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“Dark, Deviant, Off-Kilter & Thought- Provoking”: a D. Harlan Wilson/Raw Dog Screaming Press Retrospective
David Vichnar of Equus Press continues his series of mini-reviews covering the best of contemporary independent small-press production, each instalment dedicated to some (usually three) of their most recent & interesting titles. In the sixth instalment, the focus is—mono- & polythematically—on the work of D. Harlan Wilson (DHW), his five books brought out by Raw Dog Screaming Press (RDSP) over the last fifteen years.
RDSP are dedicated to “putting into print the highest quality literature from the fringe. If it’s dark, deviant, off-kilter & thought-provoking — we will sniff it out.” Their magical mystery tour through publishing started with The Dream People, an online literary journal focused on bizarre, surreal & experimental writing. According to San Diego Book Review, DHW is “the Loki of modern American letters.” This RDSP DHW retrospective is meant as homage to the “dark & off-kilter” literary tricks played by this mischievous spirit.
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- EQUUS PRESS was established in 2011 between Paris, London & Prague with the objective of publishing new writing that is innovative & conscious of being doubly marginalised: outside the literary establishment defined by the Anglo-American publishing industry, & outside the confines of nationalism, pursuing a broadly cosmopolitan “agenda.” // EQUUS believes that such a doubly marginalised position allows for a writing both idiosyncratic & authoritative in its distance from which it can take a stand, make a change, & matter; an ability increasingly rare in titles conforming to the dictates of the book market & tastes of mass readership. // EQUUS considers its mission to offer the possibility of publication to writers & writing that matters, focusing mainly, though not exclusively, on Anglophone writing written outside of its native emplacement.
