Dryad Press is an American

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and publisher.

History

Dryad Press got its beginning in 1967 when Merrill Leffler and Neil Lehrman founded ''Dryad'' magazine. Leffler was a writer and editor and is currently the poet laureate of

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. His work has been published in books, and in journals like the Jewish Book Council's Paper Brigade. Lehrman was a partner in a CPA firm in addition to producing plays and poetry readings in

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, where he lived. ''Dryad'' was originally a quarterly, but as time went on the issues were published on a more irregular basis. The magazine took its name from a line in the

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poem "

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." In 1974, ''Dryad'' began to publish books, including issues of ''Dryad'' that were published as books, leading to the establishment of Dryad Press. Dryad Press initially focused on poetry, but has since branched out to include both fiction and non-fiction. Dryad Press specializes in works relating to Jewish subjects and works by authors connected to the state of

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. Authors published by Dryad Press include

Rod Jellema Rod Jellema (1927–2018) was an American poet, teacher, and translator. Life Jellema held a B.A. from Calvin College and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh (Scotland). He began teaching at the University of Maryland, College Park in 1955, w ...

, Myra Sklarew, Herman Taube, and Paul Zimmer. Dryad Press is based in

References

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