Holy Cow! Press is an independent publisher based in

Duluth, Minnesota Duluth ( ) is a Port, port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of St. Louis County, Minnesota, St. Louis County. Located on Lake Superior in Minnesota's Arrowhead Region, the city is a hub for cargo shipping. The population ...

. Founded in 1977, they have published more than 135 books. The press publishes between three and five new books each year, in genres including

poetry Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...

fiction Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying character (arts), individuals, events, or setting (narrative), places that are imagination, imaginary or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent ...

memoir A memoir (; , ) is any nonfiction narrative writing based on the author's personal memories. The assertions made in the work are thus understood to be factual. While memoir has historically been defined as a subcategory of biography or autob ...

, and

biography A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or curri ...

. Their focus is on writers from the American Midwest, a "territory traditionally ignored by larger indie publishers," according to founder and publisher Jim Perlman, who runs the press out of his home. He also focuses on publishing Native American authors and thematic anthologies.

Selected publications

Poetry

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(1980), ''Chicken & In Love'' * Joyce Sutphen (2004), ''Naming the Stars'' *

Jane Yolen Jane Hyatt Yolen (born February 11, 1939) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and children's books. She is the author or editor of more than 400 books, of which the best known is '' The Devil's Arithmetic'', a Holocaust novella. H ...

(2011), ''Things to Say to a Dead Man: Poems at the End of a Marriage and After'' * Kimberly Blaeser (2019), ''Copper Yearning'' * Warren Woessner (2019), ''Exit-Sky'' * Richard Terrill (2020), ''What Falls Away Is Always'' *

(2021), ''Kaddish: Before the Holocaust and After'' * Gordon Henry (2022), ''Spirit Matters: White Clay, Red Exits, Distant Others'' * Max Garland (2023), "''Into the Good World Again''" * Yael S. Hacohen (2024), "''The Dove That Didn't Return''" * Greg Watson (2024), "''Stars Unseen''"

Fiction

* Miriam Karmel (2017), ''Subtle Variations and Other Stories''

Memoir

* Brenda Ueland (1996), ''ME: A Memoir''

References

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External links

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