BRYAN BORLAND is the founder and publisher of Sibling Rivalry Press, an independent publishing house based in Alexander, Arkansas, he runs with his husband, SETH PENNINGTON. Since 2010, SRP has published Poets & Writers Top Debut Fiction, a Poets & Writers Top 12 Debut Poet, a Pushcart Prize...
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BRYAN BORLAND is the founder and publisher of Sibling Rivalry Press, an independent publishing house based in Alexander, Arkansas, he runs with his husband, SETH PENNINGTON. Since 2010, SRP has published Poets & Writers Top Debut Fiction, a Poets & Writers Top 12 Debut Poet, a Pushcart Prize winner, a Lambda Award winner for Gay Poetry, four Lambda Literary Award finalists, two Thom Gunn Award finalists, nine American Library Association “Over the Rainbow” recommended LGBT titles, two American Library Association “Over the Rainbow” top 10 favorite picks, one of Library Journal‘s “Best New Magazines,” one of Flavorwire‘s 50 books that define the last five years of literature, and a finalist for the Bisexual Poetry Book of the Year. SRP was also recognized as the 2013 Bisexual Publisher of the Year from the Bisexual Writers Association for dedication to quality literary content across the spectrum of sexuality.As a poet, Bryan’s first collection of poetry, My Life as Adam, is a potent cocktail of family life, religion, and sexuality. It was one of only five books of poetry selected by the American Library Association for its first annual “Over the Rainbow” list of recommended LGBT-themed publications. His second collection of poetry, Less Fortunate Pirates: Poems from the First Year Without My Father, was released in November 2012.He is also the founding editor of Assaracus, the world’s only print journal dedicated exclusively to the gay poet, and the editor of Lady Business: A Celebration of Lesbian Poetry, published in August 2012 by Sibling Rivalry Press and included on 2013′s “Over the Rainbow” list, which is the predecessor for SRP’s latest quarterly journal, Adrienne: A Poetry Journal of Queer Women.
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