{{Short description|American nonprofit literary press}} {{Infobox publisher | image = | parent = | status = | founded = 1993 | founder = Jane Brox, Helen Fremont, Dzvinia Orlowsky, and Martha Rhodes | successor = | country = United States | headquarters = New York City | distribution = University of Chicago Press | keypeople = | publications = Books | topics = | genre = poetry and short fiction | imprints = | revenue = | numemployees = | nasdaq = | url = {{URL|http://fourwaybooks.com}} }}
'''Four Way Books''' is an American nonprofit literary press located in New York City, which publishes poetry and short fiction by emerging and established writers. It features the work of the winners of national poetry competitions, as well as collections accepted through general submission, panel selection, and solicitation by the editors.<ref>[http://www.nyslittree.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/DB.EntityDetail/EntityPK/2221.cfm New York State Literary Tree Website > Small Press Detail > Four Way Books, Inc.]</ref> The press is run by director and founding editor Martha Rhodes,<ref>[https://www.pw.org/content/four_way_books_at_twentyfive Poets & Writers {{!}} Articles {{!}} ''Four Way Books at Twenty-Five'' {{!}} by Nadia Q. Ahmad {{!}} 5.29.18]</ref> who is the author of five poetry collections.<ref>Martha Rhodes Wikipedia Article</ref>{{circular reference|date=December 2021}} Four Way Books titles are distributed by University of Chicago Press.<ref>[https://press.uchicago.edu/cdc/publishers.html University of Chicago Press {{!}} Distribution {{!}} Publishers]</ref> The press has received grants from New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts,<ref>[http://www.nea.gov/grants/recent/09grants/09AAE.php?CAT=Access&DIS=Literature NEA: 2009 Grant Awards: Access to Artistic Excellence: Literature] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090507230327/http://www.nea.gov/grants/recent/09grants/09AAE.php?CAT=Access&DIS=Literature |date=2009-05-07 }}</ref> and The Community of Literary Magazines and Presses through their re-grant program.<ref>[http://www.fourwaybooks.com/ Four Way Books Homepage]</ref>
== Authors == Representative authors published by Four Way Books include Catherine Bowman, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Kevin Prufer, Forrest Hamer, Yona Harvey, Monica Youn, Alex Dimitrov, Jeffrey Harrison, Sarah Gorham, D. Nurkse, Gregory Pardlo, C. Dale Young, Noelle Kocot, Joel Brouwer, Michael Dumanis, Cynthia Cruz, Pablo Medina, John Gallaher, Jay Baron Nicorvo, Maya Pindyck, Cynthia Huntington, Jason Schneiderman, Monica Ferrell, Sarah Manguso, and Eugenia Leigh.
Authors have been recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry,<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/23/books/gregory-pardlo-pulitzer-winner-for-poetry-on-his-sudden-fame.html?_r=0 ''The New York Times'' {{!}} Books {{!}} ''Gregory Pardlo, Pulitzer Winner for Poetry, on His Sudden Fame'' {{!}} by Alexandra Alter {{!}} April 22, 2015]</ref> the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award,<ref>[https://www.cgu.edu/news/2021/04/john-murillos-kontemporary-amerikan-poetry-named-2021-kingsley-tufts-poetry-award-winner/ Claremont Graduate University {{!}} News {{!}} April 7, 2021 John Murillo’s ''Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry'' Named 2021 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award Winner]</ref> the Rome Prize,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pratt.edu/newsite/backgroundOpt/pr-comm/1179848351_PRATT%20PROFESSOR%20SARAH%20MANGUSO%20RECEIVES%20PRESTIGIOUS%202007%20ROME%20PRIZE.pdf |title=Pratt Institute: News > Pratt Institute Professor Receives Prestigious 2007 - 2008 Prize in Literature |access-date=2009-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615094856/http://www.pratt.edu/newsite/backgroundOpt/pr-comm/1179848351_PRATT%20PROFESSOR%20SARAH%20MANGUSO%20RECEIVES%20PRESTIGIOUS%202007%20ROME%20PRIZE.pdf |archive-date=2011-06-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Edward Lewis Wallant Award,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hartford.edu/greenberg/wallant.asp |title=University of Hartford > The Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies > The Edward Lewis Wallant Award |access-date=2009-05-11 |archive-date=2013-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508230659/http://www.hartford.edu/greenberg/wallant.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> Guggenheim Fellowships, NEA fellowships, and many other honors; and Tommye Blount's ''Fantasia for the Man in Blue'' was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award<ref>[https://www.nationalbook.org/books/fantasia-for-the-man-in-blue/ National Book Foundation {{!}} Books {{!}} Fantasia for the Man in Blue]</ref> Four Way Books authors have been interviewed on the PBS NewsHour,<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/stuck-behind-bars-a-writer-found-a-way-to-connect-to-the-world PBS ''NewsHour'' {{!}} ''Stuck behind bars, a writer found a way to connect to the world'' {{!}} Interview with Reginald Dwayne Betts {{!}} by Jeffrey Brown {{!}} Jan 12, 2016]</ref> regional<ref>[https://www.wesa.fm/arts-sports-culture/2021-02-22/across-time-and-space-poet-channels-other-voices 90.5 WESA 90.5 WESA {{!}} Pittsburgh’s NPR News Station {{!}} ''Morning Edition'' {{!}} Yona Harvey Interview {{!}} By Bill O’Driscoll {{!}} ''Across Time And Space, Poet Channels Other Voices'' {{!}} Published February 22, 2021]</ref> <ref>[https://www.loispjones.com/april-ossmann-on-poets-cafe/ Poets Café {{!}} April Ossmann Interview {{!}} by Lois P. Jones {{!}} KPFK 90.7fm Radio]</ref> and national radio,<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2015/12/08/458901392/in-bastards-of-the-reagan-era-a-poet-says-his-generation-was-just-lost NPR {{!}} Fresh Air {{!}} Author Interviews {{!}} ''In 'Bastards of The Reagan Era' A Poet Says His Generation Was 'Just Lost' '' {{!}} December 8, 2015]</ref><ref>[https://www.npr.org/2016/05/14/478040450/for-pulitzer-prize-winner-gregory-pardlo-poetry-offers-intimacy-between-stranger NPR {{!}} Arts & Life {{!}} ''Weekend Edition'' {{!}} Interview by Scott Simon {{!}} ''For Pulitzer Prize-Winner Gregory Pardlo, Poetry Offers 'Intimacy' Between Strangers'' {{!}} May 14, 2016]</ref> and print media,<ref>[https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2014/03/07/the-expression-of-not-knowing-an-interview-with-kevin-prufer/ ''The Paris Review'' {{!}} ''The Expression of Not Knowing: An Interview with Kevin Prufer'' {{!}} by Robyn Creswell {{!}} March 7, 2014]</ref><ref>[http://columbiajournal.org/from-city-to-city-an-interview-with-cynthia-cruz/ Columbia Journal {{!}} Interviews, Poetry {{!}} ''From City to City: An Interview with Cynthia Cruz'' {{!}}by Brian Wiora {{!}} January 22, 2019]</ref> including The New York Times.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/23/books/gregory-pardlo-pulitzer-winner-for-poetry-on-his-sudden-fame.html?_r=0 ''The New York Times'' {{!}} Books {{!}} ''Gregory Pardlo, Pulitzer Winner for Poetry, on His Sudden Fame'' {{!}} by Alexandra Alter {{!}} April 22, 2015]</ref>
