Two Dollar Radio

In 2008, the publishers were profiled as part of Publishers Weekly’s 50 Under 40 series, which profiled young publishers.Andriani, Lynn. "50 Under 40: Indie publishers in the Midwest ", Publishers Weekly, May 5, 2008. Accessed September 27, 2009.

The Brooklyn Rail credits the press with publishing "some of the finest work of contemporary fiction," [http://www.brooklynrail.org/2011/11/books/fictionseven-days-in-rio], Gottlieb, Benjamin. "Seven Days in Rio", The Brooklyn Rail, November 2, 2011. while Publishing Perspectives called them "a budding literary movement."Duhr, David. [http://publishingperspectives.com/2013/02/overturning-the-lemonade-stand-culture-of-literature/ "Over-turning the Lemonade-stand Culture of Literature"], Publishing Perspectives, February 8, 2013. Popular literature website HTML Giant calls Two Dollar Radio "the hippest, most adventuresome publisher in the United States."Minor, Kyle. [http://htmlgiant.com/random/two-dollar-radio-expands-into-film-production/ "Two Dollar Radio Expands Into Film Production"], HTML Giant, September 24, 2013.

The press occasionally works with outside artists on jacket designs. Esteemed NYC artist Barbara Kruger designed the cover to Gary Indiana’s seventh novel, The Shanghai Gesture, published in April 2009. Photographer Lynn Davis provided the cover photographs for her husband Rudolph Wurlitzer’s four novels that the press has published. San Francisco-based collage artist, [http://www.aubreyrhodes.com Aubrey Rhodes] designed the jacket for Joshua Mohr’s second novel, Termite Parade, published in July 2010. Two works of art by Mat Brinkman were used in The Orange Eats Creeps — one on the cover and one as a frontispiece. Two works of art by Michael Salerno of Kiddiepunk were used in Mira Corpora, on the front and back covers, as well as frontispiece and end piece. Ricardo Cavolo's ink-on-paper piece, 1937, is featured on the cover of How to Get Into the Twin Palms.

Two Dollar Radio is distributed in the US and Canada by [http://www.pgw.com/ PGW], and in the UK by [http://www.turnaround-uk.com Turnaround Publisher Services].

Authors published by Two Dollar Radio include Rudolph Wurlitzer, Jay Neugeboren, Gary Indiana, Shane Jones, Scott Bradfield, Amy Koppelman, Lawrence Shainberg, Francis Levy, Anthony Neil Smith, Joshua Mohr, Xiaoda Xiao, Grace Krilanovich, Barbara Browning, Scott Bradfield, Trinie Dalton, Jeff Jackson, Bennett Sims, Scott McClanahan, Anne-Marie Kinney, Karolina Waclawiak, among others.

The press has reissued three Rudolph Wurlitzer novels, Nog, Flats, and Quake and published Wurlitzer's first novel in 24 years, The Drop Edge of Yonder. The book was named Best Book of 2008 by Time Out New York,Miller, Michael. [http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/books/69871/books-the-best-and-worst-of-2008 "Books: The best (and worst) of 2008"], Time Out New York, December 18, 2008. Accessed September 27, 2009. won Foreword Magazine's Book of the Year Gold Medal in Literary Fiction,[https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/winners/2008/literary/ "2008 Foreword INDIES Winners in Literary (Adult Fiction)"], Foreword Reviews, Accessed October 29, 2018. and was a Believer magazine Reader’s Choice Top-20 Pick.[http://www.believermag.com/issues/200903/?read=believer_book_award "The Believer Book Award, READER SURVEY RESULTS"], The Believer, March, 2009. Accessed October 2, 2009. #19—The Drop Edge of Yonder—Rudolph Wurlitzer

1940, award-winning novelist Jay Neugeboren's first new novel in two decades, was on the long list for the 2010 International Dublin Literary Award.[http://www.impacdublinaward.ie/2010/Titles/Neugeboren.htm "The 2010 Award"], International Dublin Literary Award, November 2, 2009. Accessed October 6, 2010.

Francis Levy’s debut novel, Erotomania: A Romance, was a Queerty Top 10 Book of 2008[http://www.queerty.com/top-10-books-of-08-that-belong-on-a-gays-bookshelf-20081230/ "Top 10 Books of '08 That Belong on A Gay's Bookshelf"], Queerty.com, December 30, 2008. Accessed October 2, 2009. #3— Erotomania by Francis Levy and named a Standout Book of the Year by Inland Empire Weekly.Kohlhaase, Bill. [http://www.ieweekly.com/cms/story/detail/read_this/1924/ "Read This!"], Inland Empire Weekly, December 30, 2008. Accessed October 2, 2009

