Lightful Press is a publishing collaborative, which was founded in the summer of 2008 in Sunnyside, Queens. Lightful Press publishes poetry, fiction, translations, pictorial histories, pamphlets, and erotica. We aim to produce beautiful books made with care that are also inexpensive and accessible. We publish both perfect bound books and smaller, handmade editions.
Lightful Press is:
Katie Fowley, founding editor, a poet living in Brooklyn.
Mollie Goldstrom, founding editor, a printmaker based in New York.
Michael McCanne, founding editor/editor at large, a writer and book artist last seen on the periphery of the European Economic Zone.
Tony Groutsis, publisher, fancy pants extraordinaire.
Ryan Chowdhury, consultant/special projects.