Slow Loris Press
Name Entries
corporateBody
Slow Loris Press
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Slow Loris Press
Genders
Exist Dates
Biographical History
Small press and publisher of poetry monographs and of Rapport: A Journal of Contemporary Writing; founded 1971 by Anthony and Patricia Petrosky; located in Pittsburgh, Pa., and Buffalo, N.Y. The press ceased operation in 1984.
The Slow Loris Press was an independent non-profit venture headed by Anthony and Patricia Petrosky . The Slow Loris Press focused on publishing a poetry magazine called the Rapport that evolved into a wider format with the start of the Slow Loris Reader (SLR) in 1978. The press also published poetry anthologies of various authors, as well as, the Rapport and SLR which drew upon numerous poets' work. The Slow Loris Press originated in Buffalo, New York, where Anthony Petrosky (also called Tony) taught at the Free School of Buffalo . When Anthony received a position at the University of Pittsburgh in 1975 the couple and magazine headed there. In February of 1978 the couple had a child named Matthew. By 1978 and the launching of the SLR, Patricia (also called Patty) Petrosky controlled most of the press's operations, including the editorship.
Financial support for the press came from magazine subscriptions, sales of its book and from available government grants. In the 1980s the press encountered trouble competing for National Endowment for the Humanities grants as well as more local funding options. In 1986, with two books by Martha Friedberg and Janet Sternberg in production, the press halted operations amid financial and personal troubles. Influenced by these setbacks the Slow Loris Press ceased operation in 1986.
eng
Latn
External Related CPF
https://viaf.org/viaf/156011531
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85274117
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n85274117
Other Entity IDs (Same As)
Sources
Loading ...
Resource Relations
Loading ...
Internal CPF Relations
Loading ...
Languages Used
Subjects
American literature
American literature
Publishers and publishing
Publishers and publishing
American poetry
Authors and publishers
Authors and publishers
Hugo, Richard, 1923-1982
Levine, Philip, 1928
Little presses
Little presses
Periodicals
Periodicals, Publishing of
Rapport (Pittsburgh)
Slow Loris reader
Small presses
Stafford, William, 1914
Wakoski, Diane
Nationalities
Activities
Publishers
Occupations
Legal Statuses
Places
Pennsylvania
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
United States
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
New York (State)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Convention Declarations
<conventionDeclaration><citation>VIAF</citation></conventionDeclaration>