The New Press

The New Press

"Established in 1990 as a major alternative to the large, commercial publishers, The New Press is a not-for-profit publishing house operated editorially in the public interest. It is committed to publishing in innovative ways works of educational, cultural, and community value that, despite their intellectual merits, may be deemed insufficiently profitable by commercial publishers. Like the Public Broadcasting System and National Public Radio as they were originally conceived, The New Press aims to provide ideas and viewpoints under-represented in the mass media.

"Since publishing its first book in 1992, The New Press has been widely hailed as a leading trade publisher. Booksellers, educators, critics and readers have extensively praised the New Press's books, and they have been the recipients of numerous awards. The Press itself has been featured in publications from the New York Times, The Nation, Education Week and the Christian Science Monitor to The Guardian (UK), Toronto Globe and Mail (Canada), Le Monde (France), and many other international media."

Directors
Accessed December 2007:
 * Lisa Adams - Founder, The Garamond Agency
 * Ellen Adler - Publisher, The New Press
 * Tom Blanton - Director, National Security Archive
 * Sarah Burnes - Literary Agent, The Gernert Company
 * Faith Childs - Secretary - Director, Faith Childs Literary Agency
 * Barbara Ehrenreich - Author and Columnist
 * Antonia Grumbach - Partner, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler
 * Shirley Hune - Associate Dean, Graduate Division, UCLA; former President, Association for Asian American Studies
 * Jane Isay - Chair - Former Editor-in-Chief, Harcourt Brace
 * Peter Kwong - Chair, Asian American Studies, Department, Hunter College
 * Frances Fox Piven Editorial Advisory Board Chair - Professor of Political Science, CUNY
 * Norman Redlich - Professor of Law Emeritus and former Dean, NYU Law School; Counsel, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
 * Andre Schiffrin - Founder and Editor-at-Large, The New Press
 * Anthony M. Schulte - Treasurer - Former Executive Vice-President, Random House
 * Diane Wachtell - Executive Director, The New Press
 * Woodward A. Wickham - Vicechair - Former Vice-President, The Catherine T. and John D. MacArthur Foundation
 * Tina Weiner - Publishing Director, Yale University Press
 * Counsel: Edward J. Davis - Partner, Davis, Wright, Tremaine

Supporters
"The New Press is extremely grateful for the support of the following institutions:"


 * Butler's Hole Fund of the Boston Foundation
 * Center for Justice and International Law
 * Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
 * Everett Foundation, Inc.
 * Florence Gould Foundation
 * Ford Foundation
 * J.M. Kaplan Fund
 * Graham Foundation for Advance Studies in the Fine Arts
 * JEHT Foundation
 * W.K. Kellogg Foundation
 * Kendeda Sustainability Fund of *Tides Foundation
 * John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
 * Charles Stuart Mott Foundation
 * Nathan Cummings Foundation
 * New York State Council on the Arts
 * Overbrook Foundation
 * Open Society Institute
 * Renco Group
 * Rockefeller Foundation
 * Slovin Foundation
 * Surdna Foundation

Contact

 * Web: http://www.thenewpress.com

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 * Kenneth B. Clark Prize