Joanie Whitebird was a writer, editor, publisher, and founder of Wings Press, San Antonio book publisher. Whitebird played a significant role in the formation of both COSMEP (Committee of Small Magazine Editors and Publishers) and Travois, the first multicultural anthology of Texas poetry.
As an editor, Whitehead founded Wings Press in 1975 with Joseph F. Lomax, editor and publisher. Upon Lomax’s death, Whitebird took over publishing duties as well. Wings Press primarily published collections of poetry, along with some works of music, fiction, and history. In 1993, Whitebird designed and published Working the Stone, a collection of poetry by Bryce Milligan. Two years later, with her health in decline, Whitebird sold the press to Milligan. She died in 2000. Wings Press holds an annual poetry competition in her honor, the Whitebird Chapbook Series.
Source : Wings Press. All You Ever Wanted to Know About Wings Press. http://www.wingspress.com/background.cfm (accessed June 21, 2010).
From the guide to the Whitebird, Joanie Green Papers 93-131, 93-177, 93-197, 93-465, 94-100, 94-123, 94-173, 94-295, 95-009, 95-177, 95-252, 95-303, 96-007, 96-089, 96-197, 96-263, 96-297, 96-363, 97-032, 97-087, 97-118, 97-212, 97-350, 98-108, 2001-135., 1950-1997, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)
