Publishing women is social activism.

Kore Press was founded in 1993 by the creative efforts
of book designer Lisa Bowden and poet Karen
Falkenstrom. Building on the energy of the Women in
Print movement of the 60s and 70s, Kore's vision has
been to publish and distribute excellent works of
literary and artistic value by a diversity of
women, those traditionally underrepresented in the
cultural mainstream; to promote those voices; and to
educate young people about bookmaking, printing, the
literary arts as social activism, and publishing.

Inspired by the words of Alison Deming on how to
survive as a woman artist, Kore opened house and
printed Ms. Deming's terse advice as their first
publication, called Girls in the Jungle. Since then,
this feminist-literary-arts-press has brought over 40
creative works by established and new voices into
print.

Kore Press founders Lisa Bowden
and Karen Falkenstrom

"...Like amnesiacs in a ward on fire, we must find words or burn."

—Olga Broumas