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Muumuu House 
Status Active Founded 2008 Founder Tao Lin Country of origin USA Headquarters location Brooklyn Distribution Small Press Distribution Publication types Books Nonfiction topics loneliness, relationships, drugs, sex Fiction genres fiction, poetry Official website muumuuhouse.com Muumuu House is an American publishing house founded in November 2008 by Tao Lin. It publishes writing online and in print. It has published work by Deb Olin Unferth, Ben Lerner, Rebecca Curtis, Noah Cicero, Matthew Rohrer, Michael Earl Craig, Ellen Kennedy, Brandon Scott Gorrell, Megan Boyle, Jordan Castro, Mallory Whitten, Zachary German, Audun Mortensen, Tara Wray, Chris Killen, Blake Butler, and others.
It was featured in a full-page spread in the March 2009 issue of Nylon[1], in the July 2009 issue of Poets & Writers[2], and in July 2011 The Morning News published a long article that said: "Many readers seek out fiction for escape, but Muumuu House writers give their audience a direct representation, in fiction, of the lives they already lead. Their poems and stories are directed at a very small social subset, and are probably interesting only to that specific group of people, and only right now. One day, though, they may begin to interest the rest of us as well."
It is unorthodox in that it publishes selections from writers' Twitter accounts[3] and also Gmail Chats[4].
Michael Schaub, writing for Bookslut, said of the first two books: "I read both these books recently, and reread them both immediately after finishing them. Gorrell and Kennedy are the most talented young poets I've read in years, and their books are stunning — it's the kind of writing that's impulsive and emotionally raw, but also more layered and sophisticated than they appear. It's hard for any poet to be funny and heartbreaking in the space of one poem, or even one stanza, but it's a skill these young writers execute perfectly. They made me excited about poetry and independent publishing all over again."[5]
In an interview with Fictionaut possible future projects were described: "Muumuu House plans to continue to publish books in high-quality offset editions featuring minimalist designs and a Helvetica interior. Future books include a possible Bear Parade anthology, a possible annual anthology of fiction and poetry, and possible books by single authors already published on Muumuu House’s website."
Book titles
- (poetry) sometimes my heart pushes my ribs. Ellen Kennedy. 2009.
- (poetry) during my nervous breakdown i want to have a biographer present. Brandon Scott Gorrell. 2009.
- (nonfiction) The Brandon Book Crisis. [various]. 2009.
- (poetry) selected unpublished blog posts of a mexican panda express employee. Megan Boyle. 2011.
References
- ^ http://www.flickr.com/photos/11002902@N00/3307499870/sizes/o/
- ^ http://www.pw.org/content/small_press_points_32
- ^ http://muumuuhouse.com/bb.twitter1.2010-11.html
- ^ http://muumuuhouse.com/tl.bsg.12.29.09.html
- ^ http://www.bookslut.com/blog/archives/2009_06.php#014679
External links
- Official Site
- Twitter account
- Tumblr account
- Feature on HTMLGIANT
- Feature in Nylon
- Feature in The Morning News
Categories:- Book publishing companies based in Brooklyn
- Companies based in Brooklyn, New York
- Publishing companies established in 2008
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