West End Press is an American publishing house specializing in politically progressive literature. Founded in

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in 1975 by John Crawford, the press has published more than 100 titles by writers such as

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Pablo Neruda Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto (12 July 1904 – 23 September 1973), better known by his pen name and, later, legal name Pablo Neruda (; ), was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Nerud ...

, Thomas McGrath, Sharon Doubiago, and

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. It is now based in

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, and its books are distributed by the

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. West End takes its name from The West End Bar, located on

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across from

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, which was the original site of ''West End Magazine'', established 1971. The name was carried over to West End Press by Crawford, who served as editor and publisher of both the magazine and the press, and who frequented the bar with other students and writers while completing graduate studies at Columbia.

External links

West End Press website
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