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founded by Danielle Dutton and Martin Riker in 2009. Dorothy specializes in publishing short works of literary fiction written by women. The press releases two books each year, with the titles being a mix of new works and reprints. Some are written in English and others are translated from foreign languages. Dorothy has been lauded for its promotion of experimental literature that blends together different forms and styles, often crossing over between prose and poetry, as well as for its design aesthetic and the tactile appeal of its books as physical objects. Dorothy is largely operated by its founders. The press derives its name from Dutton's great-aunt, Dorothy Traver. Traver worked as a librarian in San Bernardino County in the 1950s and 60s. She travelled around in her station wagon into delivering books to distant towns that were lacking in libraries and well stocked book shops. Renee Gladman, the first author published by Dorothy, also helped in choosing the press's name. A writer for ''

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'' said, "Dorothy books emerge each October like ringing endorsements of writers you’ve never heard of by a friend whose taste you can absolutely trust."

Notable authors

* Nell Zink *

Joanna Ruocco Joanna Ruocco is a prize-winning American author and co-editor of the fiction journal ''Birkensnake''. In 2013, she received the Pushcart Prize for her story "If the Man Took" and is also winner of the Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize. ...

* Nathalie Léger * Barbara Comyns *

Leonora Carrington Mary Leonora Carrington (6 April 191725 May 2011) was a British-born Mexican artist, surrealist painter, and novelist. She lived most of her adult life in Mexico City and was one of the last surviving participants in the surrealist movement o ...

Marianne Fritz Marianne Fritz (14 December 1948 – 1 October 2007) was an Austrian writer and novelist. She is known for her multi-volume series of novels dealing with the history of Austria in the twentieth century. Her work is noted for its experimental n ...

* Renee Gladman * Manuela Draeger * Amina Cain *

Suzanne Scanlon Suzanne may refer to: People * Suzanne (given name), a feminine given name (including a list of people with the name) * S. U. Zanne, pen name of August Vandekerkhove (1838–1923), Belgian writer and inventor * Suzanne, pen name of Renée Méndez ...

* Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi * Joanna Walsh * Jen George * Cristina Rivera Garza * Sabrina Orah Mark * Rosmarie Waldrop *

Marguerite Duras Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (, 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film '' Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) e ...

Books

* ''Me & Other Writing'' by Marguerite Duras (translated by Olivia Baes & Emma Ramadan) * ''The Hanky of Pippin's Daughter'' by Rosmarie Waldrop * ''Wild Milk'' by Sabrina Orah Mark * ''The Taiga Syndrome'' by Cristina Rivera Garza (translated by Suzanne Jill Levine & Aviva Kana) * ''Houses of Ravicka'' by Renee Gladman * ''The Complete Stories'' by Leonora Carrington * '' The Babysitter at Rest'' by Jen George * ''Suite for Barbara Loden'' by Nathalie Léger (translated by Natasha Lehrer & Cécile Menon) * ''Vertigo'' by Joanna Walsh * ''The Weight of Things'' by Marianne Fritz (translated by Adrian Nathan West) * ''The Wallcreeper'' by Nell Zink * ''Dan'' by Joanna Ruocco * ''Creature'' by Amina Cain * ''Ana Patova Crosses a Bridge'' by Renee Gladman * ''Promising Young Women'' by Suzanne Scanlon * ''Fra Keeler'' by Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi * ''In the Time of the Blue Ball'' by Manuela Draeger (translated by Brian Evenson & Valerie Evenson) * ''The Ravickians'' by Renee Gladman * ''Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead'' by Barbara Comyns * ''Event Factory'' by Renee Gladman

References

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External links

* ''Wild Milk'' i
''The Paris Review'' Staff's Favorite Books of 2018
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