Other Press

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Other Press
Founded1998
FoundersJudith Feher Gurewich and Michael Moskowitz
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationNew York City
Distribution Penguin Random House Publisher Services [1]
Publication typesBooks
Official website www.otherpress.com

Other Press is an independent publisher of literary fiction and non-fiction, based in New York City. Founded in 1998 to publish academic and psychoanalytic titles, [2] Other Press has since expanded to publish novels, short stories, nonfiction, poetry, and memoirs. [3] [4] Dedicated to publishing literature at its finest, Other Press emphasizes storytelling and exploring the limits of knowledge and imagination. [5]

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Books and authors

Other Press has published books by contemporary American authors as well as translated works from around the world. They publish books from a wide range of authors such as Simon Mawer, Hervé Le Tellier, Peter Stamm, Sarah Bakewell, Michael Greenberg, Ninni Holmqvist, Michael Crummey, Atiq Rahimi, Erri De Luca, Saleem Haddad, Bruce Bauman, and Alberto Moravia. [6]

Some of their best-known titles include:

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