Do you have a good contact for the following presses?

Quale Press
Rain Mountain Press
Ex Ophidia Press
Holland Park Press
John Hunt Publishing
Seoul Selection
Tupelo Press
Yesyes Books

[Ingram asked for help identifying contacts for claiming SPD stock.]

Grants For The Arts, San Francisco's big arts grant / pile of funding, is now open. Heavily weighted around economic impact (worth 50 points out of 100), around job creation and neighborhood activation sf.gov/general-operat…

Decistifying trans and gender diverse inclusion in library work: A literature review by Keahi (they/he) and Stephen Krueger

inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2024/decistify…

leave it at the door

living through the backlash to 2020. happened fast, the undoing. and more like the never-done. organizations that barely changed, barely tried basically saying 'that's enough' or 'I need y'all to shut up'

Library workers at Columbia University Libraries published a statement regarding recent and ongoing events on campus: …-librarians-free-palestine.cargo.site

'It’s not that sexy to give money to a middleman [like SPD] ... many foundations prefer to give money directly to the writer, but if that writer can’t find a publisher, if that publisher can’t distribute those books, then the first philanthropic gesture stalls.'

To assist publishers impacted by the abrupt closure of Small Press Distribution (SPD), the Poetry Foundation has established a bridge fund for small presses to help cover unanticipated costs.

Learn about eligibility and how to apply: bit.ly/3WeohWI

big, welcome news that Berkeley will get another home for books, books in translation too (by Strawberry Creek Park!)

what's funny about these changes / this disruption is that it's essential but undramatic, unsexy. 6 months later the Main Library won't be transformed. but it'll work better, won't fall apart

In the wake of the sudden shuttering of our distributor, SPD, we need your help!
We estimate losses in the realm of $15,000. This includes money owed to us by SPD and the cost of shipping our books to a new distributor.

Justice Elena Kagan: 'For a homeless person who has no place to go, sleeping in public is kind of like breathing in public.'

This weekend we unveiled the concept design for our “Legacy BART Car”. The Scraper Bike Team will convert the “Legacy BART Car” into a community bike shop and clubhouse. We will offer Developmental Programming for youth and young adults living in Deep East Oakland. Donate Today!!

Bird of paradise blooming all over Oakland. all these gardeners said I want it weird

hell yeah David Shapiro