HardPressed Poetry
hardPressed poetry is an independent Irish-based poetry publisher run by poets Billy Mills and Catherine Walsh. With the exception of two issues a their magazine, the Journal, which were funded by the Irish Arts Council, they publish without public or private funding, subvention or sponsorship.
They have published work by Charles Bernstein, Nicole Brossard, Michael Carlson, Carlota Caulfield, Linda Chown, Brian Coffey, Cid Corman, Theodore Enslin, Matthew Geden, Harry Gilonis, Peter Gizzi, Robert Hampson, Randolph Healy, Fanny Howe, Trevor Joyce, David Lloyd, Sheila Mannix, David Miller, Jordi Valls i Pozo, Tom Raworth, Maurice Scully, Geoffrey Squires, Keith Waldrop, Rosmarie Waldrop, Craig Watson, and Augustus Young and the two editors.
Founded in 1985, hardPressed poetry has operated from Dublin, Barcelona, Eastbourne and Limerick they describe themselves as "a small press which publishes poetry that you won't often find in your local bookshop"[1]