Bill Henderson (publisher)
Bill Henderson | |
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| Born | April 5, 1941 Philadelphia, PA |
| Nationality | American |
| Subject | Memoirs, publishing, editing |
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Bill Henderson (born April 5, 1941) is an American author, editor and publisher best known for his memoirs and the Pushcart Prize series.
Publisher
[edit]Bill Henderson is founder and editor of Pushcart Press, publisher of the annual Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses. His anthology, featuring fiction, poetry and essays, has earned national recognition and is celebrating its 40th anniversary.[1] Pushcart Press was awarded the 1979 Carey Thomas Prize for Publisher of the Year by Publishers Weekly.[2]
He has also edited and published many other books, including The Publish-It-Yourself Handbook (1973),[3] The Art of Literary Publishing (1980),[4] and Rotten Reviews (1986)[5] a look at negative reviews of now-classic literature, and Minutes of the Lead Pencil Club (1995)[6]
Awards
[edit]Henderson received the 2005 Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle[7] and the 2006 Poets & Writers/Barnes & Noble's "Writers for Writers."[8] He was awarded the American Academy of Arts and Letters 2020 citation for Distinguished Service to the Arts.[9]
Author
[edit]Henderson is the author of the novel The Kid That Could (1970); and the memoirs His Son (1980); Her Father (1995); Tower (2000);[10] Simple Gifts (2006); and All My Dogs: A Life (2011).[11] His most recent memoir, Cathedral: An Illness and a Healing[12] was published in 2014. Two New York Times articles detail Tower and Cathedral.[13][14]
Personal life
[edit]Henderson lives on the East End of Long Island and in Maine with his wife, Genie Chipps Henderson. His daughter, Lily Frances Henderson, is a filmmaker and director based in Brooklyn, New York.[15][16] He owns and runs "The World's Smallest Bookstore",[17] located in Sedgwick, Maine.[18]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bill Henderson Marks 40 Years of the Pushcart Prize". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
- ^ "Where Words Survive and Thrive | Montauk Sun". www.montauksun.com. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
- ^ "Summary/Reviews: The publish-it-yourself handbook". www.buffalolib.org. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
- ^ Henderson, Bill (January 1, 1980). The Art of literary publishing: editors on their craft. Pushcart. ISBN 9780916366056.
- ^ Ceplair, Larry (December 27, 1987). "The Bracing Brine of Plain Dislike : ROTTEN REVIEWS A Literary Companion Bill Henderson, editor (Pushcart: $12.50; 93 pp., illustrated): ROTTEN REVIEWS II A Literary Companion Bill Henderson, editor (Pushcart: $12.95; 93 pp., illustrated)". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
- ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: Minutes of the Lead Pencil Club: Second Thoughts on the Electronic Revolution by Lead Pencil Club". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
- ^ "National Book Critics Circle: sandrof". bookcritics.org. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
- ^ "Writers for Writers Award, Editor's Award | Poets and Writers". www.pw.org. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
- ^ "Awards – American Academy of Arts and Letters". Retrieved December 14, 2020.
- ^ Henderson, Bill. "Tower: Faith, Vertigo and Amateur Construction – Bill Henderson". www.billhendersonscribe.com. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
- ^ Henderson, Bill. "All My Dogs: A Life – Bill Henderson". www.billhendersonscribe.com. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
- ^ Henderson, Bill. "Cathedral: An Illness and a Healing – Bill Henderson". www.billhendersonscribe.com. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
- ^ Henderson, Bill (June 8, 2000). "LIVING IN A NUTSHELL; A Tower Rises Above Trouble". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
- ^ Kurutz, Steven (October 13, 2014). "Bill Henderson of Pushcart Press Builds a Personal Cathedral". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
- ^ "Portfolio". Lily Frances Henderson. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
- ^ Kurutz, Steven (October 13, 2014). "Bill Henderson of Pushcart Press Builds a Personal Cathedral". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
- ^ Wilson, Kristian (August 26, 2016). "Here's A Look At The World's Smallest Bookstore, And 5 Tiny Books It Should Definitely Sell". www.bustle.com. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
- ^ ""World's Smallest Bookstore" | Penobscot Bay Press". The Weekly Packet. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
