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- Red Butte Press
- office 801-585-9191
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- Marnie Powers-Torrey
- Managing Director, Book Arts Program and Red Butte Press
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- Mary Toscano
- Library Exhibitions and Studio Coordinator, Book Arts Program
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Red Butte Press
- Established in 1984 when premiere Bay Area printers, Lewis and Dorothy Allen offered an 1846 Columbian hand press to the J. Willard Marriott Library.
- Honors and extends the traditions of fine press printing, producing finely crafted, limited editions.
- Publishes essays focused on the western states as well as the best in modern fiction and poetry.
- Commissions original artwork, uses quality paper and binding materials, and prints letterpress to make each book a reflection of its contents.
- Committed to contemporary dialogue, recently published Samarkand and Other Markets I Have Known, a monumental poem by Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, and Something Lived, Something Dreamed: Urban Design and the American West, an original essay by architect William McDonough addressing the relationship between natural and urban landscapes.
RECENTLY RELEASED
Red Butte Press edition of Wallace Stegner's essay, “To a Young Writer.”
- Containing a dedication by Wendell Berry, an introduction by Lynn Stegner, and engravings by Barry Moser, all original to this project.
- Letterpress printed on the 1846 Columbian hand press, bound by hand in an edition of 125.
- In commemoration of the centennial of Stegner's birth in 1909 and his influence and legacy as a teacher and writer.
