Archway Editions
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| Founded | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Founders | Chris Molnar and Nic Nicoludis |
| Defunct | 2025 |
| Headquarters location | Brooklyn, NY |
| Distribution | Simon & Schuster |
| Publication types | Books |
| Official website | archwayeditions |
Archway Editions was a publisher based in Brooklyn, New York. It was founded in 2019 by Chris Molnar and Nic Nicoludis, and run with senior editor Naomi Falk[1] as the literary imprint of powerHouse Books, distributed by Simon & Schuster.[2][3]
History
[edit]Archway Editions was created to publish "more off-beat, hard-to-market work — like Ishmael Reed's The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda", as described in Brooklyn Magazine.[4] Their books were excerpted or covered in BOMB,[5] Bookforum,[6] The New York Review of Books,[7] The Paris Review,[8] The New Yorker,[9][10] and more. In 2024, The New York Times wrote that Blake Butler’s Molly "is in its fourth printing and has become an unexpected hit for Archway Editions, its small Brooklyn-based publisher".[11] In September 2025, the staff posted a letter online announcing that the entire staff stepped down, including Molnar, Nicoludis, Falk, and publicist Mia Risher.[12]
In 2026 the staff announced a new imprint, Enigma Editions, distributed by Penguin Random House through MIT Press.[13] The first slate of authors from Enigma will include Ishmael Reed, Linda Yablonsky, and Carlos Reygadas.[14]
Publications
[edit]- The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ishmael Reed (2020) - Drama
- Unpublishable, ed. Chris Molnar and Etan Nechin (2020) - Fiction/Poetry/Non-fiction
- Acid Virga, Gabriel Kruis (2020) - Poetry
- NDA: An Autofiction Anthology, ed. Caitlin Forst (2022) - Fiction
- Bimboland, Erin Taylor (2022) - Poetry
- cokemachineglow, ed. Clayton Purdom (2022) - Non-fiction
- Life Among the Aryans, Ishmael Reed (2022) - Drama
- Famous Hermits, Stacy Szymaszek (2023) - Poetry
- First Reformed, Paul Schrader (2023) - Drama
- Runes and Chords, Alice Notley (2023) - Poetry/Art
- Highway B: Horrorfest, Brantly Martin (2023) - Fiction
- Randy, Mike Sacks (2023) - Fiction
- Stinker Lets Loose, Mike Sacks (2023) - Fiction
- Archways 1, ed. Chris Molnar and Nic Nicoludis (2023) - Fiction/Poetry/Non-fiction
- Molly, Blake Butler (2023) - Non-fiction
- Kind Mirrors, Ugly Ghosts, Claire Donato (2023) - Fiction/Literary
- The Slave Who Loved Caviar, Ishmael Reed (2023) - Drama
- Gay Heaven Is a Dance Floor but I Can't Relax, charles theonia (2024) - Poetry
- Plat, Lindsey Webb (2024) - Poetry
- Void Corporation, Blake Butler (2024) - Fiction/Literary
- Last Poems, John Farris (2025) - Poetry/Art
- The Mystery of Perception, Lynne Tillman and Taylor Lewandowski (2025) - Non-fiction
- Such Times, Christopher Coe (2025) - Fiction/Literary
- Little Pink Book, Olivia Kan-Sperling (2025) - Fiction/Literary
References
[edit]- ↑ Lueders, Ellice (March 4, 2025). "Columbia Writers Take Los Angeles".
- ↑ Maher, John (19 April 2024). "Want to Start an Indie Press?". Publishers Weekly.
- ↑ "Archway Editions". Simon & Schuster. 27 May 2026.
- ↑ Berman, Hannah (September 25, 2024). "The borough's best indie publishers". Brooklyn Magazine.
- ↑ Castronovo, Julian (September 15, 2025). "Review of Little Pink Book".
- ↑ Winslow-Yost, Gabriel (June 21, 2023). "To Leave This World Behind".
- ↑ Hood, Jamie. "Review of Molly".
- ↑ Butler, Blake (June 8, 2023). "Excerpt from Molly".
- ↑ Schwartz, Alexandra (December 15, 2023). "Can a Memoir Say Too Much?".
- ↑ Lucas, Julian (July 19, 2021). "Ishmael Reed Gets the Last Laugh".
- ↑ Garner, Dwight (March 25, 2024). "A Memoir of a Marriage Cut Short and the Secrets Left Behind". New York Times.
- ↑ Somers, Erin (September 16, 2025). "People 9/16".
- ↑ Somers, Erin (August 3, 2026). "People 8/3".
- ↑ Spratford, Sam (August 4, 2026). "Former Archway Staffers Launch Enigma Editions".