For our 40th anniversary, six of our eight press members traveled to the AWP Conference in Seattle, including press co-founders Patricia Dienstfrey and Rena Rosenwasser and press members Steffi Drewes, Anna Morrison, MG Roberts, and Hazel White. We were excited to have an anniversary reading planned as part of the …
The second and third titles published by Kelsey Street Press were two poetry anthologies, Making the Park and HAIR-RAISING (1976). Of all KSP titles, perhaps these two best encapsulate the women’s movement and cultural dynamic of Berkeley in the 70s, as well as the early days of the Press. …
In part two of our interview with Sabrina Dalla Valle, we discuss how she arrived upon the form for 7 Days and Nights in the Desert (Tracing the Origin), which was selected by Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge as the winner of KSP’s Firsts! contest. (Read part one of this interview here.) ASM: …