Dzanc Books

At the risk of taking advantage of this forum offered me, I'd be remiss if I didn't write a bit about Dzanc Books.  Dan Wickett and I founded Dzanc in 2006  with the aim of bringing great writing to a wider audience.  With lots of sweat and focus and support from folks like Steven Sieghman and Keith Taylor, we have put together a list of authors which we feel rivals the top tier presses in the country.  We are a hands-on, here to help you, buddy up to the bar, publishing house and damn proud of it.  Consortium now distributes our books nationally, as well as the books of our imprints, Black Lawrence Press, Monkeybicycle and OV Books.  Our Dzanc Writers in Residency Program, our Dzanc Prize and dozens of workshops further extends the Dzanc vision for giving something back to the community.  Its been a grand 2 years and we are looking to run for 100 years more.  After that, it's anyone's guess.  Now, if anyone can tell me what Dzanc stands for, we'll send you a copy of Roy Kesey's great Dzanc Book,  All Over.

Comments

[Andrew Scott]

My robot-brain has been trained to respond: "DZANC STANDS FOR ALL THINGS LITERARY. COMPUTE! COMPUTE!"

But the name comes from the first initials of your children's names, I believe. Right? Your and Dan's respective children? (You don't have any children together, do you? Literal, I mean. Figuratively, aren't Roy's and Kyle's and Yann's and everyone else's books your babies?)

"Why you're one of my babies. You're one of my own children!"

Ooh, I'm switching to decaf tomorrow.