Publishing the work of voices that deserve to be heard in books 

“I appreciate the care that IFSF and Brooks Roddan took in publishing the two books I have with the press a great deal. I was able to specify the sort of type style and design I had in mind and my preferences were well respected. Brooks was particularly insightful in helping choose the poems in Past & Presently, and I am well pleased with the way that the stories in That Treeplanting Story sit upon their pages. It’s also a pleasure to be on the same list as terrific poets like Dawn McGuire and Sally King. And then there’s that Thomas Fuller. IFSF is a class outfit, all the way around.”

“The cool design of IFSF books and their titles—Monsieur Ambivalence: A Post-Literate Fable, orThe Aphasia Cafe—were a magnet for me. One couldn’t miss the originality and daring. I found a European-style sophistication in this small publishing house in San Francisco, on the edge of a continent and of literature. Publishing my memoir Kiss Me Again, Paris with Brooks Roddan was an experience unlike any other I had here or abroad. Brooks gave me the creative freedom to shape and design my book inside-out, but that wasn’t all: i was his recognition of what I was after! Brooks’ artistic sense as a poet and post-modern novelist sharpened my vision. His encouragement made him my ‘ideal’ publisher, way-companion, and friend.”