Our Mission
Cooper Dillon Books is a small poetry press founded on promoting and maintaining the values which make poems timeless. Through the publication and distribution of full-length collections and chapbooks, our intention is to nurture the poet and reader who finds joy in aesthetic, beauty, honesty and intimacy.
Cooper Dillon does not receive grants, government funding, endowments, or donations. We do not publish (select, print, advertise, etc.) at the expense of our authors. We earn money by selling books we believe in, in service of art and community.
Staff
Publisher/Editor Adam Deutsch was born on Long Island, New York and has his M.A. from Hofstra University (2005) and M.F.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2008). He's been on the editorial staff of a number of presses and journals, including Ninth Letter and Barn Owl Review. He presently teaches at community college, and keeps a fairly active blog over at adamdeutsch.blogspot.com. He lives in San Diego.
Editor Colleen Ryor is a native upstate New Yorker who has lived in Germany, England, and France. She holds a B.A. in (not surprisingly) foreign languages from the State University of New York at Saratoga Springs, Empire State College. Colleen founded on-line literary magazine The Adirondack Review in the year 2000. Her favorite 20th-century authors include John Cheever, Heinrich Böll, and Raymond Carver. She teaches German and lives in upstate New York.
Art Director Max Xiantu is an artist and musician from the New York City area, experienced in painting, sculpture, tattooing, graffiti, macrame, decoupage and whittling. He has worked in the field of print and graphic design for over 10 years. He lives a mostly monastic life in Ohio. Visit maxxiantu.com to find links to his music and other creative endeavors.