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Title: Sore Dove Press records
Identifier/Call Number: Printers Mss 104
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
22.88 linear feet
(15 document boxes, 14 flat boxes, 1 audiocassette, 1 DVD)
Creator:
Sore Dove Press
Source:
Dahi, Soheyl, 1954-
Date (inclusive): 1986-2018
Abstract: Founded in 1986 by Soheyl Dahi in San Francisco, CA, Sore Dove Press specializes in the publication of Beat writers. These
records include correspondence, magazines, press releases, manuscripts, posters, photographs, chapbooks, boxed editions, broadsides,
crockery, and artwork. These materials feature numerous prominent writers and figures including Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jack
Hirschman, Leonard Cohen, Amber Tamblyn, Linda King, as well as many others.
The collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Gift of Soheyl Dahi, 2018.
Soheyl Dahi, the founder of Sore Dove Press, was born in Iran in 1954. After completing his education in England in 1978 and
deciding he wanted to experience living in the United States, Dahi returned to an Iran plagued by political unrest that affected
his travel. Finally arriving in the U.S in 1979, Dahi headed west to California and settled in San Francisco.
There, Dahi pursued his literary interests. As an Iranian in America during fraught political times, he was comforted by the
open and accepting community of poets and writers surrounding City Lights Bookstore. Inspired by the artistic scene he found,
Dahi established Sore Dove Press in 1986 with two friends; however, after publishing two magazines in 1986 and a few books
by 1992, a lack of funds eventually led Dahi to put his publishing efforts and press to the side.
In 2003, however, Dahi was inspired by John Martin's model for Black Sparrow Press. Dahi adapted this model and adjusted and
focused his output goals to limited and boxed editions, broadsides, and artwork. Since 2003, the press has been in continuous
operation, and Dahi has published works by and developed relationships with Jack Hirschman, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Michael
McClure, Harold Norse, Joanne Kyger, Diane di Prima, ruth weiss, David Meltzer, and many others.
[Identification of Item], Sore Dove Press records, Printers Mss 104. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa
Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Spanning from 1986 until 2018, the collection, featuring numerous Beat poets and prominent figures, consists of three series.
The first series is Editorial files, which include editorial correspondence, checks signed by artists of note, contracts,
manuscripts and proofs with editorial notes and corrections, photographs, several explanatory notes by Dahi, and a small number
of published materials including magazines, broadsides and chapbooks.
The second series is Published Materials, which includes chapbooks, broadsides, artwork and boxed editions. Most all materials
in this series have been signed by their authors and/or artists.
Lastly, the third series is Audiovisual, which includes a Harold Norse documentary, and an audiotape of Soheyl Dahi interviewing
Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
This collection has been organized into the following series: 1. Editorial Files; 2. Published Materials; and 3: Audiovisual.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
American poetry
American literature
Beat poetry
Beats (Persons)
Poets, American
Publishers and publishing -- California -- San Francisco
Audiocassettes
Broadsheet (format)
Chapbooks
Contracts
Correspondence
DVDs
Manuscripts (documents)
Magazines (periodicals)
Posters
Press releases
Publications (documents)
Works of art
Sore Dove Press -- Archives
Dahi, Soheyl, 1954-
Dahi, Soheyl, 1954-
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
Hirschman, Jack, 1933-
Cohen, Leonard, 1934-2016
Tamblyn, Amber
King, Linda, 1940-