New Village Press

{{Short description|American non-profit book publisher}}

{{Infobox publisher

|name = New Village Press

|status = Active

|founded = 2005

|country = United States

|headquarters = New York, New York

|distribution = NYU Press

|publications = Books

|website = {{url|https://newvillagepress.org}}

|founder = Lynne Elizabeth (Director)

|image = New Village Press.jpg}}

New Village Press is a not-for-profit book publisher founded in 2005 in the San Francisco Bay Area now based in New York, New York. It began as a national publishing project of Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR), an educational non-profit organization founded in 1981.{{Cite web|url=https://www.adpsr.org/about|title=About ADPSR|website=adpsr.org|language=en-US|access-date=2020-06-01}}

New Village Press books address topics in the fields of social justice, urban ecology, community development and culture such as community arts, neighborhood commons, and participatory democracy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newvillagepress.org/about-us/mission-statement/|title=Mission Statement|website=newvillagepress.org|language=en-US|access-date=2020-06-01}}

In 2006, New Village Press was selected as the "Best Small Publisher in the East Bay", by East Bay Express.[http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/best-small-publisher-an-altruistic-press-that-makes-building--community-a-priority/BestOf?oid=1167407 East Bay Express] It partners with and is distributed by New York University Press.{{Cite web|url=https://nyupress.org/new-village-press/|title=New Village Press|website=NYU Press|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-15}}

History

New Village Press originated as New Village Journal, a periodical published from 1999 until 2002, which focused on the revitalization of communities.{{Cite web|url=http://www.newvillage.net/|title=New Village Journal: Building Sustainable Cultures|last=staff|first=new village journal|website=www.newvillage.org|language=en|access-date=2017-07-31}} In 2018, New Village Press incorporated as its own nonprofit, separating from Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility.[http://www.adpsr.org/home/about_us About ADPSR] New Village Press began a distribution partnership with NYU Press in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://nyupress.org/new-village-press/|title=New Village Press|website=NYU Press|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-15}} Originally based in Oakland, CA, New Village Press is now situated in New York, NY.

