The Small Press Traffic Archives encompass 50+ years of literary activity, including a Print Collection and Audio/Video Collection accessible via this website, and materials related to SPT’s history. These collections reflect happenings and genealogies — tracing publishing projects, reading series, and the poets who have called the Bay Area home.

The Print Collection can be found in the Small Press Traffic Reading Room, located at Et al. gallery & bookstore in the Mission.  If you’d like to visit, please review our Visitation Policy and fill out the Visitor Form.

The SPT Archives are in an early stage of development; what you see here is just a fragment of fifty years of small press culture in and around the Bay Area. We depend on the knowledge and support of our community members to maintain these archives. Please, get in touch!