Sorry House is an independent,

small press A small press is a publisher with annual sales below a certain level or below a certain number of titles published. The terms "indie publisher" and "independent press" and others are sometimes used interchangeably. Independent press is general ...

publishing company based in Brooklyn,

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that was founded by writer

Spencer Madsen Spencer Madsen is a contemporary American poet and small press publisher. He is a Brooklyn-based contemporary writer as well as the founding editor of Sorry House, an independent publishing press in New York City. Madsen is part of a genre of ind ...

in 2012. Sorry House publishes poetry and fiction in print only. Sorry House's debut publication was ''I will never be beautiful enough to make us beautiful together'' by Mira Gonzalez. It was released on 31 January 2013. Gonzalez is a close friend of Madsen, and the editing process was notably intimate. The book was named a '' Dazed'' poetry book of the week, a Flavorwire book of the year, and was excerpted at '' Vice''. It was a finalist for both the Goodreads Choice Award and

Believer Poetry Award The Believer Poetry Award is an American literary award presented yearly by '' The Believer'' magazine to poetry collections the magazine's editors thought were "the finest, and the most deserving of greater recognition" of the year. The inaugural ...

. That same year Sorry House published ''Joke Book'' by Victor Vazquez. In July 2014, '' Dazed'' named Sorry House one of "10 US Presses that don't play by the rules" alongside Publishing Genius, Wave Books, and Coffee House Press.

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