Unbound: Composing Home Named 2022 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist

New Rivers Press is pleased to announce Unbound: Composing Home has been recognized as a Finalist in the 25th annual Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards. As part of its mission to discover, review, and share the best books from university and independent publishers, Foreword Magazine, Inc. hosts an annual awards program each year. Finalists represent the best books published […]

Professor visits Cavalier High School

Professor Kevin Zepper was invited to Cavalier High School, Cavalier, North Dakota on December 2nd, 2022. His visit was part of the Poetry Out Loud initiative through the North Dakota Council of the Arts. Zepper shared his writing journey and poetry, the benefits of reading and writing poetry, and the importance of language arts.  He has been a contributor to […]

New Rivers Press Readings

New Rivers Press, in conjunction with the Sands/McGrath Visiting Writer Series and the Glasrud Lecture and Reading Series, will hold events in celebration of the publication of their newest anthology of essays and poetry, Unbound: Composing Home, collected and edited by Nayt Rundquist. The collection features twenty-one authors from across the country and Bermuda, all reflecting on the concept of […]

Poetry Outloud: English Professor visits Valley City High School

Professor Kevin Zepper was invited to Valley City High School, Valley City, North Dakota on October 28th, 2022. His visit was part of the Poetry Out Loud initiative through the North Dakota Council of the Arts. Zepper shared his writing journey and poetry, instructed students to write through using a prompt, and emphasized the importance of language arts in high […]