Theater video tags: independent presses

Johnny Temple and Ibrahim Ahmad on Akashic Books

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In this 2020 video hosted by Philip Brady, Johnny Temple, publisher and editor-in-chief of Akashic Books, and Ibrahim Ahmad, the press’s former editorial director, discuss a day in the life of a small press and offer insights on the publishing process. Ahmad, currently an executive editor at Viking, is featured in Agents & Editors in the September/October issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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Jeff Shotts on Rejection

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“The vitality of poetry right now, I think, is at a high pitch.” Jeff Shotts, executive editor of Graywolf Press, speaks with PBS NewsHour’s Jeffery Brown about the independent press’s success, poetry submissions and rejections, and why there’s never been a better time than now for poetry publishing. 

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