Our Mission

The mission of Coffee House Press is to publish exciting, vital, and enduring authors of our time; to delight and inspire readers; to contribute to the cultural life of our community; and to enrich our literary heritage. By building on the best traditions of publishing and the book arts, we produce books that celebrate imagination, innovation in the craft of writing, and the many authentic voices of the American experience.

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History

Founded by Allan Kornblum, Coffee House Press has grown from a poetry magazine and letterpress to one of the premier nonprofit literary publishers in the nation.

Now ensconced in the Grain Belt Brewery Bottling House in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Coffee House Press publishes between fourteen and sixteen distinctive books a year and is known for its consistent editorial excellence; for a commitment to celebrating the diversity that makes America unique; and for our continuing commitment to writers, to readers, and to literature as an art, and as the most articulate expression of humanities past and present, its worst fears, and its best hopes and dreams.

Our diverse, award-winning backlist includes books by Karen Tei Yamashita, Ron Padgett, Anne Waldman, Patricia Smith, Frank Chin, Sam Savage, Kao Kalia Yang, Laird Hunt, and Brian Evenson.