Institute for Latino Studies :: Momotombo Press

Mission History	History Named after the volcano in Nicaragua, Momotombo Press was conceived in Davis, California in the spring of 2000—inspired by the founding editor’s inclusion in the Chicano Chapbook Series in 1999. Having that modest volume published led to inclusion in two anthologies, as well as an invitation to a conference. The goal of the Press, then, was to provide a similar catalyst for other emerging poets. The Press debuted with Mark My Words: Five Emerging Poets, an anthology that appeared in the spring of 2001. After the publication of volume two, The Land of Give and Take (2002), the Press entered into an agreement with the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Saint Mary’s College of California. The volumes produced during that partnership were The Listening World (2002), Fear of Summer (2002), and Slow Dissolve (2003). The Press honed its mission in the fall of 2003 by deciding to focus on Latino/a writers, thereby following more faithfully in the footsteps of the Chicano Chapbook Series. With the publication of Arroyo in the fall of 2004, Momotombo Press marked its new home at the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame, as well as its venture into prose.

Mission

History

Named after the volcano in Nicaragua, Momotombo Press was conceived in Davis, California in the spring of 2000—inspired by the founding editor’s inclusion in the Chicano Chapbook Series in 1999. Having that modest volume published led to inclusion in two anthologies, as well as an invitation to a conference. The goal of the Press, then, was to provide a similar catalyst for other emerging poets.

The Press debuted with Mark My Words: Five Emerging Poets, an anthology that appeared in the spring of 2001. After the publication of volume two, The Land of Give and Take (2002), the Press entered into an agreement with the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Saint Mary’s College of California. The volumes produced during that partnership were The Listening World (2002), Fear of Summer (2002), and Slow Dissolve (2003).

The Press honed its mission in the fall of 2003 by deciding to focus on Latino/a writers, thereby following more faithfully in the footsteps of the Chicano Chapbook Series. With the publication of Arroyo in the fall of 2004, Momotombo Press marked its new home at the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame, as well as its venture into prose.