They publish fiction, poetry, and essays.
[2] Poet Susan Bright and Chuck Taylor founded Slough Press in 1973 in Austin, Texas, and moved to El Paso briefly before returning to Austin.
As of 2017, Slough Press was operating out of Austin with new publisher Christopher Carmona.
[1] Writers on their roster include Ricardo Sánchez, Hedwig Gorski, and Christopher Carmona.
Slough also published satirical Latino poet José Montalvo's collections Black Hat Poems (1987) and Welcome to My New World (1992).