hardPressed poetry was an independent Irish-based poetry publisher run by poetsBilly Mills andCatherine Walsh. With the exception of theIrish Arts Council funded magazine,the Journal, they published without outside funding or sponsorship.[citation needed] Founded in 1985, hardPressed poetry operated fromDublin,Barcelona,Eastbourne andLimerick they described themselves as "a small press which publishes poetry that you won't often find in your local bookshop"[1]the Journal had two issues, one in 1999, and one in 2000.[2]
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They published work byCharles Bernstein,Nicole Brossard,Michael Carlson,Carlota Caulfield,Linda Chown,Brian Coffey,Cid Corman,Theodore Enslin,Matthew Geden,Harry Gilonis,Peter Gizzi,Robert Hampson,Randolph Healy,Fanny Howe,Trevor Joyce,David Lloyd, Sheila Mannix,David Miller,Jordi Valls i Pozo,Tom Raworth,Maurice Scully,Geoffrey Squires,Keith Waldrop,Rosmarie Waldrop,Craig Watson, andAugustus Young and the two editors.[citation needed]