Dowitcher Press Announces New Poetry Releases by Alan Stephens

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Sept. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dowitcher Press, a small press located in Santa Barbara, announces the release of three new books of poetry by the late, highly respected Santa Barbara poet Alan Stephens.

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Dowitcher Press is proud to announce the release of three new books by Alan Stephens: Selected Poems, Collected Poems (1958-1998), and Running at Hendry's, a collection of sonnets. All three volumes are edited by Stephens' son, A.A. Stephens.  Stephens' last book, Away from the Road, was published in 1998 by Living Batch Press.

Books will be available for purchase at limited bookstores, and can be ordered online at www.dowitcherpress.com.

About the Author

Alan Stephens was born December 19, 1925, in Greeley, Colorado. He grew up on the family farm there, and served in the U.S. Army Air Corps. Thanks to the G.I. Bill, he attended Colorado State Teacher's College (now the University of Northern Colorado), the University of Colorado at Boulder, the University of Denver, and the University of Missouri. He received bachelor's and master's degrees from DU, and a Ph.D. from Missouri.

Stephens taught English at Arizona State University from 1954 to 1960, with a year at Stanford on a fellowship (1956–1957). He joined the faculty at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1960 and remained there until his retirement in 1989, except for a year at DU (1967–1968). He was a founding faculty member of the College of Creative Studies at UCSB.

He was married for 60 years to Frances Stephens. They raised three sons. He died July 21, 2009, at home in Santa Barbara. He may be found in his verses.

About Dowitcher Press

Dowitcher Press was founded by Amber Wallace in Santa Barbara, California. After working as an editor and book designer, Ms. Wallace looked to create an outlet for poets to publish and promote their work. She founded creative agency Dowitcher Designs with Jill Kingdon in 2006, and sill wanted an outlet to sustainably print books in small runs. Dowitcher Press was born. The press continues to operate and release books in limited runs, distributed locally and online.

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