Black Lawrence Press is an

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founded in upstate New York by Colleen Ryor. It was an imprint of Dzanc Books from 2008 to 2013. It hosts the Big Moose Prize for the novel, the Hudson Prize and the St. Lawrence Book Award. In addition to fiction and poetry, it also publishes French and German translations. The executive editor is Diane Goettel and the senior editor is Angela Leroux-Lindsey, who also manages ''The Adirondack Review''. Contemporary authors published by Black Lawrence include

Mary Biddinger Mary Biddinger (born May 14, 1974, in Fremont, California) is an American poet, editor, and academic. Biography Mary Biddinger received an Honors B.A. in English with a Creative Writing Subconcentration from the University of Michigan. She a ...

, Louella Bryant Daniel Chacón,

B. C. Edwards Benjamin Chase Edwards (October 21, 1865 – November 2, 1950) was the third head football coach for the Illinois State Redbirds in Normal, Illinois and he held that position for the 1897 season. His overall coaching record at ISU was 1 wins, 5 lo ...

, Rachel Galvin,

Eric Gamalinda Mario Eric Gamalinda (born October 14, 1956 in Quezon City, Philippines) is a poet, fiction writer, playwright, and experimental filmmaker. Recognition for his work includes a New York State Council of the Arts grant for film and media 014 the ...

, Yvan Goll, Carol Guess,

Michael Hemmingson Michael Hemmingson (July 12, 1966 – January 9, 2014) was a novelist, short story writer, literary critic, cultural anthropologist, qualitative researcher, playwright, music critic and screenwriter. He died in Tijuana, Mexico on 9 January 2 ...

Hardy Jones Hardy Jones (1943 – December 12, 2018) was a wildlife and conservation filmmaker. He began his career in radio at WNOE in New Orleans and worked for United Press International, The Peruvian Times, and CBS News. He had been a television docume ...

, Lawrence Matsuda,

Laura McCullough Laura M. McCullough (born 1960) is an American poet and writer living in the state of New Jersey. McCullough is the author of seven published collections and is the founding editor of ''Mead: the Magazine of Literature and Libations.'' She was a ...

Daniele Pantano Daniele Pantano (born February 10, 1976) is a poet, essayist, literary translator, artist, editor, and scholar. He was born in Langenthal, Switzerland, of Sicilian and German parentage. Pantano holds degrees in philosophy, literature, and crea ...

, Pascale Petit, Kevin Pilkington,

David Rigsbee David Rigsbee (April 1, 1949) is an American poet, contributing editor and regular book reviewer for '' The Cortland Review,'' and literary critic. Career Rigsbee is the author of 20 books and chapbooks, including eleven full-length poetry co ...

Ron Savage Ronald Ellis Savage (22 April 1917 – 15 January 1974) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of unmarried mother Violet Irene Ellis (1891–1919), Ronald Ellis was bo ...

, Anis Shivani,

Jen Michalski Jen Michalski (born 1972) is an American fiction author and novelist. Biography She received her BA in Language and Literature from St. Mary's College of Maryland in 1994 and an MS in Professional Writing from Towson University in 1999. She ha ...

, and

Erica Wright Erica Abi Wright (born February 26, 1971), known professionally as Erykah Badu (), is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Influenced by R&B, soul, and hip hop, Badu rose to prominence in the late 1990s when her debut al ...

. Pilkington's "The Unemployed Man Who Became A Tree" is a finalist for the 2012 Kessler Poetry Book Award. The press has also published the first English translation of Yvan Goll's ''Traumkraut'' and a collection of previously untranslated poems by Robert Walser. Black Lawrence press published Louella Bryant's "While in Darkness There is Light: Idealism and Tragedy on an Australian Commune,” an account of the 1974 death of

Charlie Dean Charlotte Ellen Dean (born 22 December 2000) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Hampshire, Southern Vipers and London Spirit. An all-rounder, she is a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She made her international ...

(brother of future American Presidential candidate Howard Dean) that drew national attention to the story of the younger Dean's disappearance."with love, charlie," by Kevin O'Connor, Rutland Herald, 7 September 2008

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