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Tyler Doherty & Derek Fenner, 2006
Tyler Doherty & Derek Fenner, 2006

Bootstrap Productions is a nonprofit collaborative arts and literary organization based in Lowell, Massachusetts,[1][2] which is primarily known for its publishing arm, Bootstrap Press, a small-press publisher of contemporary experimental writing.[3]

Begun in Boulder, Colorado in the winter of 1999, Bootstrap Productions originally formed as a parent organization combining Bootstrap Press, founded by Ryan Gallagher and Derek Fenner, and The @tached Document, a literary arts journal begun by Jeff Chester, Derek Fenner, and Todd McCarthy.[citation needed]

Both Derek Fenner and Ryan Gallagher are MFA graduates of Naropa University's Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics.[1]

[edit] Bootstrap Press

For the Time-Being
For the Time-Being

Bootstrap Press is a project of Bootstrap Productions which has published such books as David Michalski's Cosmos & Damian,[4] Andrew Schelling's Two Elk: A High County Notebook[5], and the poetry collection For the Time Being: The Bootstrap Book of Poetic Journals.[6]

Bootstrap Productions has published 8 books, 3 anthologies, 5 chapbooks, and 2 CDs in the past six years.[7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Bootstrap Productions: The Biggest Little Press in Lowell (HTML) (English). Renovation Monthly Journal (September 2006). Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
  2. ^ Lowell Cultural Council (HTML) (English). Massachusetts Cultural Council (2006). Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
  3. ^ About Bootstrap Productions (HTML) (English). Bootstrap Productions (2005). Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
  4. ^ Madgalene, David (2005). Cosmos & Damian (HTML) (English). Rain Taxi. Rain Taxi, Inc.. Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
  5. ^ Walsh, William. Book Reviews by William Walsh (HTML) (English). Istanbul Literature Review. Istanbul Literature Review. Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
  6. ^ Mindock, Gloria (October 2006). Interview with Mark Pawlak (HTML) (English). Červená Barva Interviews. Červená Barva Press LLC. Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
  7. ^ Bootstrap Productions Catalog (HTML) (English). Bootstrap Productions (2005). Retrieved on 2007-03-10.

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