
a poetry & literary prose press
living in minnesota.

ABOUT
Tinderbox Editions is a nonprofit press located in Red Wing, Minnesota.
Launched in 2015, Tinderbox seeks to commit to the career of each of its authors, and its authors seek to become involved in their communities by expanding the audience for poetry and literary prose.
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief: Molly Sutton Kiefer
Editor: Colleen Coyne
Editor: Jennifer Givhan
Designer: Nikkita Cohoon
Broadside Artist: Meryl DePasquale
AUTHORS
Kelly Hansen Maher is originally from Minneapolis, but now lives in Grinnell, Iowa. She writes poetry and nonfiction, and teaches with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop. Tremolo is her first book.
Books: Tremolo


Athena Kildegaard’s previous books are Rare Momentum, Bodies of Light (a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award), and Cloves & Honey. She received the LRAC/McKnight Fellowship and grants from the Lake Region Arts Council and the Minnesota State Arts Board. She teaches at the University of Minnesota, Morris.
Books: Course and Ventriloquy
Katharine Rauk is the author of the chapbook Basil, and has poems published in Pleiades, Harvard Review, DIAGRAM, and elsewhere. Her poems have been choreographed by dancers as well as performed by musicians. She reviews books for Scout.
Books: Buried Choirs


Opal C McCarthy lives in Minneapolis, where she practices bodywork, teaches, performs, and creates community healing events to celebrate + induce fierce women’s voices, radical tenderness, and reproductive freedom. Surge is her first book of poetry.
Books: Surge
Books: As If Seen at an Angle

COMING SOON:



Judy Jordan
Laynie Browne
Carley Moore



B.K. Fischer
Pamala Weber
Charles Jensen

Opal C McCarthy lives in Minneapolis, where she practices bodywork, teaches, performs, and creates community healing events to celebrate + induce fierce women’s voices, radical tenderness, and reproductive freedom. Surge is her first book of poetry.
Books: Surge
