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27675
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Horse & Buggy Press in Durham combines the oldest and latest printing techniques in unique books. Founder Dave Wofford started the press in 1996 and creates books that are entirely hand-printed, entirely machine-printed or a hybrid of the two. He collaborates closely with authors to create small runs of books that are self-published and allow for more artistic freedom in the printed book through images, the paper, the type, and the layout.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 31 Issue 41, October 2014, p18-19 Periodical Website
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27677
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Letter press printing is described and pictured step-by-step in this photo journal. Durham’s Horse & Buggy Press’ Dave Wofford prints the cover for a forthcoming book called Phototorist from Carrboro imprint Daniel 13.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 31 Issue 41, October 2014, p18-19 Periodical Website
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27678
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David Need is a religion professor at Duke who recently published a translation of Rainer Maria Rilke’s (1875-1926) poetry. The publication was a collaboration between Need, Durham’s Horse & Buggy Press, and artist Clare Johnson. The 500 copy letter-pressed edition focuses on Rilke’s rose poems about beauty love. Need, his printer, and Johnson attempted to reflect that by making a beautiful book that included the French originals with translations and original drawings.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 31 Issue 41, October 2014, p22-23 Periodical Website
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27700
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Ross White is a nationally recognized poet, editor of Bull City Press, and a teacher at the North Carolina School of Science & Mathematics. White describes himself as a cheerleader for other poets and his press publishes chapbooks and the magazine Inch. White is also the founder of two national poetry projects, The Grind and the Frost Place Chapbook Competition. White’s first book of poetry was recently published called How We Came Upon the Colony.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 31 Issue 42, October 2014, p20-21 Periodical Website
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27720
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Samuel Montgomery-Blinn is the winner of a 2014 Indie Art Award. Montgomery-Blinn is the publisher of Bull Spec, a web-only magazine of speculative fiction. Montgomery-Blinn is known as a community builder and has given a platform to unknown North Carolina science fiction and fantasy authors. Raising the visibility of authors has helped many find an audience and gain recognition among their peers and readers.
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10523
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Carolina Wren Press, a small non-profit press located in Durham, was started in 1976 by Judy Hogan to give opportunities to new writers and writers mainstream publishing houses were underrepresenting. The company publishes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction and has built a list of about sixty books. Volunteer labor, grants, and community support have sustained company during its thirty-two years of operation.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 25 Issue 29, July 2008, p15, il Periodical Website
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5606
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Carolina Wren Press, a small non-profit press located in Durham, was started in 1976 by Judy Hogan to give opportunities to new writers and writers mainstream publishing houses were underrepresenting. The company has printed forty-one books, mostly fiction and poetry. Writers are paid mainly in copies, receiving 10 percent of the printed copies of their book. Authors then place these books for sale and keep all money received.
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