The first book of the Scrub Jay Press 2.0 era will be the new anthology Deep Vines: 60 Fresno Writers for the 21st Century.
In California’s Central Valley, storytellers are intimately intertwined—across generations, across languages and cultures, and across borders both visible and invisible. The poets and writers whose lives embody this expansive region of the West, whether for a few seasons or for decades, contain all the beauty and all the heartache of a shared home like no other. Through Deep Vines their writing connects the places they know: sprawling stories twining their way far from the center of Fresno, stretching past the city’s limits, enduring. In a new anthology 25 years in the making, these 60 Fresno Writers for the 21st Century are vital voices both new and familiar, whose words will resonate beyond the Golden State.
Meet our storytellers:
Megan Anderson Bohigian, Mark Arax, Roda Avelar, Marisol Baca, Jefferson Beavers, Sara Borjas, Mariah Bosch, Michelle Brittan Rosado, Angela Chaidez Vincent, Ethan Chatagnier, Sarah A. Chavez, Corrinne Clegg Hales, Anthony Cody, Mike Cole, Isabella De La Torre, Ronald Dzerigian, Margarita Engle, Kathy Fagan, torrin a. greathouse, Cynthia Guardado, John Hales, C. G. Hanzlicek, J.J. Hernandez, Hermelinda Hernandez Monjaras, Juan Felipe Herrera, Lee Herrick, Soreath Hok, Gabriel Ibarra, Talia Lakshmi Kolluri, Phoua Lee, Suzanne Lummis, Mike Maniquiz, Marisa Mata, Devoya Mayo, Aideed Medina, S. Bryan Medina, Michael Medrano, Sarah Fawn Montgomery, Maceo Montoya, Lena Mubsutina, Manuel Muñoz, Samina Najmi, Delaney R. Olmo, Michelle Patton, Shelby Pinkham Monique Quintana, Joseph Rios, Sasha Roque Pimentel, Brynn Saito, Dixie Salazar, Jeffrey Schultz, Taylor Seals, Von Torres, sami h. tripp, Brian Turner, James Tyner, Mai Der Vang, Soul Vang, Vuong Vu, Jer Xiong
Edited by Jefferson Beavers, Angela Chaidez Vincent, and Ronald Dzerigian.
Preorders open the week of October 12. Available everywhere March 5, 2027.
