Haymarket Books is a non-profit, independent book publisher based in Chicago.[3]
| Parent company | Center for Economic Research and Social Change[1] |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2001 |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Chicago |
| Distribution | Consortium Books (US) Turnaround Publisher Services (UK)[2] |
| Publication types | Books |
| Official website | www |
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.[4][5] Its first title was The Struggle for Palestine, a collection of essays by pro-Palestinian activists including Edward Said.[4][5] Haymarket aims, in Fain's words, "to be a socialist workplace in a capitalist world".[5]
The name of the publishing house refers to the 1886 Haymarket affair, in which an explosion and ensuing gunfire at a labor demonstration in Chicago resulted in the deaths of seven police officers and at least four civilians.[4][5] Eight anarchists uninvolved in the bombing were subsequently convicted of conspiracy, of whom seven were sentenced to death.
Haymarket was cited by Publishers Weekly on their list of fast-growing independent publishers in 2017[6] and 2018.[7] As of 2019, Haymarket publishes 40 to 50 books each season.[5]
Publications
Notable Haymarket authors include Michael Bennett, Noam Chomsky, Angela Davis, Eve Ewing, Naomi Klein,[8] Arundhati Roy, Rebecca Solnit, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Howard Zinn, and Dave Zirin. In 2005 Haymarket published the sportswriter Dave Zirin's What’s My Name, Fool?, a collection of essays on the relationship between sports and politics.[4] 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.[5]
Haymarket is known for publishing "provocative books from the left end of the political spectrum."[4]
References
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- ^ "Publishers Representatives | Publishers Distributors". Turnaround Publisher Services. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
- ^ "Current Affairs Drive the Mission (and Revenue) at Haymarket Books". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Messinger, Jonathan (November 15, 2011). "Haymarket Books". www.timeout.com. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f Stoner, Rebecca (February 21, 2019). "Haymarket Books publishes reading material for radicals". Chicago Reader. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ^ "Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2017". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- ^ "Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2018". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- ^ "How a Small Press Landed a Big Fish in Naomi Klein". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved May 4, 2018.