to navigation search this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message david r. godine publisher founded 1970 founder david r. godine country of origin united states headquarters location boston publication types books imprints black sparrow official website www.godine.com david r. godine publisher is an american book publishing company founded in 1970 in boston massachusetts . 1 history edit the company s founder david r. godine was a graduate of roxbury latin school 2 dartmouth college 3 class of 1966 and the harvard graduate school of education 4 who had worked for artist leonard baskin and printer harold mcgrath but who had no publishing experience when he opened his printing shop in 1970 in a barn in brookline massachusetts . 5 many of the early titles were fine letterpress editions using a 40 kelly 3 flatbed reciprocating letterpress with three form rollers . the company has since grown to become a well regarded small general trade publisher . 6 these early editions include arthur freeman s assays of bias andrew marvell s garden printed on a vandercook press 20 and thoreau s civil disobedience and a plea for captain john brown . by 1975 the firm had abandoned letterpress printing and decided to focus entirely on publishing . the early lists set the tone for the company s focuses concentrating primarily on fiction especially in translation biography photography the history of printing and the graphic arts and children s books . over the next thirty years a number of series were created . the nonpareil books collection which now numbers over 100 titles in print brings back neglected works ; over its life the series has revived books by writers such as donald hall william maxwell francis steegmuller george orwell laurie lee will cuppy flora thompson and gerald durrell . the verba mundi series concentrates on translations of foreign fiction and has included the work of dino buzzati robert musil georges perec j. m. g. le cl zio and patrick modiano . the imago mundi series of finely printed illustrated books primarily photography has promoted work by artists such as paul caponigro george tice angus mcbean and jean cocteau . the small format pocket paragons concentrate on illustrated books by authors and artists including marie angel william heath robinson lotte jacobi and margaret bourke white . godine s children s list includes authors and illustrators such as william steig mary azarian barbara mcclintock joe mckendry and edward ardizzone . every year the firm issues between twenty and forty new titles and also reprints roughly the same number . as of 2009 the company had 700 volumes in print . 7 both the press and its authors have won awards over the years including the w.a. dwiggins award in 1984 the boston globe literary press award in 1987 and the first new england booksellers annual award in 1989 . 6 two authors published by godine have been awarded the nobel prize for literature j.m.g. le cl zio in 2008 and patrick modiano 2014 . le cl zio s book the prospector was the first book in godine s verba mundi imprint in 1993 . godine published le cl zio s novel d sert in spring 2009 8 and godine also released a 2013 translation of le cl zio s the african . 9 flora thompson s lark rise to candleford reissued by godine in 2008 as part of its nonpareil imprint was the basis for a bbc television series that aired on pbs in the united states with marketing tie ins between the series and godine s book . 8 in 2002 john martin sold the rights remaining stock and back list of titles for black sparrow press to david r. godine publisher this did not include black sparrow s most popular authors however charles bukowski john fante wyndham lewis and paul bowles . 10 11 since that time the editors at godine have added authors eddie chuculate kenneth burke daniel fuchs and linda bamber to the black sparrow imprint brought several titles by charles reznikoff back into print and continued to publish and republish existing black sparrow authors such as wanda coleman and lyn lifshin . references edit robert dana against the grain interviews with maverick american publishers university of iowa press 2009 isbn 978 158729894 3 pp. 227ff . excerpts available at google books . f. washington jarvis with love and prayers a headmaster speaks to the next generation david r. godine publisher 2000 isbn 978 156792233 2 p. xxiii . excerpts available at google books . david r. godine the art of the book a collector s choice dartmouth college library bulletin april 1995 . boston bookman fine books and collections fall 2010 . start the presses the boston globe may 2 2010 via highbeam research subscription required . a b http www.godine.com show.asp id 4 dc dennison another shot at shelf life ; publishers delighted as google draws eyes and buyers to forgotten volumes the boston globe october 3 2009 via highbeam research subscription required . a b judith rosen first nobel now tv tie in for godine publishers weekly march 2 2009 . nobelist evokes his father s remarkable life the washington post september 26 2013 via highbeam research subscription required . for many years now the publishing house of david r. godine has been producing some of the most attractive books of our time . witness this little volume of reminiscences by j.m.g. le cl zio the recipient of the 2008 nobel prize for literature . while nowhere near as grand as some of those earlier godine publications focusing on art and book history the african reveals a comparable attention to detail ... . judith rosen godine readying black sparrow imprint publishers weekly may 09 2003 . tim rutten plot in the black sparrow saga takes unexpected turn boston based publisher agrees to take over california house s distinguished backlist . los angeles times august 21 2002 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title david r. godine publisher & oldid 744296008 categories book publishing companies based in massachusettscompanies established in 1970companies based in bostonhidden categories subscription required using viapages containing links to subscription only contentarticles needing additional references from august 2014all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 14 october 2016 at 10 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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