I Wanna Be a Renegade Publisher When I Grow Up
Written by John Erianne on September 24, 2008 – 9:30 am -There’s a lot of small press publishers out there nowadays who consider themselves renegades, but none, myself included, have come close to touching the legacy of those who came before us. Guys like John Martin of Black Sparrow fame, naturally — but most especially Barney Rosset of Grove Press. Guys like these not only challenged the status quo, but also provided the world with a significant body of literature that’s still being read and talked about today. Guys like these provided the first real “breach in the dam of American Puritanism.” Here I am in 2008, and I’m still waiting for the goddamn flood!
