University Press publishes roaches and profs in College's backyard
Through a door nestled between the Dartmouth Co-Op and theCamera Shop of Hanover, two flights of stairs lead up to the third floor offices of an international publishing company. Despite its unobtrusive location and modest sign, the University Press of New England is a major enterprise, an intellectual clearinghouse that each year publishes about 75 books on diverse subjects. What separates the University Press from major New York City publishing firms, other than 250 miles, is the diversity of the books it publishes, from academic investigations into colonialism to poems allegedly written by a cockroach dancing on a typewriter. And for most of the staff of the University Press, which is owned by Dartmouth and five other colleges, it is the diversity that makes the job worthwhile. Book Designer Kathy Kimball said, "That's what keeps it interesting." Books in print Most university publishers print only books of a scholarly nature.