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| Company Name: | SOUTH END PRESS |
| Company Location(s): | Cambridge, MA |
| Books per Year: | 6-12 |
| Number of Employees: | 4 |
| Description: | South End Press is an independent, in-the-public-interest, collectively run book publisher with more than 250 titles in print. Since our founding in 1977, we have tried to meet the needs of readers who are exploring, or are already committed to, the politics of radical social change. Our goal is to publish books that encourage critical thinking and constructive action on the key political, cultural, social, economic, and ecological issues shaping life in the United States and in the world. We hope to provide a forum for a wide variety of democratic social movements, and provide an alternative to the products of corporate publishing.
From its inception, the Press has organized itself as an egalitarian collective with decision-making arranged to share as equally as possible the rewards and stresses of running the business. Each collective member is responsible for core editorial and administrative tasks, and all collective members earn the same base salary. The Press also has made a practice of inverting the pervasive racial and gender hierarchies in traditional publishing houses; our staff has had a female majority since the mid-1980s, and has included at least 50 percent people of color since the mid-1990s. Our author list?which includes Arundhati Roy, Noam Chomsky, bell hooks, Winona LaDuke, Manning Marable, Ward Churchill, Cherr?e Moraga, and Howard Zinn?reflects the Press's commitment to publish on diverse issues from diverse perspectives. |
| Type(s) of Publisher: | Alternative Media Independent Publishers Trade Publishing: Adult |
| Company Website: | www.southendpress.org |
| Phone: | 617-547-4002 |
| Fax: | 617-547-1333 |
