Holy Cow! Press

Holy Cow! Press is an independent publisher based in Duluth, Minnesota. Founded in 1977, they have published more than 125 books.[1]

Holy Cow! Press
Founded1977
FounderJim Perlman
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationDuluth, Minnesota
Official websitewww.holycowpress.org

The press publishes between three and five new books each year, in genres including poetry, fiction, memoir, and biography. Their focus is on writers from the American Midwest, a "territory traditionally ignored by larger indie publishers," according to founder and publisher Jim Perlman,[2] who runs the press out of his home.[3] He also focuses on publishing Native American authors and thematic anthologies.[4]

Selected publications

Poetry
  • Natalie Goldberg (1980), Chicken & In Love[5]
  • Joyce Sutphen (2004), Naming the Stars
  • Jane Yolen (2011), Things to Say to a Dead Man: Poems at the End of a Marriage and After
  • Gary Boelhower (2017), Naming Rites
  • Crystal Spring Gibbins (2017), Now/Here
  • Kimberly Blaeser (2019), Copper Yearning
  • Warren Woessner (2019), Exit-Sky
  • Richard Terrill (2020), What Falls Away Is Always
  • Jane Yolen (2021), Kaddish: Before the Holocaust and After
  • Ingrid Andersson (2022), Jordemoder: Poems of a Midwife
  • Gordon Henry (2022), Spirit Matters: White Clay, Red Exits, Distant Others
  • Yael Hacohen (forthcoming, 2024), The Dove that Didn't Return

Fiction
  • Joan Henrik (2017), Winds & Currents: Native American Stories, Told and Retold
  • Miriam Karmel (2017), Subtle Variations and Other Stories
  • Thomas D. Peacock (2020), The Wolf's Trail: An Ojibwe Story, Told by Wolves
  • Jim Heynen (2021), The Youngest Boy: Stories

Memoir
  • Brenda Ueland (1996), ME: A Memoir
  • Amy Lou Jenkins (2010), Every Natural Fact: Five Seasons of Open-Air Parenting
  • Fred Amram (2016), We're in America Now: A Survivor's Stories
  • Michael Fedo (2018), Don't Quit Your Day Job: The Adventures of a Midlist Author

Biography
  • Daniel Lancaster (2008), John Beargrease: The Legend of Minnesota's North Shore

Anthologies
  • Walt Whitman: The Measure of His Song, 3rd edition (2019), edited by Jim Perlman, Ed Folsom, Dan Campion.

Other
  • Patricia Hoolihan (2000), Teen Girls Only! Daily Meditations for Teenage Girls[6]
  • Sara Balbin, Thelma Nayquonabe, and James R. Bailey (2012), Spirit of the Ojibwe: Images of Lac Courte Oreilles Elders
  • Sarah M. Brokke (2015), Portrait of an Artist: Paintings
  • Patricia Hoolihan (2021), Hands and Heart Together: Daily Meditations for Caregivers

References
  1. "About Us". Holy Cow! Press.
  2. "Small Press Points: Holy Cow! Press". Poets & Writers. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  3. "ARTIST SPACES: Holy Cow! Press has homegrown location, projects - just how founder likes it". Duluth News Tribune. 2017-04-01.
  4. Klefstad, Ann. "Holy Cow! Press at 35 - The More Things Change..." MN Artists. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  5. "Books". Natalie Goldberg.
  6. "Shop All". Holy Cow! Press. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
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