S2O Publisher Profile

The Ohio State University Press

The Ohio State University Press was established in 1957 and currently publishes 50-60 new books a year. We specialize in literary studies, including narrative theory, Victorian studies, medieval studies, and classics. Books are also published in gender and sexuality studies, American studies, Latinx studies, comics studies, and rhetoric and communications. Trade titles, which include annual winners of our short fiction and poetry prizes, are published under Mad Creek books and Trillium books imprints.

Among the most notable titles published by the Press are Language Files, an introductory linguistics textbook now in its 12th edition; The Centenary Edition of the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, the definitive 23-volume edition of the American master's writings; Dickens' Journalism, a 4-volume collection; The Death of Contract, a classic in legal studies; and Listen to Me Good, a moving autobiography of an Alabama midwife. The Press was the original publisher of the Helen Hooven Santmyer blockbuster ". . . And Ladies of the Club," which is now available as an ebook.

In addition to its books, the Press publishes a distinguished group of journals: Narrative, , Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society, Victorian. A Journal of Culture and Literature, North American journal of Celtic studies, and Adoption & Culture.