Fort Worden State Park

Holiday Open House at Copper Canyon Press and Corvidae Press

Copper Canyon Press is hosting a Holiday Open House on Friday, December 12, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. During the Open House, all books, signed books, limited editions, letterpress broadsides, and CDs will be sold at special holiday prices; poetry buttons will be free and treats will be provided.

Award-winning poet Emily Warn will read from her new book, Shadow Architect, at 5:30. Chinese translator Red Pine will likely make an appearance (not to read, but to eat, drink, and talk shop).

Copper Canyon is a non-profit publisher dedicated to poetry. Located in Port Townsend, Washington, since 1975, the press has received national awards and attention for its work, including the Pulitzer Prize, two National Book Awards, and features in The New York Times, NPR’s Fresh Air, and PBS’s Lehrer NewsHour.

Copper Canyon Press is easy to find:  Enter Fort Worden at Cherry Street and continue straight through the intersection, past Building 204, to the end of the road. Copper Canyon is Building 313, located right across from the gymnasium. Look for the holiday lights.

Across the street from Copper Canyon is Corvidae Press. They will also be hosting a Holiday Open House and print sale at the same time. Members of the printmaking collective will be offering their artwork for sale, and visitors can learn about the art of printmaking.

Copper Canyon Press

As the preeminent independent publisher of poetry, Copper Canyon Press  fosters the work of emerging, established, and world-renowned poets for an expanding audience.

Copper Canyon Press believes poetry is vital to language and living. Since 1972, the Press has published poetry exclusively and has established an international reputation for its commitment to authors, editorial acumen, and dedication to the poetry audience.

In 1974, the Press established a permanent residency with Centrum at Fort Worden State Park. In its early years, the Press issued mostly small editions of hand-bound letterpressed books printed from hand-set type on quality paper. In the mid-70’s, the Press expanded its list to include more offset trade editions, providing broader distribution for the work of new and well established writers. In 1983, the Press suspended the publication of limited editions in order to concentrate fully on producing and marketing trade books that would maintain the highest possible standards of typography and design.

Copper Canyon Press publishes new collections of poetry by both revered and emerging American poets, anthologies, prose books about poetry, translations of classical and contemporary work from many of the world’s cultures, and re-issues of out-of-print poetry classics.

Copper Canyon has published more than 300 titles, including works by Nobel Laureates Pablo Neruda, Odysseas Elytis, Octavio Paz, Vincente Aleixandre, and Rabindranath Tagore; Pulitzer Prize-winners Ted Kooser, Carolyn Kizer, Maxine Kumin, W.S. Merwin, and Theodore Roethke; National Book Award winners Hayden Carruth, Lucille Clifton, and Ruth Stone; and some of the most original contemporary poets such as Jim Harrison, C.D. Wright, Norman Dubie, Eleanor Wilner, Jane Miller, and Olga Broumas.