March 28, 2007
Jim Perlman's Holy Cow! Press is celebrating 30 years in business. It is one of the oldest presses in Minnesota and it is located in Duluth.
Perlman gets at least 500 manuscripts every year, and only publishes four books.
When he decides to publish a manuscript, he's forming a partnership with the author. 
His authors help design their books. The covers are usually rich original artwork that draws the reader in. Even the type is important.
Perlman's first book was a chapbook by radical poet Tom McGrath. Other authors on his list include native American writers like Diane Glancy, Joseph Brushac, and Anne Dunn. He publishes a lot of Minnesota writers -- Joyce Sutphen, Ellen Moore Anderson, Ruth Brin.
In the fall, Holy Cow! Press will come out with "Definite Space," poems by Ann Iverson. Iverson lives in East Bethel, Minnesota. The book is about her step-son's tour of duty in Baghdad.
Listen to the audio of Stephanie's story at www.mpr.org.
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