“Tavern Books is a press that is performing an important function in American letters, and its commitment to international writers in translation as well as undervalued American writers makes it especially remarkable in comparison to the world of commercial publishing.”
A small press like Tavern Books is a wonderful resource for poetry hidden by distance and language that we do not know, poetry worth reading in editions worth keeping. Poetry from other cultures widens our horizons and deepens our understanding of the human condition.
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Tavern Books started in 2009 with the idea that books are public events that happen in solitude. We wanted to model the press after a public space and create an open dialog with readers and writers. Our vision was—and still is—to make beautiful, lasting books and offer an old-world subscription series by mailing books directly to readers’ doorsteps.
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