Publishing Collective Pile Press Needs Two Literary Journals to Print Its Creative Submissions

SarahAnn Harvey says she wanted to start her own indie book press for as long as she could remember.

“I was always intrigued with every aspect of the book-making process and the general DIY punk nature of small press publications,” Harvey tells WW . She learned about the writer’s experience with publishing by seeing her own poems printed by various small presses and comparing how much (or little) a piece was edited once it was signed.

“I knew I wanted our press to be a space where there wasn’t much, if anything, changed from the pieces offered,” she says. “I want our writers and artists to feel safe and seen in their works.”

After interning at Portland press Microcosm, Harvey learned a little bit about every other aspect of the industry, from marketing and layout to printing and distr