Richard Hansen, an independent bookstore owner in Sacramento, CA, started the "Poems for All" project in 2001, creating miniature books of poetry and distributing them for free. He has produced over 1,000 titles and has made tens of thousands of copies. Hansen incorporates the work of both amateur and professional writers, and designs the covers himself.
The Poems-For-All Project began in March 2001 with the publication of The Bells of the Cherokee Ponies by poet and small press publisher d.a. levy. He was a large and influentual part of what became known as The Mimeograph Revolution, a bunch of outsiders publishing on their own terms, by any means available. It seemed fitting that he be one of the first poets published in a series with a similar objective — stuff words (poetry) into the cracks and crevices of a barren cultural landscape. These little books, PFAs, are scattered like seeds. That is, they’re given away, left around, thrown about the place for people to find. Free. Always free.
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