== Recognition == Four Way Books titles have been reviewed in ''The New Yorker,''<ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/brieflynoted/2008/04/28/080428crbn_brieflynoted4 ''The New Yorker'' Website > Books Briefly Noted > ''National Anthem'' by Kevin Prufer > April 28, 2008]</ref> ''Publishers Weekly,''<ref>[https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-935536-16-1 ''Publishers Weekly'' {{!}} Book Review {{!}} ''Bad Daughter'' by Sarah Gorham {{!}} 10/24/2011]</ref> ''Library Journal,''<ref>[https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/the-affliction-a-novel-in-stories ''Library Journal'' {{!}} Book Review {{!}} by Barbara Hoffert {{!}} March 1, 2018 {{!}} ''The Affliction: A Novel in Stories'' by C. Dale Young]</ref> ''Kirkus Reviews'',<ref>[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/eileen-pollack/in-the-mouth/ ''Kirkus Reviews'' {{!}} Book Reviews {{!}} ''In the Mouth'' by Eileen Pollack {{!}} March 1, 2008]</ref> ''Booklist,''<ref>[https://www.booklistonline.com/Kontemporary-Amerikan-Poetry/pid=9729149 ''Booklist'' {{!}} Reviews {{!}} ''Kontemporary American Poetry'' by John Murillo {{!}} March 1, 2020]</ref> and many other publications. The press has been profiled in ''The New York Times Arts Beat, ''<ref>[https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/17/poetry-profiles-four-way-books/ ''The New York Times Arts Beat {{!}} ''Poetry Profiles: Four Way Books {{!}} By Dana Jennings {{!}} July 17, 2014]</ref> and in ''Poets & Writers''.<ref>[https://www.pw.org/content/four_way_books_at_twentyfive ''Poets & Writers'' {{!}} Articles {{!}} ''Four Way Books at Twenty-Five'' {{!}} by Nadia Q. Ahmad {{!}} 5.29.18]</ref> In a twenty-fifth anniversary feature of the press, the ''Los Angeles Review of Books'' praised Four Way Books for "publishing some of the most interesting, aesthetically diverse collections of poetry and fiction in the country."<ref>[https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/portrait-of-a-press-four-way-books-twenty-years-on/ ''Los Angeles Review of Books'' {{!}} Essay {{!}} ''Portrait of a Press: Four Way Books, 20 Years On December'' {{!}} By Jeremy Glazier {{!}} 20, 2012]</ref>
The press sponsors the annual Levis Prize in Poetry for a full-length poetry collection; and through their Four Way Books + Friends Program, has sponsored since 1993, joint readings by its authors with those of other presses, and authors yet to be published.<ref>[https://fourwaybooks.com/site/four-way-books-friends-program/ Four Way Books Website What We Do Four Way Books + Friends Program]</ref><ref>[https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/schedule_overview_offsite/2016_LOSANGELES 2016 AWP Conference Schedule Four Way Books & Friends Offsite (Short) Readings]</ref> The press also sponsors "Pay a Book Forward, which offers free books to college students who attend readings," and "the electronic journal Four Way Review, which publishes poetry and fiction from emerging and established authors."<ref>[https://www.pw.org/content/four_way_books_at_twentyfive Poets & Writers {{!}} Articles {{!}} ''Four Way Books at Twenty-Five'' {{!}} by Nadia Q. Ahmad {{!}} 5.29.18]</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
== Sources == *[http://www.fourwaybooks.com/index.php Four Way Books Website, Various Pages] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515113646/http://www.fourwaybooks.com/index.php |date=2009-05-15 }}
== External links == * [http://www.fourwaybooks.com/index.php Four Way Books Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515113646/http://www.fourwaybooks.com/index.php |date=2009-05-15 }} * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070812073928/http://www.upne.com/distributed/dist_FWB.html University Press of New England > Four Way Books Titles]}} * [http://www.clmp.org/directory/index.php Council of Literary Magazines and Small Presses > Directory of Member Publishers] * [http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_109/downtownpoets.html ''Downtown Express'' > ''Downtown Poets Society:Bards Band together,'' by Ronda Kaysen > Volume 18, No. 3 > 06/16/05] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081118135433/http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_109/downtownpoets.html |date=2008-11-18 }}
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