Greenpoint Press
Encyclopedia
Greenpoint Press is an independent, not-for-profit publishing house based in New York City
. It was founded in 2004 as the book-publishing arm of the webzine Ducts.org. When Ducts merged in 2007 with the New York Writers Workshop, Greenpoint Press became part of the parent organization New York Writers Resources. The Press's stated mission is "to publish high-quality non-fiction
that might otherwise be neglected by commercial publishers, with an emphasis on 'personal stories' with a strong narrative and distinctive voice."
In 2009, Greenpoint Press enlarged its mission to include works of literary fiction
. The first of these was the Shamus Award-nominated, Swann's Last Song. The second is Sloth by Mark Goldblatt.
List of Greenpoint Press books:
How Not To Greet Famous People: The Best Stories from ducts.org edited by Jonathan Kravetz and Charles Salzberg (2004)
The Sentence by Gene Kraig (2006)
Long Gone by Richard Willis (2007)
New York in the Fifties by Dan Wakefield (2008)
Between Heaven and Earth: An Adventure in Free Fall by Doug Garr (2009)
Swann's Last Song by Charles Salzberg
(2010)
Sloth by Mark Goldblatt
(2010)
Dude du Jour of Somalia by Dr. Eli Shaber (2010)
"The House on Crash Corner" by Mindy Greenstein (forward by David Brooks
)
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. It was founded in 2004 as the book-publishing arm of the webzine Ducts.org. When Ducts merged in 2007 with the New York Writers Workshop, Greenpoint Press became part of the parent organization New York Writers Resources. The Press's stated mission is "to publish high-quality non-fiction
Non-fiction
Non-fiction is the form of any narrative, account, or other communicative work whose assertions and descriptions are understood to be fact...
that might otherwise be neglected by commercial publishers, with an emphasis on 'personal stories' with a strong narrative and distinctive voice."
In 2009, Greenpoint Press enlarged its mission to include works of literary fiction
Literary fiction
Literary fiction is a term that came into common usage during the early 1960s. The term is principally used to distinguish "serious fiction" which is a work that claims to hold literary merit, in comparison from genre fiction and popular fiction . In broad terms, literary fiction focuses more upon...
. The first of these was the Shamus Award-nominated, Swann's Last Song. The second is Sloth by Mark Goldblatt.
List of Greenpoint Press books:
How Not To Greet Famous People: The Best Stories from ducts.org edited by Jonathan Kravetz and Charles Salzberg (2004)
The Sentence by Gene Kraig (2006)
Long Gone by Richard Willis (2007)
New York in the Fifties by Dan Wakefield (2008)
Between Heaven and Earth: An Adventure in Free Fall by Doug Garr (2009)
Swann's Last Song by Charles Salzberg
Charles Salzberg
Charles Salzberg is an American journalist, novelist and renowned writing instructor. The author or co-author of many books, Salzberg was born in New York City in 1946. He graduated from Barnard School for Boys in 1963, then attended Syracuse University and earned a bachelors degree in English in...
(2010)
Sloth by Mark Goldblatt
Mark M. Goldblatt
Mark Meyer Goldblatt is an American journalist, novelist, theologian and educator. He attended Queens College of the City University of New York from 1974-1979, where he earned a bachelors degree in English...
(2010)
Dude du Jour of Somalia by Dr. Eli Shaber (2010)
"The House on Crash Corner" by Mindy Greenstein (forward by David Brooks
David Brooks (journalist)
David Brooks is a Canadian-born political and cultural commentator who considers himself a moderate and writes for the New York Times...
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