Melville House Publishing

Melville House Publishing Melville House Publishing is an independent publisher of literary fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Founded in 2001 by Dennis Loy Johnson and Valerie Merians.

The company was founded in 2001 and was named winner of the 2007 Miriam Bass Award for Creativity in Independent Publishing, popularly known as the "indie publisher of the year" award. In January, 2008 Melville House moved to a new location in DUMBO, Brooklyn that combines a bookstore with an event space as well as their offices. Events will be held regularly and will feature Nobel Prize winners,

a "lunch-time" lecture series, and younger fiction writers. For more information go to their Wikipedia page, their official site, or (for a complete listing of books they have published) their Goodreads page. (See above)

Information about a recently published book will appear in the "Notes" section, which will be updated biweekly or monthly.

06/26/2025

Step into the gripping world of 'My Fourth Time, We Drowned,' an award-winning book exposing the devastating migrant crisis and the resilience of those trapped in Libyan detention centers. In this snippet from the prologue, the author seeks to amplify the voices of refugees and migrants, their struggles, and their acts of survival. This groundbreaking work of investigative journalism sheds a light on an ongoing crisis that demands our continued attention.

06/22/2025

After an unexpected phone call on an early morning in 2018, writer and model Eirinie Carson learned of her best friend Larissa’s death. In the wake of her shock, Eirinie attempts to make sense of the events leading up to Larissa’s death and uncovers startling secrets about her life in the process.
Eirinie’s portrayal of what love feels like after death bursts from the page alongside a timely, honest, and personal exploration of Black love and Black life.

06/21/2025

Set in a failing small town in central Ohio, The Heart of It All asks how one manages, in an America of increasing division, to find a sense of family and community.

Focusing on the members of three families: the Baileys, a white family who have put down deep roots in the community; the Marwats, an immigrant family that owns the town’s largest employer; and the Shaws, especially young Anthony, an outsider whose very presence gently shakes the town’s understanding of itself.

"For anyone who believes, as I do, that the best hope for our fractured country is local, not national, Christian Kiefer’s new novel The Heart of it All will provide a welcome balm for the spirit. Here are people worth spending time with, not because they’re perfect, but because they’re not. What’s wrong with them isn’t nearly as consequential as how hard they fight for a better life, and not just for themselves. You set the book down and think, ‘This is what we’re made of.’ Or should be."—Richard Russo, author of Somebody’s Fool

Join us in welcoming , author of The Future of Gardens, in conversation with  at They'll be discussing  the importance o...
06/19/2025

Join us in welcoming , author of The Future of Gardens, in conversation with at

They'll be discussing the importance of gardens, providing crucial microclimates for wildlife, acting as community hubs, and potentially transforming our physical and mental health, and how we can adapt our gardens of the future to be climate resilient, sustainable, and technologically advanced.

When: Friday 27th June, 7pm
Where:
Tickets: https://www.waterstones.com/events/the-future-of-gardens-mark-lane-in-conversation-with-sue-stuart-smith/london-trafalgar-square

For 18 cataclysmic hours at the end of May 1921, white Tulsans attacked Greenwood, ”The Black Wall Street,” killing as m...
06/04/2025

For 18 cataclysmic hours at the end of May 1921, white Tulsans attacked Greenwood, ”The Black Wall Street,” killing as many as 300 people, displacing 10,000. It’s the deadliest standalone racial terror attack in U.S. history.

On Sunday, Greenwood saw new headways toward reparations: the $105 million Road to Repair.

The plan comes after the DOJ issued a century-delayed report in January, entering the brutal facts of the massacre, plus state complicity, into formal records.

Lessie Benningfield Randle, 110, and Viola Ford Fletcher, 111, the two living Massacre survivors, said of the DOJ report: “We thank the Lord for keeping us alive to see the DOJ finally validate what we know first-hand to be true: that government institutions coordinated with white supremacists to destroy Greenwood through systematic mass murder, arson, censorship and disinformation.” But they’d hoped for more, saying the document “still falls heartbreakingly short.”

Survivors, advocates, and Tulsa mayor Monroe Nichols are nonetheless fashioning overdue recognition into turning point, marking June 1 as Tulsa Race Massacre Observance Day, and proposing the Road to Repair: $105 million for housing, cultural preservation, land acquisition, and scholarships for survivors, descendants, and Greenwood as a whole.



Lucid and damning, filled with myth-shattering disclosures—we’re mindful the DOJ report could become hard to access current or future federal administrations. We published it physically, in paperback, as a small step to ensure it’s available. To request copies for your class or community group, send us a message.

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Resilience 🌾🪨 Accessibility ♿️ 🌸 Smart cities 🏙️ 🌿 Even gardening in outer space 🛸🪴Get a look at the changes confronting...
05/07/2025

Resilience 🌾🪨 Accessibility ♿️ 🌸 Smart cities 🏙️ 🌿 Even gardening in outer space 🛸🪴

Get a look at the changes confronting gardening, including climate change and AI, by acclaimed horticulturalist, host, designer and disabilities activist . Lane’s vision for inclusivity, sustainable practice and forward-looking design shines throughout this extraordinary addition to the FUTURES series.

Out now in the U.S. (Mother’s Day material), and on May 15 in the U.K. Get it, then get outside! 🌞

🌻 Imaginative editors—we’re expanding our team and we want to hear from you! Full application details at link in bio. ~U...
05/03/2025

🌻 Imaginative editors—we’re expanding our team and we want to hear from you! Full application details at link in bio.

~US~
🔹A leading independent publishing house known for literary fiction, hard-hitting current events books, and series publications.

~YOU~
🔹At least 4 years’ experience working at a trade book publishing house or university press.
🔹Some familiarity with our list.
🔹Adept at both the acquisition and creation of book project.
🔹A creative sensibility that maybe doesn’t fit in the corporate box.

$65,000-$80,000. Hybrid, in Brooklyn, NY.

04/25/2025

Unanimous pick?? INDIES 💖

From our staff’s favorite hometown stores, to yours: shop local, on , or direct from indies online this Indie Bookstore Day weekend.

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🌿 “The pope rejects the equating of technological advance with human advance ‘as if reality, goodness and truth automati...
04/22/2025

🌿 “The pope rejects the equating of technological advance with human advance ‘as if reality, goodness and truth automatically flow from technological and economic power as such,’ as well as the myth of technological neutrality.

⚙️ “In a sentence that might have been written by a historian of science and technology, he insists that we must ‘accept that technological products are not neutral, for they create a framework which ends up conditioning lifestyles and shaping social possibilities along the lines dictated by the interests of certain powerful groups. Decisions which may seem purely instrumental are in reality decisions about the kind of society we want to build.’

🌎 “He is asking us to reject the creed of market fundamentalism, and to recognize that the system has levers. Individuals, institutions, and governments are all making choices, and we have the capacity to make different ones.”

—Naomi Oreskes, from the intro of Encyclical on Climate Change and Inequality: On Care for Our Common Home.

Slide 1: The Pope during a visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau, 2016. Slide 4: Two artisanal cobalt miners work the side of a hill in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mining of cobalt is tied to human rights abuses, such as unsafe worksites, child labor, and forced Congolese labor, in addition to environmental degradation. (The International Institute for Environment and Development) Slide 5 and 6: In 2015, the pope speaks and meets with Typhoon Yolanda victims in the Palo Leyte, the Philippines.

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