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History

Station Hill Press was founded in 1977 as the brainchild of George and Susan Quasha, evolving from the America a Prophecy and the Arnolfini Arts Center in Rhinebeck, a performance series he and Susan produced in the former church that now houses Terrapin restaurant. Its name references the patron couple in Jan Van Eyck’s famous wedding portrait with a convex mirror.Since its conception in 1977, Station Hill has released a treasure trove of more than 200 volumes of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction concerning contemporary arts, spirituality, and alternative health, boasting the publication of preeminent literati, a short list of which includes the prolific Paul Celan, Gertrude Stein, Robert Kelly, Charles Stein, Bernadette Mayer, Peter Lamborn Wilson, and Federico Garcia Lorca. Of their impressive publications, Quasha states, “Station Hill was focused as a trade publisher from the beginning, as a publishing outlet for experimental writing which included trade distribution,” He explains, “We never imposed a vision, but always invited people who were doing innovative work in the world. It’s a ‘like attracts like’ environment with a lot of really powerful people.” Regarding Station Hill’s locality, a sprawling community of authors and visual artists, Chronogram writes that Station hill “is housed in an eccentric cluster of buildings on a quiet spur off River Road, flanked by Bard College and Poets’ Walk.”