Emmerson Street Press

This project is believed to be defunct. (September 2013)

About

Emmerson Street Press is eager to read the work of the vibrant creative people that we know are out there; writers who are proud to be a part of the centuries old literary tradition; writers who have been looking for a place to have their work welcomed.

Country of Publication

Canada

Publication Medium

Print Publication Print Publication

Collapse section Fiction Believed Defunct

While we primarily see ourselves as publishers of literary fiction, we are also extremely open-minded. We love the work of William Gaddis, James Joyce, David Markson, Thomas Pynchon, Italo Calvino, Kathy Acker, Harry Mathews, Samuel Beckett and others that push boundaries, but we also enjoy the more straight-forward styles of Robertson Davies, W.P. Kinsella, Johnathan Franzen, William Spackman, John Updike, A.S. Byatt and others. We love writers with edge. We are not opposed to genre fiction, but demand that the work be of high literary merit. We would be happy to read work from the next Samuel Delaney, Theodore Sturgeon or H.P. Lovecraft. In short, we are after well-written books and favour those that have at least a touch of the avant garde.

Audience:

Unknown

Genres:

Open to all/most Genres, including:
General

Lengths:

Novel: No specific word count limits known (our definition: more than 40000 words).

Styles:

Literary.

Topics:

None found.

Payment:

No monetary advance + Unknown royalties No monetary advance. Unknown royalties.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Nonfiction Believed Defunct

Here are some of the categories we are interested in: The Arts. Books about literature, music, television and film. Witty and intelligent criticism. We love: Hugh Kenner's The Pound Era. Declan Kiberd's Ulysses and Us. Jack Green's Fire the Bastards! Marjorie Perloff's Differentials. Italo Calvino's Why Read the Classics? ...just to name a few. Politics. Contemporary and historical politics with a special interest in nationalism, globalization and culture. Well researched.

Audience:

Unknown

Lengths:

Book: No specific word count limits known.

Styles:

Literary.

Topics:

None found.

Payment:

No monetary advance + Unknown royalties No monetary advance. Unknown royalties.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Poetry Believed Defunct

We love poetry but let's be honest, most of what you find in bookstores is pretty mediocre. We also know that there is a lot of great work being written at this very moment and we'd love to take a look. Instead of trying to describe the type of poetry we are looking for (since we have very broad interests on that front) let's just give a quick list of who we like: Ted Berrigan. Frank O'Hara. John Ashbery. Ted Hughes. Mary Oliver. George Bowering. Kenneth Rexroth. Lorrine Neidecker. Steve McCaffery. Charles Olson. Ron Silliman. da levy. Kenneth Koch. Ezra Pound. ee cummings. Anne Waldman. Allan Ginsberg. James Merrill. Diane Wakoski. Craig Raine. Anne Carson. ....and so many more!

Audience:

Unknown

Genres:

Open to all/most Genres, including:
General

Lengths:

Poetry Collection: No page limits known.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Literary.

Topics:

None found.

Payment:

No monetary advance + Unknown royalties No monetary advance. Unknown royalties.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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