Iven Lourie | Surveying the Options for Self-Publishing and Commercial Publishing | Nov. 13th 2019

Surveying the Options for Self-Publishing and Commercial Publishing

Iven Lourie will be sharing from his experience and knowledge of small press and

independent publishing 

• how the hybrid publishing model so popular now works, 
• the up and down side of printing books and keeping them in your own garage,
• the need for professional editing and especially copy editing / formatting / proof reading if you want to succeed in the marketplace,  
• the virtues and benefits of professional standards in publishing as maintained in the small press world, and 
• the effectiveness of personal contacts, i.e., having writing mentors, writing to editors, entering contests, and the niche publishing world.
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Iven Lourie worked as Poetry Editor at Chicago Review in the 1960s, and he has pursued editing, writing, and performance art since. He participated in readings against the Vietnam War during the ‘60s and ‘70s, and has read his work in Tucson, AZ; Philadelphia, PA; Chicago, IL; San Francisco, CA; Sacramento, CA (The Poetry Center); the Fullerton Arts Festival, CA; and more. After completing his MFA at U. of Arizona (1978), he moved to Northern California where he works as Editor for Gateways Books and Artemis Books; teaches composition and literature at Sierra College; performs with The Poets Quartet; and leads the Café Writers critique group. He has been married twice, has three daughters and one grand-daughter. He plays guitar and fiddle for fun, and audiences agree that his music shows more sincerity and heart than skill or talent.

 

Poetry collections: Miro’s Dream (Gateways Books, 1988); one of six poets in Yuba Flows (Hip Pocket Press, 2007); SHORTS (Rattlesnake Press littlebook, 2009), CAFE WRITERS ANTHOLOGY 2010 (Artemis Books, 2011, Editor and included as poet); Return to Mykonos (Artemis Books chapbook, 2013).