Grove Atlantic
| Company type | Independent |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Headquarters | New York City , United States |
Key people | Morgan Entrekin (President and Publisher) |
| Products | Literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, translated works |
Grove Atlantic, Inc. is an independent American publishing house headquartered in New York City. Established in 1993 through the consolidation of Grove Press and Atlantic Monthly Press, the company promotes itself as "An Independent Literary Publisher Since 1917," a nod to the founding year of Atlantic Monthly Press.
History and operations
The publishing house's imprints—Grove Press, Atlantic Monthly Press, The Mysterious Press, and Black Cat (incorporated in 2018)—specialize in literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, and translated works. Previous imprints have included Canongate U.S. and Open City.
By the year 1990, Atlantic Monthly Press was issuing approximately 40 new hardcover titles annually, spanning both fiction and nonfiction genres. Among Grove Atlantic’s publications are works by the recipients of the 2006 and 2007 Man Booker Prize: The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (Atlantic Monthly Press) and The Gathering by Anne Enright (Black Cat).
Morgan Entrekin holds the positions of president and publisher. In 2015, he played a key role in founding Literary Hub, a prominent digital platform serving the literary community.
Since 2010, selected Grove Atlantic titles have been distributed in the United Kingdom by British publisher Atlantic Books, under the imprint "Grove Press UK."
Editors and publishers
- Gary Fisketjon, Editorial Director from 1986 to 1990
- Ann Godoff, promoted to Editor-in-Chief in 1990
- Carl Navarre, Publisher
- Joan Bingham contributed nearly three decades as executive editor at Grove Atlantic
Notable authors
Prominent writers associated with Grove Atlantic include:
- Kathy Acker
- Samuel Beckett
- Mark Bowden
- William S. Burroughs
- Frantz Fanon
- Raymond Carver
- Richard Ford
- Charles Frazier
- Betsy Lerner
- Donna Leon
- Jay McInerney
- Jim Harrison
- Henry Miller
- Kenzaburō Ōe
- Harold Pinter
- Kay Ryan
- John Kennedy Toole
- Jeanette Winterson
See also
- List of companies based in New York City
- List of English-language book publishing companies
- List of English-language small presses