River River Books / NaPoMo

Hi dear readers—as many of you know, Small Press Distribution closed last week, leaving close to 400 small presses without distribution (and our stock, and checks). River River was among them.

If you can give to presses fundraising right now, please do. Keep poetry local and independent, and our many small doors open! Shopping directly right now is a VITAL way of supporting small and micro presses. Bloof books, Ornithopter, Birds LLC, Ethel Zine, and so many others deserve great love from readers!

Our Kickstarter for River River—just launched this Monday—is nearly funded, and we’re so grateful! This will help us with finding new distribution and going through new title listing fees all over again. Link here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hanvanderhart/river-river-books-poetry-distribution We were really excited to receive the Projects We Love badge from Kickstarter!

At Of Poetry Podcast , we will be celebrating poets who are also community organizers and editors, publishers and space-creators this month. And over at Moist Poetry, we have an incredible line up of 30 Poems / 30 Days to celebrate NaPoMo, so please visit and get your poetry on! https://moistpoetryjournal.com/

warmly,

Han