Black Sparrow Books

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Black Sparrow Books, formerly known as Black Sparrow Press, is a boutique book publisher founded in 1966 by John Martin of Santa Rosa, California. He founded this company in order to publish the works of avant-garde authors. He initially financed this company by selling his large collection of rare first editions. Typography, printing, and design were the work of Graham Mackintosh of San Francisco.

Black Sparrow Press published authors such as Charles Bukowski, John Fante, George & Mary Oppen, Robert Creeley, Charles Olson, Larry Eigner, Michael Palmer, Clayton Eshleman, Charles Reznikoff, Rochelle Owens, Ed Dorn, Jack Spicer, Cid Corman, William Everson and Diane Wakoski. These are just a few of the artists now today considered part of a ground-breaking 'alternative tradition' first established and nurtured under the auspices of Black Sparrow Press.

The Black Sparrow Press was sold in 2002 to David R. Godine, Publisher. At this point, John Martin retired. David R. Godine is the exclusive licensed distributor of Black Sparrow Books.

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