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“We are dedicated to publishing literary dissent from fearless writers.”
Patrick Davis, Publisher
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Unbound Edition Press believes publishing is a serious, important, and powerful act. We are guided by a mission to respect and elevate emerging, underappreciated, and Marginalized Authors, with a strong commitment to advancing LGBTQ+ and bipoc voices. We mean to make meaningful contributions to the literary arts by publishing exceptional if overlooked work. We support the vital efforts of PEN America, and are a proud member of the Independent Book Publishers Association and the community of literary magazines and presses [clmp]. Our titles are distributed by Itasca Books.
Our actions and decisions are shaped by four guiding principles.
We see publishing an author as an honor, a promise, and a partnership. As authors ourselves, we personally know the work, worry, heartache, and joy that goes into shaping a manuscript. When the right author and the right publisher connect, something wonderful can happen together. We both do our best, and we both share in the final result. Our contracts are written to be respectful of and fair to authors. And they are written in plain English, so we always enjoy an easy, mutual understanding.
Authors we publish must have a strikingly original voice and an outstanding command of their craft. And we must be extraordinary in our work, too. A top-quality manuscript deserves to become a top-quality book. We are committed to getting each step of the publishing process right by caring about every detail. That includes: timely responses to submissions, fair and ethical contracts, thoughtful and clear editing, exceptional materials selections, purposeful design and typeface choices, trusted production and distribution partners, and proven marketing approaches. Afterall, a well-made book is an artifact of inspiration. We think it should inspire other authors and future books, too.
The deeply human experience of reading, holding, sharing, and collecting books feels more important than ever. Readers prefer printed books for the undistracted focus, intimacy, and quiet they help create, and for the proud accomplishment of closing one when completed. Bookshelves become memory archives of the people and places, the challenges and delights and ideas, introduced on the page. We believe in the power of real books, and choose to make them our primary focus. Digital tools are amazing and essential to help produce, distribute, market, and sell books, but not necessarily the best to read them.
Making meaningful and beautiful things takes the focused time, attention, and care of human beings. We can publish only a few titles each year, so each one really matters to us personally. Should we work together, we will talk frequently and collaborate extensively to create something remarkable. We cherish the intentional, thoughtful acts of writing and publishing, of bringing ideas to life. We want to keep it simple so that our focus is on books, not bureaucracy.
Patrick Davis writes poetry, essays, literary criticism, and reviews. He is a lifetime voting member of the National Book Critics Circle. His most recent work has been featured or is forthcoming in Kenyon Review, Harvard Review, Salamander, Rain Taxi Review of Books, Gertrude Press, Great River Review, and Provincetown Arts. He also has developed and ghost-written five books for major publishing houses. Under the generous mentorship of William H. Gass, he conducted his graduate research in American literature at Washington University in St. Louis. He previously worked as a consultant to leading print and digital publishers and media companies.
Peter Campion is the author of Radical as Reality: Form and Freedom in American Poetry; four collections of poems, Other People, The Lions, El Dorado, and One Summer Evening at the Falls; as well as several monographs and catalog essays on modern and contemporary visual art. A recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship and the Joseph Brodsky Rome Prize, he teaches in the writing program at the University of Minnesota. Peter also serves as the editor in chief of Revel, the literary journal published by Unbound Edition Press.
Cory Firestine is a writer, artist, and accomplished editor. During his tenure with Unbound Edition Press, he has managed its most complex projects, including the rights, clearances, and approvals for the breakthrough anthologies The Experiment Will Not Be Bound and Kink Is, and a forthcoming collection of celebrated fashion writing. He has also managed reviews for the press’s titles, which have resulted in coveted starred reviews and year-end “best of” lists, in publications such as Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews, and among many others. He also serves as the managing editor of Revel, the literary journal published by Unbound Edition Press. Dedicated to the literary arts broadly, Cory writes novels, short stories, and poetry, and enjoys reading fantasy, science fiction, mystery, literary fiction, and graphic novels. His visual art has appeared on the cover of Glassworks. He holds dual degrees in creative writing and communications.
Sarah Ingber is an artist, writer, and marketing professional living in Brooklyn, NY. She studied studio art and English with a concentration in poetry writing at Kenyon College and has since lent her talents to a diverse array of clientele. Recent artistic pursuits have included illustrations for the Too Far From Town series for Baseball Prospectus, commissioned pet portraiture, and work as Studio Manager and Fabrication Assistant to the artist Lesley Dill. She collaborated with poet Tom Sleigh and filmmaker Ed Robbins on Age of Wonder: Poems from The King’s Touch, a series of short videos featuring Sleigh’s poetry. Ingber currently manages marketing for an MEP Engineering firm in Midtown, Manhattan, and is proud to serve as Communications & Events Manager for Unbound Edition Press. A recently-retired Gotham Roller Derby athlete, she remains passionate about the community and can be found skating by the East River in her time off.