Other Press is an

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and

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, based in

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. Founded in 1998 to publish academic and psychoanalytic titles, Other Press has since expanded to publish novels, short stories, nonfiction, poetry, and memoirs. Dedicated to publishing literature at its finest, Other Press emphasizes storytelling and exploring the limits of knowledge and imagination.

Books and authors

Other Press has published books by contemporary American authors as well as translated works from around the world. They publish books from a wide range of authors such as

Simon Mawer Simon Mawer ( ; born 1948, England) is a British author who lives in Italy. Life and work Born in 1948 and was educated at Millfield School in Somerset and at Brasenose College, Oxford, Mawer took a degree in Zoology and has worked as a biology ...

Hervé Le Tellier Hervé Le Tellier (born 21 April 1957) is a French writer and linguist, and a member of the international literary group Oulipo (Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle, which translates roughly as "workshop of potential literature"). He is its fou ...

Peter Stamm Peter Stamm (born 18 January 1963 in Münsterlingen) is a Swiss writer. His prize-winning books have been translated into more than thirty languages. For his entire body of work and his accomplishments in fiction, he was short-listed for the ...

Sarah Bakewell Sarah Bakewell (born 1963) is a British author and professor. She currently lives in London. She received the Windham–Campbell Literature Prize in Non-Fiction. Early life Bakewell was born in the seaside town of Bournemouth, England, where h ...

, Michael Greenberg,

Ninni Holmqvist Ninni Holmqvist, born 24 June 1958 in Lund and currently living in Scania, Sweden, is a translator and author of fiction. She has published two novels and two collections of short stories since 1995. Her nove''The Unit'' (Other Press Other P ...

Michael Crummey Michael Crummey (born November 18, 1965) is a Canadian poet and a writer of historical fiction. His writing often draws on the history and landscape of Newfoundland and Labrador. Early life and education Crummey was born in Buchans, Newfoundl ...

, Atiq Rahimi,

Erri De Luca Enrico "Erri" De Luca (born 20 May 1950, Naples) is an Italian novelist, translator and poet. He has been recognized by critic Giorgio De Rienzo of '' Corriere della Sera'' as "the writer of the decade". He is also known for his opposition to t ...

Saleem Haddad Saleem Haddad (born 1983) is an author, filmmaker and aid worker of Iraqi-German and Palestinian-Lebanese descent, whose debut novel ''Guapa'' was published in 2016. Early life Saleem Haddad was born in Kuwait City in 1983 to a Lebanese-Palest ...

, Bruce Bauman, and

Alberto Moravia Alberto Moravia ( , ; born Alberto Pincherle ; 28 November 1907 – 26 September 1990) was an Italian novelist and journalist. His novels explored matters of modern sexuality, social alienation and existentialism. Moravia is best known for his d ...

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The Glass Room ''The Glass Room'', by British author Simon Mawer, was published in 2009 by Other Press in the United States and Little Brown in the United Kingdom. It was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2009. Summary The Landauers, a recently marri ...

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, '' How to Live (biography)'' * Michael Greenberg, ''

Hurry Down Sunshine ''Hurry Down Sunshine'' is a best-selling 2008 memoir by nonfiction writer Michael Greenberg. The book tells the story of the author's daughter and her battle with mental illness. Reception The book received attention for both its literary ...

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Kamel Daoud Kamel Daoud ( ar, كمال داود; born June 17, 1970) is a French-Algerian writer and journalist. He currently edits the French-language daily '' Le quotidien d’Oran,'' for which he writes a popular column, "Raïna Raïkoum" (Our Opinion, Y ...

, '' The Meursault Investigation'' *

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External links

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Book publishing companies based in New York (state) Publishing companies established in 1998