Abalone Mountain Press is a Diné woman owned press existing on occupied Akimel O'odham land. The meaning behind Abalone Mountain comes from the Diné name(Dookʼoʼoosłííd) for the so-called San Francisco peaks in Flagstaff, Arizona. Abalone Shell Mountain is one of the four sacred mountains for Diné. The owner of Abalone Mountain press, Amber McCrary grew up in Flagstaff, Arizona therefore this sacred mountain is near and dear to her heart and among many Diné and Hopi folks
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POETRY Magazine September 2022 issue.
Interview with Abalone Mountain Press by Esther Belin, Eric Lockard, Amber McCrary, and Tyler Mitchell.
“I first met Amber McCrary via my daughter, Sierra Edd, and got to know her better when she interviewed me for a podcast on one of my recent editorial publications, The Diné Reader. Her momentum to take forward her publishing house, Abalone Mountain Press, and her commitment to Indigenous publishing is an achievement worth celebrating.”
Interview with Chapter House Journal
Finding Poetry, Founding a Press: An Interview with Amber McCrary, Founder of Abalone Mountain Press by Tyisha Mitchell.
“I always incorporated my culture. I always wrote because I always wanted to make zines or poetry. Anything I’m writing I always wanted to make it [for] 16-year-old me. What would 16-year-old me want to read or see from … like seeing apart of themselves in a story or a zine or a poem? So that’s always been a part of my motto. When Native people stop relating to my content, I think that’s when I’m starting to move away from what I really am doing as an artist.”
Logo by Paul Molina
Logo by Marriah Slim