Lucia Brown (she/her) is the director of community engagement for the Feminist Press. A proud former FP intern, Lucia also manages our apprenticeship program. She is a graduate of Ithaca College where she studied international communications and gender studies. lucia[at]feministpress[dot]org.

 

 

 

 

 

Tyler Kristin Hubbert (she/her) is the publicity and events coordinator at the Feminist Press. A New Jersey native, she is a graduate of The College of New Jersey where she studied English literature, publishing, and women's, gender, and sexuality studies. Before beginning at FP Tyler spent five years working in academic publishing at Princeton University Press. An avid traveler, Tyler is drawn to works in translation. Particularly from French, a language she is currently trying to learn. tyler[at]feministpress.org.

 

 

 

 

Alicia Lim (she/her) plays a key role in overseeing FP’s daily activities as director of operations. She works closely with staff and the Board to ensure the successful execution of FP’s mission and strategic goals. Alicia entered the independent publishing world by way of working at indie bookstores and has over a decade of experience working in mission-driven art and tech spaces. A lifelong champion of artists and creators, she believes in the power of creative work to connect people and empower communities to create social change.  alicia[at]feministpress[dot]org.

 

 

 

Kameel Mir is an associate editor at the Feminist Press. She is a graduate of the University of Georgia and holds an MFA in Fiction from Brooklyn College. She has worked in the book business and literary space in various capacities for the past six years. In her spare time, she writes fiction and cultural criticism, pieces of which have been published in Lux Magazine, HAD, Scalawag, and The New Inquiry. She loves to read the best prose she can find and organize for socialist causes when she can, and she hopes to soon relearn the piano and resume her study of languages (namely Arabic and her native Bengali). kameel[at]feministpress[dot]org.

 

 

 

Rachel Page (she/her) is the managing editor and development coordinator at the Feminist Press. She is a graduate of Columbia University, where she studied English and ethnic studies. rachel[at]feministpress[dot]org.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drew Stevens (he/him) is the art director at the Feminist Press. He joined the Feminist Press staff in 2008. Hailing from Louisville, Kentucky, he has lived in New York for over 20 years and has been designing books for over 25. Some of his book designs can be viewed on his website studiodrew.nyc. drew[at]feministpress[dot]org.

 

 

 

 

Jeanne Thornton started working in publishing at Seven Stories Press in 2008, and she has worked with Berghahn Books, Stacked Deck Press, Greenleaf Book Group, and as the copublisher of Instar Books. She is the author of Summer Fun (winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction), as well as The Black Emerald, The Dream of Doctor Bantam, and the forthcoming A/S/L, and the coeditor of We’re Still Here: An All-Trans Comics Anthology. Her writing has appeared in n+1, WIRED, Harper’s Bazaar, Evergreen Review, Epiphany, and other places. She maintains a website at jeannethornton.com.  jeanne[at]feministpress[dot]org.

 

 

 

ABOUT OUR PORTRAITS

Our staff portraits are by Bishakh Som, author of APSARA ENGINE. Som is an artist, illustrator, and writer whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, BuzzFeed, the Boston Review, and the Brooklyn Rail, among others. Her books include Spellbound: A Graphic Memoir, and The Prefab Bathroom: An Architectural History, and she was also a contributor to We're Still Here: An All-Trans Comics Anthology. Som is currently based in Brooklyn, New York.

 

MEET OUR APPRENTICES

 

 

Diamond Braxton "MANTÉ" (they/she) is a queer, mixed-race Black and Mexican American writer, editor, and educator based in Texas. They recently graduated with an MFA in Fiction Creative Writing from Texas State, where she worked on a genre-bending collection of stories and a novel that focus on mothers and daughters, the Gulf Coast, queerness, and hauntings. In their free time, she likes to listen to vinyl records, drink oat milk cortados, watch the newest A24 movie, and spend as much time as possible with the people she loves.

 

 

 

Grace Gaynor (she/her) is a writer from Louisville, Kentucky. She is an assistant poetry editor for Noemi Press, an editorial intern at Electric Literature, and a poetry reader for Bicoastal Review. She studied English and GWS at Hollins University and earned an MFA in creative writing from Virginia Tech.

 

 

 

 

Valentina López-Pérez (she/her) is a publishing professional based in New York, originally from Bogotá, Colombia. She holds a BA in Literature from Los Andes University and an MS in Publishing from Pace University. She finds joy in literature in translation, foreign languages, and all things horror. When she’s not reading, she’s out scouring the city sampling café atmospheres.

 

 

 

 

ABOUT OUR BRANDING

Rae Tweed is a visual designer and collage artist based in Los Angeles, CA. She has worked on the Alfred Coffee design team where she partnered with brands like Disney, Netflix and Glossier. More recently Rae teamed up with The Pivot Group, where she designed print pieces for several democratic campaigns and organizations. Some of the politicians and groups include Planned Parenthood, The ACLU, Arizona Abortion Access, Janelle Bynum and Christine Marsh.