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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

Kevin O’Rourke lives outside Seattle, where he works as an editor and publications manager. He studied art at Kenyon College and writing at the University of Minnesota. As If Seen at an Angle is his first book.

Books: As If Seen at an Angle