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'''Haymarket Books''' is a [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] [[non-profit]], independent book publisher based in [[Chicago]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/71769-current-affairs-drive-the-mission-and-revenue-at-haymarket-books.html|title=Current Affairs Drive the Mission (and Revenue) at Haymarket Books|work=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=May 4, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

== History ==

Haymarket Books was founded in 2001 by Anthony Arnove, Ahmed Shawki and Julie Fain, all of whom had previously worked at the ''[[International Socialist Review (1956)|International Socialist Review]]''.<ref name=Messinger>{{cite news|last1=Messinger|first1=Jonathan|title=Haymarket Books|url=https://www.timeout.com/chicago/books/haymarket-books|access-date=May 12, 2015|publisher=www.timeout.com|date=November 15, 2011}}</ref><ref name=stoner>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/haymarket-books-publishes-reading-material-for-radicals/Content?oid=68185743|title=Haymarket Books publishes reading material for radicals|date=February 21, 2019|access-date=February 28, 2019|work=[[Chicago Reader]]|first=Rebecca|last=Stoner}}</ref> Its first title was ''The Struggle for Palestine'', a collection of essays by pro-Palestinian activists including [[Edward Said]].<ref name=Messinger/><ref name=stoner/> Haymarket aims, in Fain's words, "to be a socialist workplace in a capitalist world".<ref name=stoner/>

Haymarket was cited by ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' on their list of fast-growing independent publishers in 2017<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/73281-fast-growing-independent-publishers-2017.html|title=Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2017|work=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=May 4, 2018|language=en}}</ref> and 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/76544-fast-growing-independent-publishers-2018.html|title=Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2018|work=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=May 4, 2018|language=en}}</ref> As of {{asof|2019|post=,}} Haymarket publishes 40 to 50 books each season.<ref name=stoner/>

== Publications ==

Notable Haymarket authors include [[Michael Bennett (defensive lineman, born 1985)|Michael Bennett]], [[Noam Chomsky]], [[Angela Davis]], [[Eve Ewing]], [[Naomi Klein]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/74031-how-a-small-press-landed-a-big-fish-in-naomi-klein.html|title=How a Small Press Landed a Big Fish in Naomi Klein|work=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=May 4, 2018|language=en}}</ref> [[Arundhati Roy]], [[Rebecca Solnit]], [[Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor]], [[Howard Zinn]], and [[Dave Zirin]]. In 2005 Haymarket published the sportswriter [[Dave Zirin]]'s ''What’sWhat's My Name, Fool?'', a collection of essays on the relationship between sports and politics.<ref name=Messinger/> In 2018 Haymarket published [[José Olivarez]]'s poetry collection ''Citizen Illegal'', which won the ''[[Chicago Review of Books]]'' award for best poetry and was shortlisted for the [[PEN/Jean Stein Book Award]].<ref name=stoner/>

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