Bootstrap Productions is a
nonprofit
A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...
collaborative arts and literary organization based in
Lowell, Massachusetts
Lowell () is a city in Massachusetts, in the United States. Alongside Cambridge, It is one of two traditional seats of Middlesex County. With an estimated population of 115,554 in 2020, it was the fifth most populous city in Massachusetts as of ...
,
which is primarily known for its publishing arm, Bootstrap Press, a small-press publisher of contemporary experimental writing.
Begun in Boulder, Colorado in the winter of 1999, Bootstrap Productions originally formed as a parent organization combining Bootstrap Press, founded by Ryan Gallagher and Derek Fenner, and ''The @tached Document'', a literary arts journal begun by Jeff Chester, Derek Fenner, and Todd McCarthy.
Both Derek Fenner and Ryan Gallagher are MFA graduates of
Naropa University
Naropa University is a private university in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 1974 by Tibetan Buddhist teacher Chögyam Trungpa, it is named for the 11th-century Indian Buddhist sage Naropa, an abbot of Nalanda. The university describes itself as B ...
's
Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics
The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics is a school of Naropa University, located in Boulder, Colorado, United States. It was founded in 1974 by Allen Ginsberg and Anne Waldman, as part of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s 100-year experim ...
.
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Bootstrap Press
Bootstrap Press is a project of Bootstrap Productions which has published such books as David Michalski's ''Cosmos & Damian'',[{{cite web
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, title=Bootstrap Productions Catalog
, accessdate=2007-03-10
, year=2005
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, archivedate=2007-03-02
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]
References
External links
Bootstrap Productions official site
Small press publishing companies
Publishing companies established in 1999
1999 establishments in Massachusetts