Deep Wild Press publishes one or two titles a year, currently by invitation. Our goal is to bring high-quality literature true to the mission of Deep Wild Journal into the hands of readers at affordable prices. Currently, we offer four titles.

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From backcountry veteran Rick Kempa comes this collection of 27 compact, entertaining essays about the core realities of backpacking: the pains and pleasures, surprises and simplicities, soul-satisfying rhythms and just plain joy familiar to all who take to the trail.

ISBN: 978-1-7372874-5-2.  113 pages, paperback. 4 3/8″ x 6 5/8″ Price: $20.00

Wyoming Poet Laureate Barbara Smith offers richly-imagined stories of pioneer women of the West, of her own family’s multi-generational history in Montana and Wyoming, and of the community of Rock Springs, Wyoming, that for over four decades she has called home.

ISBN: 978-1-7372874-1-4. 101 pages, paperback. 6″ x 9″. Price: $20.00 

In Staking Her Claim: Women Homesteading the West, Marcia Hensley introduced readers to pioneering women who came West on their own. Now she shares the story of her own journey, from a conservative upbringing in Tulsa to a freer, fuller life in rural Wyoming.

ISBN: 978-1-7372874-3-8 285 pages, paperback. 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″. Price: $24.00  

In nine delicately observed stories set in the open spaces of western Wyoming, Stephen Lottridge explores the challenges, humor, pain, and joy of fatherhood, especially after divorce. This book pays tribute to the value of adventure, unshakable love and fidelity in the raising of daughters. 

ISBN: 978-0-9889694-9-0. 94 pages, paperback. 5″ x 8″. Price: $16.00

–All prices include domestic postage!–

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  2. PERSONAL CHECK: Send a check to Deep Wild Journal, 2309 Broadway, Grand Junction, CO 81507. Include a note in which you tell us which book(s) you have ordered, and provide your mailing address. To expedite your order, you can also provide this info via email to deepwildorders@gmail.com.
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We love special orders! We will be glad to fill any special request: multiple copies, gift orders, international orders. Simply email us at deepwildorders@gmail.com with the details, and we will follow up.

Book sellers: We are happy to offer a 40% wholesale discount on all titles, and will pay 100% of shipping costs. Email us at deepwildorders@gmail.com, with the name and number of books you would like and your shipping address. We will invoice you with the shipment.

Any questions of any kind? Email us at the above address, and you will soon hear back. Thank you for your support of small, independent presses–life would be a lot less rich without them–and of these dedicated writers.

About Deep Wild Books

Deep Wild Books is the imprint of the journal Deep Wild: Writing from the Backcountry.

We are a collaborative publisher, working closely with authors in every aspect of the process of bringing a book into being: editing, designing, printing, and promoting. There are scores of decisions to be made along the way, large and small, which we help our writers navigate. We are committed to bringing the same close attention and high standards to Deep Wild books that distinguish our work with the journal.

As part of our publishing model, writers assume costs in advance and retain full ownership of the books.

Our intention is to publish two titles a year, some to be chosen by invitation, some by general submission.

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