Behind the Scenes of Alice James Books: An Interview with Executive Director & Publisher Carey Salerno
Intersections of Publishing and Writing Poetry in the world today & for the future
âAs individual artists and stewards of art, we must remain mindful and cognizant of the health of our literary ecosystem.â
Carey Salerno is the executive director and publisher of Alice James Books. She is the author of Shelter (2009) and Tributary (2021). Her third collection of poems, The Hungriest Stars, is forthcoming with Persea Books. She serves as the co-chair for LitNet: The Literary Network and occasionally teaches poetry and publishing arts at the University of Maine at Farmington. In 2021, she received the Golden Colophon Award for Independent Paradigm Publishing from CLMP for the leadership and contributions of Alice James Books