the publisher. Chapbooks have traditionally been throwaway items – Spork subverts this idea with letterpressed hardback hand-bound books, and an inattention to the rest of the things chapbooks usually are. Most recently, Ariana Reines' THURSDAY (Spork Press, 2012), Joyelle McSweeney's the Necropastoral (Spork Press, 2011), Lara Glenum's All Hopped Up on Fleshy Dum Dums (Spork Press, 2014) and Zach Schomburg's, From the Fjords (Spork Press, 2011) have received attention for their quirky design and the texts themselves. The Spork team consists of Drew Burk (Production/Editor), Andrew Shuta (Design/Production), Richard Siken (Editor), Joel Smith (Editor), Jake Levine (Editor), and others who help out. Writers Shanna Compton Stephen Elliott Matthea Harvey Tao Lin Ander Monson Stacey Richter Peter Rock Davy Rothbart Joshua Marie Wilkinson Amelia Gray Mixtapes and cassette releases The Spork Mixtape series is, contrary to the current habit of referring to playlists and sometimes mixes on CD as 'mixtapes', a mix of music on a cassette. Highest-quality audio is sourced, sequenced and mixed, mastered at 32 bits and then recorded from the mastered source one at a time on a Sony dual-deck. February 2013, Mixtape 1 February 2014, Mixtape 2 "King Cobra" by Young Family. Spork's first official release toward transitioning from a book press to a press and music label. "NOTHING" by Isaiah Toothtaker. Spork's second official release, increasing the pace toward becoming both a press and a music label. Chapbook Authors Nat Baldwin Daniel Mahoney Sophia Le Fraga Isaiah Toothtaker Young Family Kazim Ali Lara Glenum Simon Jacobs Rauan Klassnik Brian Blanchfield Ben Fama Matthew Dickman Ariana Reines John Beer Joyelle McSweeney Zachary Schomburg Feng Sun Chen Colin Winnette Dan Beachy-Quick Gordan Massman Heather Palmer Drew Krewer Jake Levine External links Spork Press References Publishing companies of the United States Small press publishing companies Publishing companies established in 2001