Haymarket Books

American Chicago-based non-profit publisher of books about socialism

Not to be confused with Haymarket Media Group.

Haymarket Books

Parent company| Center for Economic Research and Social Change[1]
Status| operating
Founded| 2001
Country of origin| United States
Headquarters location| Chicago
Distribution| Consortium Books
Key people|

* Anthony Arnove
* Ahmed Shawki
* Julie Fain

Publication types| Books
Nonfiction topics| socialism
Official website| Official website

Haymarket Books is an American non-profit, independent book publisher based in Chicago and emphasizing works on left-wing politics.[2]

## History

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Haymarket Books was founded in 2001 by Anthony Arnove, Ahmed Shawki and Julie Fain, all of whom had previously worked at the International Socialist Review.[3][4] Its first title was The Struggle for Palestine, a collection of essays by pro-Palestinian activists including Edward Said.[3][4] Haymarket aims, in Fain's words, "to be a socialist workplace in a capitalist world".[4]

The name of the publishing house refers to the 1886 Haymarket affair, in which a bombing and ensuing gunfire at a labor demonstration in Chicago resulted in the deaths of seven police officers and at least four civilians.[3][4] Eight anarchists were subsequently convicted of conspiracy for the bombing, and several were sentenced to death, though the trial and verdict were controversial as evidence presented in court indicated one of the defendants may have built the bomb, but none of those on trial had thrown it, and only two of the eight were at the Haymarket around the time of the explosion.

Haymarket was cited by Publishers Weekly on their list of fast-growing independent publishers in 2017[5] and 2018.[6] As of 2019,[update] Haymarket publishes 40 to 50 books each season.[4]

## Publications

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Notable Haymarket authors include Michael Bennett, Noam Chomsky, Angela Davis, Eve Ewing, Naomi Klein,[7] Arundhati Roy, Rebecca Solnit, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Howard Zinn, and Dave Zirin. In 2005 Haymarket published the sportswriter Dave Zirin's What's My Name, Fool?, a collection of essays on the relationship between sports and politics.[3] In 2018 Haymarket published José Olivarez's poetry collection Citizen Illegal, which won the Chicago Review of Books award for best poetry and was shortlisted for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award.[4]

Haymarket is known for publishing "provocative books from the left end of the political spectrum."[3]

## References

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1. ^ Pixel, Partisan. "CERSC". cersc.org.
2. ^ "Current Affairs Drive the Mission (and Revenue) at Haymarket Books". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
3. ^ a b c d e Messinger, Jonathan (November 15, 2011). "Haymarket Books". timeout.com. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
4. ^ a b c d e f Stoner, Rebecca (February 21, 2019). "Haymarket Books publishes reading material for radicals". Chicago Reader. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
5. ^ "Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2017". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
6. ^ "Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2018". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
7. ^ "How a Small Press Landed a Big Fish in Naomi Klein". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved May 4, 2018.

## External links

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* Official website

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

Other|

* MusicBrainz label