every character from single authors, and we are interested in continuing to publish anthologies and work in translation when resources allow.
Please consider a tax-deductible contribution to assist New Rivers Press. You can contribute to general operations, to a particular publication series, or to the service learning component. (NRP is integrated into the curricular workings of Minnesota State in Accounting, Art and Graphic Design, English, Marketing, Mass Communications, the MFA program, Promotions, Web Site Development and other areas.) For information about such contributions, contact Wayne Gudmundson, gudmund@mnstate.edu, at MSUM.
Read the article "Little Press on the Prairie" in Publishers Weekly for more information about New Rivers Press.
BROWSE BOOKS
FictionAnthology
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
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).