Archway Editions is the brand new imprint of powerHouse Books, and a
literary complement to their trailblazing photography and illustrated
publications, all distributed by Simon & Schuster. Our mission statement
is "to publish the finest authors, at all stages of their careers, who
write material which is at odds with the prevailing status quo, both
legendary and emerging." We are genre-blind with a goal to publish
unconventional books for the widest possible audience.
This includes writers with long careers like Alice Notley, Ishmael Reed
and Paul Schrader, but also young writers who need a place to show off
their stuff and meet likeminded literati. Archways is the in-house
reading series that takes place every few months at POWERHOUSE Arena,
our bookstore in downtown Brooklyn across from the Manhattan Bridge
archway. It's our home base and a place for authors to present
incredible work out of the mainstream. Some we end up publishing (like
Gabriel Kruis' instant classic Acid Virga, excerpted here), and each
one is a vital new voice working at odds with a complacent and hidebound
publishing industry.
This anthology collects work from the first three readings, held in 2019
and 2020. Every event has a visual component, and we've shared some
stills and photos from our incredible visual artists too. There's
nothing quite like the high wire tension of a live reading - but this'll
have to do for now.
CONTRIBUTORS include: Rachel Allen, Phil Anderson, Brendan Burdzinski,
Naomi Falk, Katie Foster, Andrew Gibeley, Ariel Francisco, Kelly
Gallagher, Cyree Jarelle Johnson, Gabriel Kruis, Shayla Lawz, Etan
Nechin, Kwame Opoku-Duku, Chunbum Park, Joseph Rathgeber, Nicholas Rys,
Andrea Stella, and Shy Watson.
