that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . april 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message seven stories press founded 1995 founder dan simon country of origin united states headquarters location new york city new york united states publication types books imprints triangle square official website sevenstories.com seven stories press is an independent publishing company . located in new york city the company was founded by editor dan simon in 1995 after he parted company with four walls eight windows . the company was named for its seven founding authors annie ernaux gary null the estate of nelson algren project censored octavia e. butler charley rosen and vassilis vassilikos all of whom have continued to publish with seven stories . 1 seven stories press publishes works of the imagination and political titles by voices of conscience . while most widely known for its books on politics human rights and social and economic justice seven stories continues to champion literature with a list encompassing both innovative debut novels and national book award winning poetry collections as well as prose and poetry translations from french spanish german swedish italian greek polish korean vietnamese russian and arabic . contents 1 free speech 2 foreign fiction 3 siete cuentos 4 triangle square books for young readers 5 fiction authors published by seven stories 6 nonfiction authors and groups published by seven stories 7 awards 8 references 9 external links free speech edit seven stories believes publishers have a special responsibility to defend free speech and human rights . on several notable occasions seven stories has stepped in to publish important books that were being refused the right to publish for political reasons including dark alliance by pulitzer prize winning journalist gary webb citizen newhouse by carol felsenthal the others by pseudonymous saudi arabian lesbian author seba al herz and all things censored by distinguished journalist and death row inmate mumia abu jamal . foreign fiction edit seven stories is an active publisher of works of literature in translation including the few things i know about glafkos thrassakis by vassilis vassilikos the old garden by hwang sok yong and jean giono s the solitude of compassion . seven stories has introduced new translations of underappreciated classics like ivan goncharov s oblomov while also seeking works by emerging international voices like c line curiol s voice over johan harstad s buzz aldrin what happened to you in all the confusion and andri sn r magnason s lovestar and the story of the blue planet . upcoming translations include operation massacre by rodolfo walsh and the body where i was born by guadalupe nettel . siete cuentos edit launched in 2000 seven stories spanish language imprint siete cuentos editorial represents an ongoing effort to introduce important english language texts to spanish language readers . siete cuentos has published spanish language editions of our bodies ourselves nuestros cuerpos nuestras vidas and howard zinn s a people s history of the united states la otra historia de los estados unidos . siete cuentos has published new and classic works of literature by ariel dorfman including death and the maiden la muerte y la doncella and heading south looking north rumbo al sur deseando el norte as well as fiction by ngela vallvey and sonia rivera vald s. upcoming spanish translations include charles c. mann s 1491 una nueva historia de la americas antes de colon . triangle square books for young readers edit the new imprint from seven stories press was launched in 2012 and combines social justice and good storytelling to a reading audience of young adults and children . triangle square supports the struggle for social justice and restoration of the environment kid s rights and freedom of the imagination . triangle square titles include the story of the blue planet by andri sn r magnason trevor by james lecesne do you dream in color by laurie rubin a young people s history of the united states by howard zinn adapted by rebecca stefoff and a different mirror for young people a history of multicultural america by ronald takaki adapted by rebecca stefoff . titles include what makes a baby and sex is a funny word by cory silverberg a is for activist and counting on community by innosanto nagara and the third chimpanzee for young people by jared diamond adapted by rebecca stefoff . fiction authors published by seven stories edit nelson algren kate braverman octavia butler anton chekhov harriet scott chessman rick demarinis linh dinh assia djebar ariel dorfman martin duberman alan dugan annie ernaux marcus ewert barry gifford beverly gologorsky johan harstad christopher r. howard hwang sok yong james lecesne andri snaer magnason stephanie mcmillan stanley moss luis negr n peter plate uday prakash charley rosen layle silbert ted solotaroff lee stringer martin winckler kurt vonnegut nonfiction authors and groups published by seven stories edit mumia abu jamal eqbal ahmad michael albert amnesty international anna anthropy tom athanasiou aung san suu kyi normand baillargeon subhankar banerjee david barsamian boston women s health book collective art buchwald center for constitutional rights fairness and accuracy in reporting noam chomsky angela davis michael deibert sarah erdreich samuel epstein elizabeth ewen stuart ewen karlene faith eva gabrielsson mike gravel shere hite phil jackson wojciech jagielski derrick jensen paul krassner kalle lasn andrew laties jt leroy joel magnuson robert w. mcchesney ralph nader loretta napoleoni gary null greg palast hugh pearson sam pizzigati benjamin pogrund project censored ted rall luis j. rodriguez arundhati roy laurie rubin barbara seaman vandana shiva cory silverberg nancy snow gregory sumner john r. talbott leora tanenbaum rodolfo walsh koigi wa wamwere gary webb fred a. wilcox sean michael wilson minky worden howard zinn awards edit firecracker alternative book award for independent press of the year 2001 2 references edit witherell amanda . gaps in coverage . reno news & review . 23 october 2008 . firecracker alternative book awards . readers read . external links edit seven stories press official site book depository article naming seven stories independent publisher of the week retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title seven stories press & oldid 743746420 categories book publishing companies based in new yorkcompanies based in new york citypolitical book publishing companiespublishing companies established in 19951995 establishments in new yorkhidden categories articles with a promotional tone from april 2015all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants 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