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Grove Atlantic, Inc.
FounderMerger ofGrove Pressand Atlantic Monthly Press
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters location154 W. 14th Street, New York City, NY 10011
Distribution
Key peopleMorgan Entrekin(president and publisher)
Publication typesBooks
Imprints
Official websiteatlantic-books.co.uk/grove-press/.

Grove Atlantic, Inc.is an Americanindependent publisher,based in New York City. Formerly styled "Grove/Atlantic, Inc.",it was created in 1993 by the merger ofGrove PressandAtlantic Monthly Press.As of 2018 Grove Atlantic calls itself "An Independent Literary Publisher Since 1917".[1]That refers to the official date Atlantic Monthly Press was established by the Boston magazineThe Atlantic Monthly.

History and operations

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The company's imprints – Grove Press, Atlantic Monthly Press,The Mysterious Press,and Black Cat (as of October 2018)[1]– publish literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama and translations. Former imprints includeCanongate U.S.andOpen City.[2]

In 1990 the imprint Atlantic Monthly Press was publishing 40 new hardcover titles a year including both fiction and non-fiction.[3]

The company's imprints published the books by the 2006 and 2007 recipients of theMan Booker Prize:The Inheritance of Loss(Hamish Hamilton/ Atlantic Monthly Press) byKiran Desai;andThe Gathering(Jonathan Cape/ Black Cat) byAnne Enright,respectively.[4]

The company's president and publisher isMorgan Entrekin.[5]In 2015, Entrekin – working with other publishers, booksellers, and literati – introducedLiterary Hub,an online website for the literary world.[6]

Since 2010, the British publishing houseAtlantic Bookshas been publishing a selection of books on behalf of Grove/Atlantic, Inc. in the United Kingdom, using the "Grove Press UK" imprint.[7]

Editors and publishers

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  • Gary Fisketjon, Editorial Director 1986–1990[3]
  • Ann Godoff, Editor-in-Chief, promoted in 1990[3]
  • Carl Navarre, Publisher[3]
  • Joan Binghamwas the executive editor of Grove Atlantic for nearly 30 years.[8]

Notable authors

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Its authors include:

See also

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References

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  1. ^abc Grove Atlantic: An Independent Literary Publisher Since 1917 (homepage).Grove Atlantic, Inc. (groveatlantic.com). Retrieved 2018-10-31.
    The footer displays logos and names of the four imprints.
    Menu item "About: Our Story" is a timeline, from 1917 with images.
  2. ^"Grove/Atlantic".Archived fromthe originalon June 15, 2010.Retrieved2010-06-08.
  3. ^abcdefMcDowell, Edwin (May 2, 1990)."Book Notes".The New York Times.RetrievedMay 21,2018.
  4. ^[dead link‍]"Man Booker Awards".Bookreporter.com. 2007. Archived fromthe originalon December 5, 2008.RetrievedJanuary 8,2009.
  5. ^Méndez, Teresa (January 14, 2004)."The Publisher as Protagonist – In an Industry Dominated by Big Firms, Grove/Atlantic Chief Morgan Entrekin Is a Small-House Standard Bearer for an Aarlier Age, a Writers' Hero in Pursuit of Real Literature (and an Artful Blockbuster or Two Along the Way)".The Christian Science Monitor.RetrievedFebruary 16,2013.
  6. ^Jennifer Maloney (February 5, 2015)."Literary Hub Is a New Home for Book Lovers".WSJ.
  7. ^"Who We Are".Atlantic Books.Archived fromthe originalon August 16, 2011.RetrievedAugust 26,2011.
  8. ^Genzlinger, Neil (November 2, 2020)."Joan Bingham, Catalyst in a Publishing Merger, Dies at 85".New York Times.RetrievedNovember 3,2020.
  9. ^https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780802163707
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