. . . "It was the brainchild of poet Daniel Halpern, who is still the publisher today.Each year we publish about 50 books across virtually every genre, by authors including Joyce Carol Oates, Charles Bukowski, Anthony Bourdain, Richard Ford, Robert Stone, Mario Batali, Paul Bowles, Leonard Cohen, Patti Smith, John Ashbery, Ron Rash, and David Wroblewski." . . . . . . . . . . .