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| Parent company | Center for Economic Research and Social Change [1] |
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| Status | operating |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Chicago |
| Distribution | Consortium Books |
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| Publication types | Books |
| Nonfiction topics | socialism |
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Haymarket Books is a left-wing non-profit, independent book publisher based in Chicago. [2]
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. [3] [4] Its first title was The Struggle for Palestine, a collection of essays by pro-Palestinian activists including Edward Said. [3] [4] Haymarket aims, in Fain's words, "to be a socialist workplace in a capitalist world". [4]
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. [3] [4] 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 [5] and 2018. [6] As of 2019, [update] Haymarket publishes 40 to 50 books each season. [4]
Publications
Notable Haymarket authors include Michael Bennett, Noam Chomsky, Angela Davis, Eve Ewing, Naomi Klein, [7] 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. [3] 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. [4]
Haymarket is known for publishing "provocative books from the left end of the political spectrum." [3]
References
- ^ Pixel, Partisan. "CERSC". cersc.org.
- ^ "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". 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.
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