
Database
Algonquin Books
1983
Description:
Algonquin Books set up shop in a woodshed behind cofounder Louis Rubin’s Chapel Hill, NC, home. He and Shannon Ravenel founded Algonquin as an independent press devoted to publishing literary fiction and nonfiction by undiscovered writers, mostly from the South. And from its very first books Algonquin garnered national attention, with authorsincluding Julia Alvarez, Jill McCorkle, Robert Morgan, Larry Brown, and, later, Lee Smithwho earned great acclaim and devoted fans.
Press Information
- Website: http://algonquin.com/
- Location: Chapel Hill
- Editors: Michael McKenzie
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