Recent titles

  • The Women's Revolution: How We Changed Your Life by Muriel Fox (2024).
  • Making a Way Out of No Way: Lives of Labor, Love, and Resistance by Merideth Taylor (2024)
  • Random Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty— 30th Anniversary Edition by Anne Herbert, Paloma Pavel, and Mayumi Oda (2024)
  • I Opened the Gate Laughing: An Inner Journey — 20th Anniversary Edition by Mayumi Oda (2024)
  • Judith Letting Go: Six Months in the World's Smallest Death Cafe by Mark Dowie (2024)
  • Luck by Margaret Randall (2023)
  • That’s a Pretty Thing to Call It: Prose and Poetry by Artists Teaching in Carceral Institutions edited by Leigh Sugar (2023)
  • Skyscraper Settlement: The Many Lives of Christodora House by Joyce Milambiling (2023)
  • Stuff: Instead of a Memoir by Lucy R. Lippard (2023)
  • Zoned Out! Race Displacement, and City Planning in New York City, (Revised Edition) edited by Tom Angotti and Sylvia Morse (2023)
  • Art in a Democracy: Selected Plays of Roadside Theater, Vol 1 & Vol 2 edited by Ben Fink (2023)
  • Art in a Democracy: Selected Plays of Roadside Theater, Volume 2: The Intercultural Plays, 1990-2020 edited by Ben Fink (2023)
  • Art in a Democracy: Selected Plays of Roadside Theater, Volume 1: The Appalachian History Plays, 1975-1989 edited by Ben Fink (2023)
  • A Peaceful Superpower: Lessons from the World’s Largest Antiwar Movement by David Cortright (2023)
  • In the Camp of Angels of Freedom: What Does It Mean to Be Educated? by Arlene Goldbard (2023)
  • Portraits of Earth Justice: Americans Who Tell the Truth by Robert Shetterly (2022)
  • The Book of Judith: Opening Hearts Through Poetry edited by Spoon Jackson, Mark Foss, and Sara Press (2022)
  • Inherited Silence: Listening to the Land, Healing the Colonizer Mind by Louise Dunlap (2022)
  • We Built a Village: Cohousing and the Commons by Diane Rothbard Margolis (2022)
  • Divining Chaos: The Autobiography of an Idea by Aviva Rahmani (2022)
  • Meeting the Moment: Socially Engaged Performance, 1965–2020, by Those Who Lived It by Jan Cohen-Cruz and Rad Pereira (2022)
  • Risking a Somersault in the Air: Conversations with Nicaraguan Writers (Revised edition) by Margaret Randall (2022)
  • Artists in My Life by Margaret Randall (2022)
  • Talking to the Girls: Intimate and Political Essays on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire edited by Edvige Giunta a Mary Anne Trasciatti (2022)
  • Ecoart in Action: Activities, Case Studies, and Provocations for Classrooms and Communities edited by Amara Geffen, Ann Rosenthal, Chris Fermantle, and Aviva Rahmani (2022)
  • Cultivating Creativity by Iain Robertson (2022)
  • Portraits of Racial Justice: Americans Who Tell the Truth by Robert Shetterly (2021)
  • Healing from Genocide in Rwanda: Rugerero Survivors Village, an Artist Book by Susan Viguers and Lily Yeh (2021)
  • How Spaces Become Places: Place Makers Tell Their Stories by John F. Forester (2021)
  • In the Struggle: Scholars and the Fight Against Industrial Agribusiness in California by Daniel J. O'Connell and Scott J. Peters (2021)
  • Jane Jacobs’s First City: Learning from Scranton, Pennsylvania by Glenna Lang (2021)
  • My Life in 100 Objects by Margaret Randall (2020)
  • Main Street: How a City's Heart Connects Us All by Mindy Thompson Fullilove (2020)
  • A Man of the Theater: Survival as an Artist in Iran by Nasser Rahmaninejad (2020)
  • Visitors: An American Feminist in East Central Europe by Ann Snitow (2020)
  • Waging Peace in Vietnam: U.S. Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War edited by Ron Carver, David Cortright and Barbara Doherty (2019)
  • Such a Pretty Girl: A Story of Struggle, Empowerment, and Disability Pride by Nadina LaSpina (2019)
  • In the Company of Rebels: A Generational Memoir of Bohemians, Deep Heads, and History Makers by Chellis Glendinning (2019)
  • Placemaking with Children and Youth: Participatory Practices for Planning Sustainable Communities by Victoria Derr, Louise Chawla and Mara Mintzer (2018)
  • Works of Heart: Building Village Through the Arts by Lynne Elizabeth and Suzanne Young (2018)
  • Conversations with Diego Rivera: The Monster in His Labyrinth by Alfredo Cardona Peña, translated by Alvaro Cardona-Hine (2018)
  • Homeboy Came to Orange: A Story of People’s Power by Ernest Thompson and Mindy Thompson Fullilove (2018)
  • The Earth, the City, and the Hidden Narrative of Race by Carl Anthony (2017)
  • Beginner’s Guide to Community-Based Arts, 2nd Edition by Keith Knight and Mat Schwarzman (2017)
  • Root Shock by Mindy Thompson Fullilove, New Village Press edition (2016)
  • Openings by Sabra Moore (2016)
  • Growing a Life by Illène Pevec (2016)

