Capra Press

Capra Press is an independent publishing house that was founded in Santa Barbara, California, in 1969. The press relocated to San Francisco, California, in 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://www.booksmith.com/event/capra-press-reborn-jennifer-futernick-i-never-expected-good-life-poems-and-stories|title= Capra Press Reborn|date=2011-12-07|website= www.booksmith.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-26}}

History

Noel Young (1922–2002), a former commercial printer, founded the press in 1969 with a volume of poetry, Journey, by Gordon Grant.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Noel-Young-California-original-Life-and-books-2802438.php|title=Noel Young, California original / Life and books rich in quirks, lore|last=Kipen|first=David|date=2002-06-29|website=SFGate|access-date=2020-02-22}} Previous to the founding of Capra Press, Young had been producing volumes under the imprint of Noel Young Editions and Capricorn Press.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}} Many of the Capra-published books from the 1970s through the 1980s were designed by Frank Allen Goad (1938–2019).{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.com/2019/06/27/frank-allen-goad-1938-2019/|title=Frank Allen Goad: 1938-2019|last=Yatchisin|first=George|date=2019-06-27|website=The Santa Barbara Independent|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-22}} Before his death in 2002, at the age of 79, Young published over three hundred titles with the Capra imprint, including books by such writers as Anaïs Nin, Henry Miller, Raymond Carver, Lawrence Durrell, and Ursula K. Le Guin.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jul-04-me-young4-story.html|title=Noel Young, 79; Founded Independent Capra Press|last1=McLellan|first1=Dennis|date=2002-07-04|website=Los Angeles Times|publisher=Tribune Company|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124080853/http://articles.latimes.com:80/2002/jul/04/local/me-young4 |archive-date=2010-01-24 |access-date=2014-02-23}}{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20120312/51013-capra-press-revived.html|title=Indie Publishing: Capra Press Revived|last1=Werris|first1=Wendy|date=2012-03-09|website=Publishers Weekly|publisher=Publishers Weekly|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226161329/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20120312/51013-capra-press-revived.html |archive-date=2014-02-26 |accessdate=2020-02-21}}

In the last years of operation, as Young's health failed, David Dahl took over editorial duties at Capra.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}} The press was sold to antiquarian book dealer Robert Bason in 2001. In March 2011, Capra was purchased by Hilary Young Brodey (Noel Young's oldest daughter), her husband Phil Brodey, and their friends John and Diana Harrington.

References

External links

[https://caprapress.net/ Official website]
[http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/lilly/mss/html/caprapr.html Lilly Library Manuscript Summary of Capra Volumes]

Category:Publishing companies of the United States

Category:Companies based in Santa Barbara County, California

Category:Companies based in San Francisco

Category:Publishing companies established in 1969