Dalkey Archive Press

Dalkey Archive Press is presented as both a publisher of literary work and a long-term partner in cultural programming. Since 1990, the Lannan Foundation has supported its projects through funding for authors, audience development, and direct assistance with publishing books, helping connect the Press’s work with readers as well as bring it into print.

Partnership and Support

The relationship encompasses several forms of support rather than a single grant or publication. The Lannan Foundation has provided monetary support for authors, backed programs intended to develop audiences, and funded the publication of Dalkey Archive Press books directly. Together, these activities link the practical work of publishing to the broader effort to make literature available and find it readers.

The Lannan Selections Series

Established in 2000, the Lannan Selections Series formalized a shared commitment to what the organizations describe as the highest expressions of literary creativity. The Foundation supports publication of the series each year, while working closely with Dalkey Archive Press to extend the books’ reach and secure them a lasting place in literature. The series is therefore described not only as a publishing initiative but also as a continuing effort to build readership and literary permanence.

Authors whose works have appeared in the series include Ishmael Reed, Stanley Elkin, Ann Quin, Nicholas Mosley, William Eastlake, and David Antin. The range of names in the list illustrates the series’ attention to writers across poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, the literary forms identified in the Foundation’s wider program.

Selected Books

Dalkey Archive Press’s selected paperback list includes Svetlana Alexievich’s Voices from Chernobyl. Its appearance establishes the book as part of the Press’s paperback catalogue; the listing does not, by itself, identify it as a Lannan Selection. Alongside the account of the Press’s long-running partnership with the Foundation, the catalogue entry shows the concrete publishing work through which the Press circulates literature.