BASS RIVER PRESS
The Cultural Center launched Bass River Press in 2015 to support local poets. It typically publishes one full-length collection by a Cape or Islands poet each year.
Bass River Press serves the dual function of promoting the works of local poets and engaging the community in the literary arts.
In general, the press accepts only original, unpublished collections of poems between 48 and 64 pages. Poets with previously published collections are eligible to submit, along with first-time poets. Visit our Call for Entries page for specifics.
Current titles are available for purchase by clicking on the images below, by calling 508-394-7100, or by visiting our Artisan Gallery Gift Shop.
To order multiple books, please call the office at 508-394-7100 to calculate correct shipping costs.
From the Farther Shore: Discovering Cape Cod & the Islands Through Poetry
Alice Kociemba, Robin Smith-Johnson & Rich Youmans, Editors
2021
Bass River Press, an Imprint of the Cultural Center of Cape Cod
ISBN 978-0-578-79521-8
This anthology's 118 contemporary poems meld the outer and interior landscapes of the Cape & Islands so that the reader discovers, as if for the first time, the spirit of a place that calls us home. Not only do these poems converse with one another, they are poems that could not have been written about anywhere else.
The Poets
Keith Althaus
Carol A. Amato
Judith Askew
Steven Bauer
Susan Nisenbaum Becker
Mary Bergman
Susan Berlin
Lorna Knowles Blake
Winston F. Bolton
Elizabeth Bradfield
Mary-Lou Brockett-Devine
J. Lorraine Brown
Lucile Burt
Kathy Butterworth
Deirdre Callanan
Samm Carlton
Kathleen Casey
Mary Clare Casey
Linda Haviland Conte
Barbara Crooker
Catherine R. Cryan
Jarita Davis
Cathie Desjardins
Susan Donnelly
Mark Doty
Paula Erickson
Howard Faerstein
Alan Feldman
Frank Finale
Mary Fister
Richard Foerster
Robert Frazier
Brendan Galvin
Diane Hanna
Jeffrey Harrison
Barry Hellman
Phyllis Henry-Jordan
Judith Herman
Susan Horton
Alexis Ivy
Terry S. Johnson
Sean Keck
James W. Kershner
Tricia Knoll
Lindsay Knowlton
Alice Kociemba
Laurel Kornhiser
Adeline Carrie Koscher
Stanley Kunitz
Valerie Lawson
Sara Letourneau
Martin I. Levine
Diane Lockward
Carol Malaquias
Fred Marchant
Jennifer Markell
Gail Mazur
Egan Millard
Donald Nitchie
Mary Oliver
Rosalind Pace
Judith Partelow
Linda Pastan
Marge Piercy
Meaghan Quinn
Donna Razeto
Brooks Robards
Jennifer Rose
Susan Jo Russell
Cliff Saunders
Alix Anne Shaw
Michael Shapiro
Thom Slayter
Rick Smith
Robin Smith-Johnson
Joseph Stanton
David R. Surette
Maxine Susman
Mary G. Swope
Matthew Thorburn
Daniel Tobin
Sharon Tracey
Paula Trepas
Sarah Brown Weitzman
Rich Youmans
Yvonne
