Founded | 2001 |
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Founder | Steve Berman |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | Amherst, Massachusetts |
Publication types | Books |
Fiction genres | LGBT literature |
Imprints | Tincture |
Official website |
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Lethe Press is an American book publishing company based in Western Massachusetts. [1] Launched in 2001 by Steve Berman, a writer and a former employee of Giovanni's Room Bookstore in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, [1] the company was originally launched to publish speculative fiction, primarily LGBT-themed, [1] as well as rereleasing out of print titles from other LGBT publishers. [2] In recent years, with numerous LGBT-oriented publishing companies folding, the company has also expanded its line to include new LGBT-themed non-fiction, poetry, and anthology titles. [3]
The company also Tincture, a separate imprint for LGBT people of color. [4]
In 2012, The Advocate published a piece by Berman criticizing the structure and organization of the Lambda Literary Awards. [5] His criticism included the fact that while many categories have separate awards for gay men and lesbians, the award offers no transparency in its judging and maintains only a single gender-neutral category for both speculative fiction and anthologies. [5]