October 2, 2023
Reyes Ramirez (he/him) is a Houstonian, writer, educator, curator, and organizer of Mexican and Salvadoran descent. He is the author of short story collection The Book of Wanderers (2022) with University of Arizona's Camino del Sol series. Reyes won the 2019 YES Contemporary Art Writer’s Grant, 2017 Blue Mesa Review Nonfiction Contest, 2014 riverSedge Poetry Prize and has poems, stories, essays, and reviews in: Indiana Review, Speculative Fiction for Dreamers: A Latinx Anthology, Cosmonauts Avenue, december magazine, Arteinformado, Texas Review, Houston Noir, Gulf Coast Journal, The Acentos Review, Cimarron Review, and elsewhere. He is a 2020 CantoMundo Fellow, 2021 Interchange Artist Grant Fellow, 2022 Crosstown Arts Writer in Residence, and has been awarded grants from the Houston Arts Alliance, Poets & Writers, and The Warhol Foundation’s Idea Fund. Read more of his work at reyesvramirez.com.
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January 13, 2023
How C. Michael Curtis made an indelible mark on the history and trajectory of Hub City Press.
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September 1, 2022
Meet Scott Gloden, author of the short story collection The Great American Everything, which comes out from Hub City Press in spring 2023. His collection was selected by Kevin Wilson for the C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Prize, who praised it as “an exceptional collection that introduces us to an exciting new voice.” We chatted about Scott's inspiration, what he's reading, and more.
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December 17, 2021
Meet Marlanda Dekine (they/she), author of their full-length debut poetry collection Thresh & Hold. Marlanda is a poet obsessed with ancestry, memory, and the process of staying within one's own body. Their work manifests as books, audio projects, and workshops, leaving spells and incantations for others to follow for themselves. They are the winner of the 2021 New Southern Voices Poetry Prize. Their manuscript was selected as the winner of the prize by award-winning poet Gabrielle Calvocoressi. It will be published in March 2022.
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October 22, 2021
As an independent press, we love to help support other small and indie presses who, like us, work in their community by providing a space and a voice for local readers and writers. In our new blog series, "Meet a Press," we thought we'd reach out to some of our friends in the local publishing business to get to know them a little bit better, see what they're up to, and share their work, and books, with you!
Next up is Blair, located in Durham, North Carolina. Check out our interview with Lynn York!
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September 1, 2021
As an independent press, we love to help support other small and indie presses who, like us, work in their community by providing a space and a voice for local readers and writers. In our new blog series "Meet a Press," we thought we'd reach out to some of our friends in the local publishing business to get to know them a little bit better, see what they're up to, and share their work, and books, with you!
Next up is Forest Avenue Press, located in Portland, Oregon! Check out our interview with Laura Stanfill!
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August 19, 2021
Meet Halle Hill, author of Good Women! Her collection comes out from Hub City Press in 2022, and we chatted with her about her work, her inspirations, what she's reading, and more.
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July 9, 2021
As an independent press, we love to help support other small and indie presses who, like us, work in their community by providing a space and a voice for local readers and writers. In our new blog series "Meet a Press," we thought we'd reach out to some of our friends in the local publishing business to get to know them a little bit better, see what they're up to, and share their work, and books, with you!
Next up is West Virginia University Press, the only university press in West Virginia! Check out our interview with Derek Krissoff!
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