Soft Skull Press: 132 books
American Genius
A Comedy
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
Soft Skull Press is reissuing Tillman's bold and unmatched novel, American Genius (2006), the celebrated book that truly gave rise to the "Cult of Lynne Tillman"
In March 2018, Tillman published her first novel in twelve years, the critically acclaimed Men and Apparitions, providing...
Circus
or, Moira Orfei in Aigues-Mortes: A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2019
Soft Skull is reissuing Koestenbaum’s first novel Moira Orfei in Aigues-Mortes with a new title, Circus
A story of art and obsession pushed to the extreme, Circus received glowing critical reviews; Kirkus described it as the “mad genius of Pale Fire with the florid outlaw sexuality of Jean...
by Jillian Weise
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Key Selling Points
There is an important and renewed focus on the issues of able-bodied privilege, disabled persons' accessibility in creative and sexual spaces/portrayals, etc and Weise's is a singular artistic voice within the conversation
With so many "Nasty Women" and "Nevertheless,...
Men and Apparitions
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Men and Apparitions showcases Lynne Tillman not only as a brilliantly original novelist but also as one of our most prominent thinkers on culture and visual art today; she deserves a place in the literary canon alongside her oft-touted male compatriots like DeLillo, David Foster Wallace
A quintessential...
Monkeys with Typewriters
How to Write Fiction and Unlock the Secret Power of Stories
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Thomas’s most recent book from Soft Skull, The Seed Collectors, received praise from The New York Times Book Review (where it was also selected as an Editor’s Choice pick), Boston Globe, The Huffington Post, The Millions and more
by Maggie Nelson
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
Something Bright, Then Holes is a timely reissue from celebrated author Maggie Nelson (The Argonauts)
In poetry that reads like prose, Nelson meditates on the polluted Gowanus Canal and taps into environmental legacy in this genre-blurring collection
An emotional and deeply personal...
Good Indian Girls
Stories
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2013
In twelve startling and vividly imagined stories, Ranbir Singh Sidhu overturns the lives of ordinary Indians living in America to bring us a bold debut collection, Good Indian Girls.
A woman attends a de-cluttering class in search of love. A low-level, drunkard diplomat finds himself mysteriously...
The Lonesome Bodybuilder
Stories
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
THE LONESOME BODYBUILDER marks the English-language debut of one of Japan's most celebrated and surreal contemporary writers, Yukiko Motoya
The story collection contains ten lucid yet slippery short stories and one novella perfect for fans of Etgar Keret and Clarice Lispector
Each story...
Different Every Time
The Authorized Biography of Robert Wyatt
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Robert Wyatt started out as the drummer and singer for Soft Machine, who shared a residency at Middle Earth with Pink Floyd and toured America with the Jimi Hendrix Experience. He brought a jazz mindset to the 1960’s rock scene, having honed his drumming skills in a shed at the end of Robert Graves’...
The Pure Cure
A Complete Guide to Freeing Your Life From Dangerous Toxins
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
The human race has invented nearly every toxin imaginable. In our food, there are chemicals that kill pests, make foods ripen faster and grow bigger, and lengthen shelf life. In our clothing, chemicals make fabrics soft, keep them from wrinkling, make them fire retardant and resistant to stains, and...
Confessions of a Raving, Unconfined Nut
Misadventures in the Counterculture
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Uncensored, uncontained, and thoroughly demented, the memoirs of Paul Krassner are back in an updated and expanded edition. Paul Krassner, father of the underground press” (People magazine), founder of the Realist, political radical, Yippie, and award-winning stand-up satirist, shares his stark...
by Tom Hansen
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
"Takes you to the gristle-chewing tracks of the gnarly Emerald City before the first wave of Sub Pop loving kids arrived.” Chris Estey, KEXP Radio, Seattle
In American Junkie, Tom Hansen takes us non-stop into a land of desperate addicts, failed punk bands, and brushes with sad fame,...
Plain Radical
Living, Loving and Learning to Leave the Planet Gracefully
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
There was nothing out of the ordinary about Jim Koplin. He was just your typical central Minnesota gay farm boy with a Ph.D. in experimental psychology who developed anarchist-influenced, radical-feminist, and anti-imperialist politics, while never losing touch with his rural roots. But perhaps the most...
Night Class
A Downtown Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
The playground of the rich and the beautiful, downtown New York’s nightlife spectacles and power of self-invention incubated pop icons from Andy Warhol to Lady Gaga. NYU sociologist Victor P. Corona sought a new education, where night classes held in galleries, nightclubs, bars, apartments, stoops,...