Joshua Mohr's first novel, Some Things That Meant the World to Me, was one of O: The Oprah Magazine's 10 Terrific Reads of 2009,[http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/10-Terrific-Reads-of-2009-Book-Reviews/8 "10 Terrific Reads of 2009"], O: The Oprah Magazine, November 18, 2009. Accessed March 19, 2010. #8—Some Things That Meant the World to by Joshua Mohr a Huffington Post Best Small Press Book of the Year,[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-sampsell/9-best-books-from-small-p_b_408602.html "The Year's 9 Best Books From Small Publishers"], Huffington Post, December 31, 2009. Accessed March 19, 2010. #1—Some Things That Meant the World to by Joshua Mohr a Nervous Breakdown Best Book of 2009,[http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/golear/2009/12/best-books-of-2009 " Best Books of 2009 "], The Nervous Breakdown, December 14, 2009. Accessed March 19, 2010. #10—Some Things That Meant the World to by Joshua Mohr and a San Francisco Chronicle best-seller.[https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/2009-06-14/bay-area/17209697_1_lee-child-pages-michael-connelly "San Francisco Chronicle Best-Sellers June 14, 2009"], San Francisco Chronicle, June 14, 2009. Accessed October 6, 2010. His second novel, Termite Parade, was a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice.[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/books/review/EdChoice-t.html "Editors' Choice"], New York Times Book Review, July 30, 2010. Accessed Sept 24, 2010.

Grace Krilanovich, author of The Orange Eats Creeps, was selected as a National Book Foundation 2010 "5 Under 35" Honoree[http://www.nationalbook.org/5under35.html#gk "The National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35” Fiction, 2010"], National Book Foundation, October 5, 2010. Accessed October 5, 2010. (selected by Scott Spencer, Fiction Finalist for A Ship Made of Paper, 2003; Fiction Finalist for Endless Love, 1980 and 1981). The Orange Eats Creeps was selected as one of Amazon.com's Best Books of 2010 in the category of Science Fiction & Fantasy,[https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?plgroup=1&docId=1000628171 "Top 10 Books: Science Fiction & Fantasy"], Amazon.com, November 4, 2010. Accessed November 5, 2010. was named a Top 10 Book of 2010 by [http://www.shelfmediagroup.com/ Shelf Unbound],[http://www.shelfmediagroup.com/blog/2010/11/shelf-unbound-indie-book-review-magazines-top-10-books-of-2010 "Shelf Unbound indie book review magazine’s Top 10 Books of 2010"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130125755/http://www.shelfmediagroup.com/blog/2010/11/shelf-unbound-indie-book-review-magazines-top-10-books-of-2010/ |date=2010-11-30 }}, Shelf Unbound, November 18, 2010. Accessed November 19, 2010 was a NPR Best Books of 2010,[https://www.npr.org/2011/07/15/131915812/the-weird-and-the-wonderful-2010s-hidden-gems "Weird And Wonderful Books: 2010's Hidden Gems"] NPR, December 21, 2010. Accessed November 13, 2011 and a The Believer Book Award Finalist in 2010.[http://www.believermag.com/issues/201103/?read=believer_book_award]The Believer (magazine), March/April 2011. Accessed November 13, 2011.

Barbara Browning's debut novel, The Correspondence Artist, won a Lambda Literary Award and an Independent Books Publishers Award for Literary Fiction, while her second novel, I'm Trying to Reach You, was a The Believer Book Award Finalist in 2012.[http://www.believermag.com/issues/201303/?read=believer_book_award]The Believer (magazine), March/April 2013.

Bennett Sims' debut novel, A Questionable Shape, won the Bard Fiction Prize for 2014, awarded by Bard College.[http://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=2483]Bard College.

Sarah Rose Etter's 2019 novel The Book of X was longlisted for the Believer Book Award.{{Cite web|url=https://believermag.com/logger/the-believer-book-awards-editors-longlists-2/|title=The Believer Book Awards: Editors' Longlists|website=Believer Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-19}}

In 2013, the company announced the formation of a micro-budget film division, Two Dollar Radio Moving Pictures,Kirch, Claire. [http://publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/59183-two-dollar-radio-expands-into-film-production.html "Two Dollar Radio Expands Into Film Production"], Publishers Weekly, September 22, 2013. an expansion that the Tribeca Film Festival speculated could be "a real watershed moment in film."Wigon, Zachary. [http://tribecafilm.com/future-of-film/racking-focus-two-dollar-radio-independent "Racking Focus: Two Dollar Radio and the Next Step for Micro-Budget Cinema"], Tribeca Film Festival Future of Film, October 15, 2013.

The initial three films in pre-production are I'm Not Patrick, written and to be directed by the company's editorial director, Eric Obenauf, The Removals, written by Nicholas Rombes and to be directed by Grace Krilanovich, and The Greenbrier Ghost, written by and to be directed by Scott McClanahan and Chris Oxley, based upon the true story of the Greenbrier Ghost.

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