Publishing Critical Thinking

39 West Press: independent book publisher committed to encouraging critical thinking, promoting constructive discourse on social, cultural, political, and economic issues affecting life in the U.S

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Our Values

39 West Press: Representing You

LGBTQIA+

both fledgling and established writers and artists from the Scene, our Authors explore the sub-cultures and lovesick lessons from queer world.

POC

The Tapestry of Black Consciusness is emerging from it's long repressed roots. Collections of raw, honest, revealing talent by those who deserve to be heard.

Gender

From Dollies, to the new age Trans Masc lesbian twinks, the movement and micro-cosms of gender dysphoria are heart twisting, poored into self-reflective texts that help us all better understand impossible world of Identity.

Discourse

Committed to releasing books that promote constructive discourse on social, cultural, political, and economic issues

Books

Publishing Art, Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction. Dedictated to promoting the voices of marginalized populations.

Art

In an effort to transcend sensationalized media stereotypes and portray a more honest perspective into queer existence, Wilks spent a year interviewing, and then painting, queer Kansas City residents.

Poetry

Rooted in folklore and mystery, place informed by: sunlight on the strip pit, the shadow of an owl at Camp 50, junkyard mechanics, railroad men, a grandfather at a piano plunking out Methodist hymns.

Fiction

historical subjection of women by men, their deliverance through art, and the dismantling of cultural codes.

Readers Like You

Our book clubs thoughts on your favourite authors.

The beauty of the poetry on these pages offers something for everyone. Readers can feel the pain and see the promise. Everyone can be inspired to push through and make their voice heard. Everyone can be empowered and energized to find their way and be accepted. Poetry is powerful and author Sheri Purpose Hall has mastered it.

Kristi Bernard: Black Girl Shattered

“It’s hard to keep track of the sheer number of subcultures in the world today and yet reading Tribespotting, it appears as if Harmon Leon’s infiltrated them all. This book was eye-opening to say the least, taking me to places I’d never heard of (including some I maybe wish I still hadn’t).”

David Litt: Tribespotting: Undercover Culture

No matter who you are, Where you are,
You deserve to be heard.

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