Soft Skull Press
| Parent company | Catapult (Elizabeth Koch) |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1992 |
| Founder | Sander Hicks |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | New York City |
| Distribution | Publishers Group West |
| Nonfiction topics | Alternative culture, LGBTQ literature |
| Imprints | Red Rattle Books |
| Official website | softskull |
Soft Skull Press is an independent book publisher founded by Sander Hicks in 1992, and run by Richard Eoin Nash from 2001 to 2009, and Denise Oswald from 2009 to 2010[1], and Yuka Igarashi since 2017.[2] In 2007, Nash sold Soft Skull to Counterpoint LLC, who closed Soft Skull's New York operation in 2010.[3] Counterpoint merged into fellow publisher Catapult (co-founded and headed by Elizabeth Koch[4]) in 2016; subsequently, Soft Skull reopened its New York office with Yuka Igarashi as editor-in-chief,[5] and began to reissue backlist books, including The Amputee's Guide to Sex by Jillian Weise and Something Bright, Then Holes by Maggie Nelson and Wayne Koestenbaum's 2004 novel, Moira Orfei in Aigues-Mortes with a new title, Circus[6], and to acquire and publish new ones. It is distributed to the book trade by Publishers Group West.
Publications, new and forthcoming, since 2017 reopening
- Martin, Chelsea (2017). Caca Dolce.
- Winnette, Colin (2018). The Job of the Wasp.
- Pomeroy, Tallulah (2018). A Girl’s Guide to Personal Hygiene.
- Tillman, Lynne (2018). Men and Apparitions.
- Pink, Sam (2018). The Garbage Times / White Ibis.
- Dieterich, Leah (2018). Vanishing Twins.
- Motoya, Yukiko (2018). The Lonesome Bodybuilder.
- Knight, Michael Muhammad (2018). Muhammad: Forty Introductions.
- Ives, Lucy (2018). Loudermilk.
- Wilk, Elvia (2019). Oval.
- Duncan, Fiona Alison (2019). Exquisite Mariposa.
- Kawakami, Hiromi (2020). Parade.
- Polek, Nicolette (2020). Imaginary Museums.
- Hahn, Elaine (2020). Romance or the End.
- Pink, Sam (2020). The Ice-Cream Man and Other Stories.
- Koestenbaum, Wayne (2020). Figure It Out.
- Martin, Douglas A. (2020). Branwell.
- Karashima, David (2020). Who We're Reading When We're Reading Murakami.
- Matsuda, Aoko (2020). Where the Wild Ladies Are.
- Elven, Lucie (2021). The Weak Spot.
- Ives, Lucy (2021). Cosmogony.
- Lake, Joss (2021). Future Feeling.
References
- ^ Neyfakh, Leon (April 7, 2009). "Denise Oswald Leaps From Stolid FSG Right into Soft Skull". The New York Observer.
- ^ https://www.authorsguild.org/industry-advocacy/q-editor-yuka-igarashi/
- ^ Neyfakh, Leon (November 2, 2010). "Indie Publisher Soft Skull Press Closes Its Doors In New York". The New York Observer.
- ^ "Elizabeth Koch". Elizabeth Koch. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
- ^ "Two Years Post-merger, Catapult, Counterpoint, and Soft Skull Are Going Strong and headed by [https://www.elizabethkoch.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjwps75BRAcEiwAEiACMcQnNlTji4cOvmF4OKaVkB6r7rUYazzQCqsPQVDAPdjvA2HiwwBvhBoC8dgQAvD_BwE Elizabeth Koch]". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-11-04.
{{cite web}}: External link in|title= - ^ https://softskull.com/bomb-interviews-wayne-koestenbaum-about-circus/