Eastern Washington University Press (EWU Press) was a
publishing house
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formed in the 1970s
that was a part of
Eastern Washington University
Eastern Washington University (EWU) is a public university in Cheney, Washington. It also offers programs at a campus in EWU Spokane at the Riverpoint Campus and other campus locations throughout the state.
Founded in 1882, the university is ...
. The press specialized in scholarly works about Asia and the environment; it also released works of fiction and translation of literature, including works by poets and writers such as
Robert Bly
Robert Elwood Bly (December 23, 1926 – November 21, 2021) was an American poet, essayist, activist and leader of the mythopoetic men's movement. His best-known prose book is '' Iron John: A Book About Men'' (1990), which spent 62 weeks on ' ...
,
Carolyn Kizer
Carolyn Ashley Kizer (December 10, 1925 – October 9, 2014) was an American poet of the Pacific Northwest whose works reflect her feminism. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1985.
According to an article at the Center for the Study of the Pacific ...
,
Dorianne Laux
Dorianne Laux (born January 10, 1952 in Augusta, Maine) is an American poet.
Biography
Laux worked as a sanatorium cook, a gas station manager, and a maid before receiving a B.A. in English from Mills College in 1988.
Laux taught at the Univers ...
, and
Joseph Millar
Joseph Millar is an American poet. He was raised in western Pennsylvania and after an adult life spent mostly in the SF Bay Area and the Northwest, he divides his time between Raleigh, NC and Richmond, CA.
Life
Millar received a BA degree fro ...
.
In 2007, Eastern Washington University Press became a member of the
Association of American University Presses
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.
On June 30, 2010, the press ceased operation, and the publishing rights to many of its books were transferred to
Carnegie Mellon University Press
Carnegie Mellon University Press is a publisher that is part of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
The press specializes in literary publishing, in particular, poetry.
It is headquartered within the Dietrich ...
.
See also
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List of English-language book publishing companies
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*
List of university presses
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Eastern Washington University Press
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University presses of the United States
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