Notable authors

  • Carl Anthony,{{Cite web|url=https://nyupress.org/author/carl-c-anthony/|title=NYU Press|website=www.nyupress.org|language=EN|access-date=2020-06-01}} architect and environmental justice activist{{Cite web|url=http://breakthroughcommunities.info/about/|title=About Breakthrough Communities {{!}} Breakthrough Communities|website=breakthroughcommunities.info|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-31}}
  • Linda Frye Burnham,{{Cite web|url=https://nyupress.org/author/linda-frye-burnham/|title=NYU Press|website=www.nyupress.org|language=EN|access-date=2020-06-01}} a writer focused on performance and community arts{{Cite news|url=http://lindaburnham.com/about-me/|title=About Me|date=2011-06-29|work=Linda Frye Burnham|access-date=2017-07-31|language=en-US}}
  • William Cleveland,{{Cite web|url=https://nyupress.org/9780976605461/art-and-upheaval/|title=NYU Press|website=www.nyupress.org|language=EN|access-date=2020-06-01}} director of the Center for the Study of Art and Community{{Cite web|url=http://www.artandcommunity.com/csac/who-we-are.html|title=Who We Are|website=Center for the Study of Art and Community|access-date=2017-07-31}}
  • David Cortright, American scholar and peace activist.{{Cite web|url=https://keough.nd.edu/profile/david-cortright/|title=David Cortright|website=Keough School - University of Notre Dame|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-04}}
  • Sharon Gamson Danks, environmental planner and founder of Bay Tree Design{{Cite web|url=http://www.baytreedesign.com/new-team/|title=Team|website=BAY TREE DESIGN|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-31}}
  • Mindy Thompson Fullilove,{{Cite web|url=https://nyupress.org/author/mindy-thompson-fullilove/|title=NYU Press|website=www.nyupress.org|language=EN|access-date=2020-06-01}} clinical psychiatrist and educator{{Cite web|url=https://www.newschool.edu/public-engagement/faculty-list/?id=4e54-5130-4d6a-4531|title=Mindy Fullilove - Professor of Urban Policy and Health|website=www.newschool.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-07-31}}
  • Arlene Goldbard,{{Cite web|url=https://nyupress.org/author/arlene-goldbard/|title=NYU Press|website=www.nyupress.org|language=EN|access-date=2020-06-01}} writer, social activist, and consultant{{Cite web|url=https://arlenegoldbard.com/about-2/|title=About {{!}} Arlene Goldbard|website=arlenegoldbard.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-31}}
  • Chester Hartman,{{Cite web|url=https://nyupress.org/author/chester-hartman/|title=NYU Press|website=www.nyupress.org|language=EN|access-date=2020-06-01}} urban planner, low-income housing advocate, and academic{{Cite web|url=https://www.umb.edu/crscad/about/bios/chester_hartman|title=Chester Hartman - University of Massachusetts Boston|website=www.umb.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-07-31}}
  • Anne Herbert (writer), former assistant editor of CoEvolution Quarterly{{Cite web|url=https://nyupress.org/author/anne-herbert/|title=NYU Press|website=www.nyupress.org|language=EN|access-date=2020-06-01}}
  • Spoon Jackson,{{Cite web|url=https://nyupress.org/author/spoon-jackson/|title=NYU Press|website=www.nyupress.org|language=EN|access-date=2020-06-01}} poet and writer who discovered his talent while serving a life sentence{{Cite news|url=http://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/life-with-poetry-but-no-parole|title=Life With Poetry, But No Parole|last=Jackson|first=Spoon|work=YES! Magazine|access-date=2017-07-31|language=en}}
  • James Jiler,{{Cite web|url=https://nyupress.org/author/james-jiler/|title=NYU Press|website=www.nyupress.org|language=EN|access-date=2020-06-01}} executive director of Urban GreenWorks{{Cite web|url=http://www.urbangreenworks.org/meet-the-staff|title=Founder's Bio - Urban GreenWorks|website=www.urbangreenworks.org|access-date=2017-07-31}}
  • Roger Katan,{{Cite web|url=https://nyupress.org/author/roger-katan/|title=NYU Press|website=www.nyupress.org|language=EN|access-date=2020-06-01}} architect and artist{{Cite web|url=http://www.grahamfoundation.org/grantees/3731-building-together-case-studies-in-participatory-planning-and-community-building|title=Graham Foundation > Grantees > Roger Katan & Ronald Shiffman|website=www.grahamfoundation.org|access-date=2017-07-31}}
  • Keith Knight (cartoonist),{{Cite web|url=https://nyupress.org/author/keith-knight/|title=NYU Press|website=www.nyupress.org|language=EN|access-date=2020-06-01}} syndicated cartoonist{{Cite web|url=http://www.kchronicles.com/bio.html|title=Bio: Cartoonist, Rapper and Multimedia Artist Keith Knight {{!}} The Official K Chronicles and (Th)ink Website|website=www.kchronicles.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-31}}
  • Glenna Lang,{{Cite web|title=Glenna Lang|url=https://nyupress.org/author/glenna-lang|access-date=2021-02-12|website=NYU Press|language=en-US}} illustrator, designer, and artist{{Cite web|title=Glenna Lang|url=https://www.godine.com/book-author/glenna-lang/|access-date=2021-02-12|website=Godine, Publisher|language=en-US}}
