Archive - The Literary Press Future

Independent Publishing at a Crossroads

May 6 •

April 2025

Between Margins: Who Decides Where Poetry Lives

Money, Might, and the Making of Poetry Legacies

Apr 15 •

March 2025

The Falcon's Flight Path

On childhood obsessions, pivots, and how devastation reshapes our relationship with words

Mar 31 •

May 2024

5ish Questions with Nicole Baxter of Bookmobile and Itasca Books

Publishing and Distributing as Ongoing Adaptations

May 8, 2024 •

April 2024

5ish Questions with Krystal Languell

Is book distribution a feature or a bug?

Apr 23, 2024 •

Why SPD's closure risks losing vital literary culture

A deep dive on what happens to books on defunct presses in the wake of SPD's closure

Apr 18, 2024 •

5ish Questions with Laura Paul of Asterism Books

Can a new distribution model be better for readers, writers, and publishers?

Apr 12, 2024 •

5ish Questions with Elizabeth Clark Wessel, co-editor of Argos Books

How one publisher is managing the post-SPD landscape

Apr 5, 2024 •

Why I'm Not Sad about SPD

Initial Thoughts on SPD's Demise

Apr 2, 2024 •

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