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( Black Heron Press 25 Years, 8/10, Elliott Bay Book Co. }

Novelist and essayist Jerome Gold founded Black Heron Press with novelist Les Galloway in 1984. A Vietnam veteran with a PhD in Anthropology, Gold has long been interested in writing with a social consciousness. The press has awarded a prize for Social Fiction to books such as Leonard Chang’s The Fruit & Food and Farnoosh Moshiri’s The Bathhouse. However, Gold is  clear about the kind of books he publishes: only those that he enjoys reading. Black Heron has managed to survive as Seattle’s only independent press that publishes novels, literary essays, as well as poetry. Over the years Black Heron has published writers as varied as Judith Roche, Ron Dakron, Laurie Blauner, and James Sallis. Tonight, Black Heron will celebrate its 25th anniversary at the Elliott Bay Book Company with some reading and some drinks. Reading Local interviewed Jerome Gold a couple of weeks back on the release of his latest book, Paranoia & Heartbreak.

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