April Ossmann

Ossmann was executive director of Alice James Books from 2000 to 2008, presiding over a period of growth that, according to Poets & Writers, saw the press budget more than double in size,[6] and saw the publication of the best-selling Here, Bullet, by Brian Turner, which garnered major media attention.[7][8][9][10] According to Publishers Weekly, which interviewed Ossmann on the occasion of Alice James Books’ thirtieth anniversary, "the press received a three-year, $250,000 stabilization grant from an anonymous donor...With the grant, the press added two full-time staffers, upgraded its equipment, and launched a website with secure online ordering. The press also signed with a trade distributor for the first time, Consortium Book Sales and Distribution."[11] According to Valley News (West Lebanon, NH) reporter Kristen Fountain, “It was an all-consuming, life-changing position, during which she stabilized the company's financial structure, increased its output and helped push its books into the national press.”[12]

Since leaving Alice James Books in 2008[13] to launch her own business, she has worked as a freelance editor and consultant.[14][15][16][17]

Ossmann has taught literature and creative writing for the MFA in Creative Writing Program at Sierra Nevada College at Lake Tahoe,[18] the University of Maine at Farmington, and Lebanon College,[19] and has performed at Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing residencies and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference[20] as a visiting publisher. She currently teaches poetry workshops[21][22] and private tutorials.[23]

• April Ossmann website
• Poets & Writers Directory, April Ossmann Listing
• Interview with Ossmann by Publishers Weekly | Alice James Books at 30 | by Judith Rosen | 05/19/2003
• Interview with April Ossmann | Foreword Magazine | Archive: Foreword This Week | 07.23.03 | Independent Anniversaries of Note | 30 Years-Alice James Books, Farmington, ME