Bill Henderson (publisher)

Bill Henderson is founder and editor of Pushcart Press, publisher of the annual Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses. His anthology, featuring fiction, poetry and essays, has earned national recognition and is celebrating its 40th anniversary.{{Cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/68947-bill-henderson-marks-40-years-of-the-pushcart-prize.html|title=Bill Henderson Marks 40 Years of the Pushcart Prize|website=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=2016-04-27}} Pushcart Press was awarded the 1979 Carey Thomas Prize for Publisher of the Year by Publishers Weekly.{{Cite web|url=http://www.montauksun.com/where-words-survive-and-thrive/|title=Where Words Survive and Thrive {{!}} Montauk Sun|website=www.montauksun.com|access-date=2016-04-27}}

He has also edited and published many other books, including The Publish-It-Yourself Handbook (1973),{{Cite web|url=https://www.buffalolib.org/vufind/Record/981733/Reviews|title=Summary/Reviews: The publish-it-yourself handbook|website=www.buffalolib.org|access-date=2016-04-27}} The Art of Literary Publishing (1980),{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aP13AAAAIAAJ|title=The Art of literary publishing: editors on their craft|last=Henderson|first=Bill|date=January 1, 1980|publisher=Pushcart|isbn=9780916366056|language=en}} and Rotten Reviews (1986){{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-27-bk-31338-story.html|title=The Bracing Brine of Plain Dislike : ROTTEN REVIEWS A Literary Companion Bill Henderson, editor (Pushcart: $12.50; 93 pp., illustrated): ROTTEN REVIEWS II A Literary Companion Bill Henderson, editor (Pushcart: $12.95; 93 pp., illustrated)|last=Ceplair|first=Larry|date=December 27, 1987|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|access-date=2016-04-27}} a look at negative reviews of now-classic literature, and Minutes of the Lead Pencil Club (1995){{Cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-916366-84-1|title=Nonfiction Book Review: Minutes of the Lead Pencil Club: Second Thoughts on the Electronic Revolution by Lead Pencil Club|website=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=2016-04-27}}

Henderson received the 2005 Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle{{Cite web|url=https://www.bookcritics.org/awards/sandrof/|title=National Book Critics Circle: sandrof|website=bookcritics.org|access-date=2016-04-27}} and the 2006 Poets & Writers/Barnes & Noble's "Writers for Writers."{{Cite web|url=http://www.pw.org/about-us/writers_writers_award_and_editors_award|title=Writers for Writers Award, Editor's Award {{!}} Poets and Writers|website=www.pw.org|date=February 12, 2008 |access-date=2016-04-27}} He was awarded the American Academy of Arts and Letters 2020 citation for Distinguished Service to the Arts.{{Cite web|title=Awards – American Academy of Arts and Letters|url=https://artsandletters.org/awards/|access-date=2020-12-14|language=en-US}}

Henderson is the author of the novel The Kid That Could (1970); and the memoirs His Son (1980); Her Father (1995); Tower (2000);{{Cite web|url=http://www.billhendersonscribe.com/tower__faith__vertigo_and_amateur_construction_122932.htm|title=Tower: Faith, Vertigo and Amateur Construction – Bill Henderson|last=Henderson|first=Bill|website=www.billhendersonscribe.com|access-date=2016-04-27}} Simple Gifts (2006); and All My Dogs: A Life (2011).{{Cite web|url=http://www.billhendersonscribe.com/all_my_dogs__a_life_122920.htm|title=All My Dogs: A Life – Bill Henderson|last=Henderson|first=Bill|website=www.billhendersonscribe.com|access-date=2016-04-27}} His most recent memoir, Cathedral: An Illness and a Healing{{Cite web|url=http://www.billhendersonscribe.com/cathedral__an_illness_and_a_healing_122919.htm|title=Cathedral: An Illness and a Healing – Bill Henderson|last=Henderson|first=Bill|website=www.billhendersonscribe.com|access-date=2016-04-27}} was published in 2014. Two New York Times articles detail Tower and Cathedral.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/08/garden/living-in-a-nutshell-a-tower-rises-above-trouble.html|title=LIVING IN A NUTSHELL; A Tower Rises Above Trouble|last=Henderson|first=Bill|date=June 8, 2000|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-04-27}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/16/garden/bill-henderson-of-pushcart-press-builds-a-personal-cathedral.html|title=Bill Henderson of Pushcart Press Builds a Personal Cathedral|last=Kurutz|first=Steven|date=October 13, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-04-27}}

Henderson lives on the East End of Long Island and in Maine with his wife, Genie Chipps Henderson. His daughter, Lily Frances Henderson, is a filmmaker and director based in Brooklyn, New York.{{Cite web|url=http://lilyfranceshenderson.com/|title=Portfolio|website=Lily Frances Henderson|access-date=2016-04-27}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/16/garden/bill-henderson-of-pushcart-press-builds-a-personal-cathedral.html|title=Bill Henderson of Pushcart Press Builds a Personal Cathedral|last=Kurutz|first=Steven|date=October 13, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-04-27}} He owns and runs "The World's Smallest Bookstore",{{Cite web|url=http://www.bustle.com/articles/106616-heres-a-look-at-the-worlds-smallest-bookstore-and-5-tiny-books-it-should-definitely-sell|title=Here's A Look At The World's Smallest Bookstore, And 5 Tiny Books It Should Definitely Sell|last=Wilson|first=Kristian|date=August 26, 2016|website=www.bustle.com|access-date=2016-04-27}} located in Sedgwick, Maine.{{Cite web|url=http://weeklypacket.com/multimedia/photos/2015/aug/20/worlds-smallest-bookstore/#.VyCyYKODGkr|title="World's Smallest Bookstore" {{!}} Penobscot Bay Press|website=The Weekly Packet|access-date=2016-04-27}}

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