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Line 1: {{Short description\|University press that is part of New York University}} {{Infobox publisher \| image = ~~[[Image:~~NYU Press.jpg]] \| parent = [[New York University]] \| status = Line 8 ⟶ 9: \| country = [[United States]] \| headquarters = [[New York, New York]] \| distribution = [[Ingram Publisher Services]] (US)<ref>{{Cite web\| title = Customer Service\| work = NYU Press\| access-date = 2017-11-02\| url = https://nyupress.org/customer-service/}}</ref><br>Combined Academic Publishers (UK)<ref>{{Cite web\| title = Marston Book Services\| access-date = 2017-12-04\| url = http://www.marston.co.uk/marston-client-list/}}</ref> ~~\| distribution =~~ \| keypeople = \| publications = [[Book]]s Line 17 ⟶ 18: \| numemployees = \| nasdaq = \| url = {{URL\|https://nyupress.org/}} }} Line 23 ⟶ 24: == History == NYU Press was founded in 1916 by the then chancellor of NYU, [[Elmer Ellsworth Brown]]~~, in order, he said, to "publish contributions to higher learning by eminent scholars~~."<ref name = "NYU Press history">{{Cite web\|url=http://nyupress.org/about/history.aspx\|title=NYU Press » History\|publisher=nyupress.org\|access-date=5 October 2016\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512153026/http://nyupress.org/about/history.aspx\|~~publisher=nyupress.org\|accessdate~~archive-date=1512 ~~July~~May 2013}}</ref> == ~~Reputation~~Directors == * Arthur Huntington Nason, 1916–1932 Once best known for publishing ''[[Walt Whitman\|The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman]]''—regarded as the definitive series of his work—NYU Press has now published numerous award-winning scholarly works including ''Converge Culture'' (2007) by [[Henry Jenkins]], ''The Rabbi's Wife'' (2006) by [[Shuly Rubin Schwartz\|Shuly Schwartz]], and ''The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust'' (2002).<ref name = "NYU Press history"/> It was spotlighted by the ''[[Huffington Post]]'' in 2010, which described NYU Press as "consistently publish[ing] scholarly yet accessible books", and "ahead of the cultural curve—pushing literary trends—rather than behind it".<ref>{{Cite news\|author=Anis Shivani\|date=2 July 2010\|title=Independence Day: 15 Feisty Small Presses And The Books You're Going To Want From Them\|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anis-shivani/independence-day-15-feist_b_631929.html#s109176title=New_York_University\|newspaper=[[The Huffington Post]]\|accessdate=15 July 2013}}</ref> * No director, 1932–1946 * Jean B. Barr (interim director), 1946–1952 * Filmore Hyde, 1952–1957 * Wilbur McKee, acting director, 1957–1958 * William B. Harvey, 1958–1966 * Christopher Kentera, 1966–1974 * Malcolm C. Johnson, 1974–1981 * Colin Jones, 1981–1996 * Niko Pfund, 1996–2000 * Steve Maikowski, 2001–2014 * Ellen Chodosh, 2014–present<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://nyupress.org/about-nyupress/history/\|title=History\|access-date=2016-10-05}}</ref> == Notable publications == Once best known for publishing ''[[Walt Whitman\|The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman]]'', NYU Press has now published numerous award-winning scholarly works, such as ''Convergence Culture'' (2007) by [[Henry Jenkins]], ''The Rabbi's Wife'' (2006) by [[Shuly Rubin Schwartz\|Shuly Schwartz]], and ''The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust'' (2002).<ref name = "NYU Press history"/> Other well-known names published by the press include [[Cary Nelson]], [[Jonathon Hafetz]], [[Samuel R. Delany]], and [[Mark Denbeaux]]. ==See also== {{Portal\|Literature\|New York City}} * [[List of English-language book publishing companies]] * [[List of university presses]] == References == Line 32 ⟶ 52: ==External links== *{{Official website\|https://nyupress.org/}} {{New York University}} {{Authority control}} [[Category: New York University\|Press]] [[Category:New York University academic journals]] [[Category:New York University Press books\| ]] [[Category:University presses of the United States]] [[Category:Book publishing companies based in New York (state)]] [[Category:Publishing companies based in New York City]] ~~{{US-northeast-university-stub}}~~ ~~{{US-publish-company-stub}}~~ ~~{{NYC-stub}}~~