  • Annie Lanzillotto,{{Cite web|url=https://nyupress.org/author/annie-lanzillotto/|title=NYU Press|website=www.nyupress.org|language=EN|access-date=2020-06-01}} poet and performance artist{{Cite web|url=http://www.annielanzillotto.com/|title=Annie Lanzillotto {{!}} L is for Lion: an Italian Bronx Butch Freedom Memoir|website=www.annielanzillotto.com|access-date=2017-07-31}}
  • Nadina LaSpina,{{Cite web|url=https://nyupress.org/author/nadina-laspina/|title=NYU Press|website=www.nyupress.org|language=EN|access-date=2020-06-01}} disability rights activist.{{Cite web|url=https://www.today.com/health/national-disability-day-polio-activist-shares-struggle-living-disabilities-t162684|title='What a shame': Polio activist shares how pity can be harmful to people with disabilities|website=TODAY.com|language=en|access-date=2019-12-04}}
  • Karl Linn,{{Cite web|url=https://nyupress.org/author/karl-linn/|title=NYU Press|website=www.nyupress.org|language=EN|access-date=2020-06-01}} landscape architect and founder of the community garden movement in the United States{{Cite web|url=https://www.karllinn.org/about-1/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106190931/http://www.karllinn.org/about-1/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 6, 2015|title=ABOUT|website=www.karllinn.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-31}}
  • Sabra Moore,{{Cite web|url=https://nyupress.org/author/sabra-moore/|title=NYU Press|website=www.nyupress.org|language=EN|access-date=2020-06-01}} artist and activist{{Cite web|url=http://heresiesfilmproject.org/women/sabra-moore/|title=Sabra Moore : THE HERETICS|last=Brainstorm|website=heresiesfilmproject.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-31}}
  • Beverly Naidus,{{Cite web|url=https://nyupress.org/author/beverly-naidus/|title=NYU Press|website=www.nyupress.org|language=EN|access-date=2020-06-01}} artist and educator{{Cite web|url=http://faculty.washington.edu/bnaidus/bio.html|title=Beverly Naidus|last=Naidus|first=Beverly|website=faculty.washington.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-07-31}}
  • Illène Pevec,{{Cite web|url=https://nyupress.org/author/illene-pevec/|title=NYU Press|website=www.nyupress.org|language=EN|access-date=2020-06-01}} educator focusing on the development of youth gardens{{Cite web|url=http://www.fatcityfarmers.org/about.html|title=About|website=fat city farmers, inc.|access-date=2017-07-31}}
  • Margaret Randall, feminist poet and social activist{{Cite web|title=Margaret Randall|url=https://nyupress.org/author/margaret-randall|access-date=2021-02-12|website=NYU Press|language=en-US}}
  • Ronald Shiffman,{{Cite web|url=https://nyupress.org/author/ronald-shiffman/|title=NYU Press|website=www.nyupress.org|language=EN|access-date=2020-06-01}} cofounder of the Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development{{Cite web|url=https://www.pratt.edu/faculty_and_staff/bio/?id=rshiffma|title=Pratt Institute|website=www.pratt.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-07-31}}
  • Judith Tannenbaum,{{Cite web|url=https://nyupress.org/author/judith-tannenbaum/|title=NYU Press|website=www.nyupress.org|language=EN|access-date=2020-06-01}} writer and prison arts educator{{Cite web|url=https://www.judithtannenbaum.com/judith.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801000155/https://www.judithtannenbaum.com/judith.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=August 1, 2017|title=Judith|website=Judith Tannenbaum|language=en-CA|access-date=2017-07-31}}
  • Lily Yeh,{{Cite web|url=https://nyupress.org/author/lily-yeh/|title=NYU Press|website=www.nyupress.org|language=EN|access-date=2020-06-01}} international artist{{Cite news|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/in-barefoot-artist-lily-yeh-confronts-painful-past-in-her-journey-to-heal-communities-through-art/|title=In ‘Barefoot Artist,’ Lily Yeh confronts painful past in her journey to heal communities through art|work=PBS NewsHour|access-date=2017-07-31|language=en-US}}
  • Alfredo Cardona Peña,{{Cite web|url=https://nyupress.org/author/alfredo-cardona-pena/|title=NYU Press|website=www.nyupress.org|language=EN|access-date=2020-06-01}} journalist, poet, essayist, biographer {{Cite news|url=https://thebiography.us/en/cardona-penna-alfredo|title= Biography of Alfredo Cardona Peña (1917-1995)|access-date=2020-06-01}}
  • Louise Chawla,{{Cite web|url=https://nyupress.org/author/lousie-chawla/|title=NYU Press|website=www.nyupress.org|language=EN|access-date=2020-06-01}} environmental activist with a focus on children and nature {{Cite news|url=https://www.colorado.edu/cedar/people/louise-chawla|title= Louise Chawla|access-date=2020-06-01}}
  • Ann Snitow,{{Cite web|url=https://nyupress.org/author/ann-snitow/|title=Ann Snitow|website=nyupress.org|language=EN|access-date=2020-06-01}} writer, teacher, feminist activist{{Cite news|url=https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/ann-snitow-1943-2019|title=‘Ann Snitow, 1943–2019’|work=Dissent Magazine|access-date=2020-06-01}}
  • Nasser Rahmaninejad,{{Cite web|url=https://nyupress.org/author/nasser-rahmaninejad/|title=NYU Press|website=www.nyupress.org|language=EN|access-date=2020-06-01}} artist, activist, lecturer on theatre and politics {{Cite news|url=https://artandsocialspace.org/nasser-rahmaninejad/|title=‘Nasser Rahmaninejad’|access-date=2020-06-01}}

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