Copper Canyon Press is an independent, non-profit literary publishing company, specializing in the publication of poetry and located in the picturesque town of Port Townsend, Washington. Since 1972, the Press has published poetry exclusively and has established an international reputation for its commitment to authors, editorial acumen, and dedication to the poetry audience. Copper Canyon Press has has been called the best independent publisher of poetry in America by the noted Michigan writer Jim Harrison.[1]
The press achieved national stature when Copper Canyon poet, W.S. Merwin, won the 2005 National Book Award in poetry in the same year another Copper Canyon poet, Ted Kooser, won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in poetry.[1] Merwin later won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in poetry.
Copper Canyon has published more than 350 titles, including works by Nobel Prize Laureates Pablo Neruda, Odysseas Elytis, Octavio Paz, Antonio Machado and Rabindranath Tagore; Pulitzer Prize winners Ted Kooser, Carolyn Kizer, Maxine Kumin, Theodore Roethke, and W.S. Merwin; National Book Award winners Hayden Carruth, Lucille Clifton, and Ruth Stone; and some of the most original contemporary poets and translators such as Jim Harrison, C. D. Wright, Bill Porter (Red Pine), Norman Dubie, Eleanor Wilner, Arthur Sze, Ben Lerner, and Lucia Perillo.[2]
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History
Noted publications
- W.S. Merwin - 2009 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for The Shadow of Sirius
- Ted Kooser - 2005 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for Delights & Shadows
- W.S. Merwin - 2005 National Book Award in poetry for Migration: New & Selected Poems
- Ruth Stone - 2002 National Book Award in poetry for In the Next Galaxy
- Hayden Carruth - 1996 National Book Award in poetry for Scrambled Eggs & Whiskey
- John Balaban - 2000 Ho Xuan Huong's Spring Essence[3]
Notes
- ^ a b Marshall, John (2006-03-30). "Copper Canyon basks in the glow of huge prizes and illustrious writers". Seattlepi.com. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/books/264760_coppercanyon30.html. Retrieved 2007-07-08.
- ^ "Copper Canyon Press". Academy of American Poets. http://www.poets.org/sponsor-profile.php/prmSponsorID/141. Retrieved 2007-07-08.
- ^ "Copper Canyon Press Ho Xuan Huong's Spring Essence". http://www.utne.com/issues/2000_100/short_takes/1248-1.html. Retrieved 2007-07-08.
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