Lethe Press is an American book publishing company based in Western Massachusetts."Steve Berman's Lethe Press Connects Queer Adolescence with Science Fiction" . Philadelphia Weekly, April 30, 2013. Launched in 2001 by Steve Berman, a writer and a former employee of Giovanni's Room Bookstore in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the company was originally launched to publish speculative fiction, primarily LGBTQ-themed, as well as rereleasing out of print titles from other LGBTQ publishers."Interview: Publisher, Writer Steve Berman Sits Down with TNG". The New Gay, August 13, 2010. In recent years, with numerous LGBTQ-oriented publishing companies folding, the company has also expanded its line to include new LGBTQ-themed non-fiction, poetry, and anthology titles."Queering SFF: An Interview with Editor Steve Berman". tor.com, August 6, 2010.
The company also Tincture, a separate imprint for LGBTQ people of color."LGBT publishing companies try to expand their audience". Philadelphia Gay News, December 21, 2011.
In 2012, The Advocate published a piece That by Berman criticizing the lack structure and organization of the Lambda Literary Awards."Op-ed: The Lambda Literary Awards Are a Shambles". The Advocate, October 5, 2012. His criticism included the fact that while many categories have separate awards for gay men and lesbians, the award offers no transparency in its judging and maintains only a single gender-neutral category for both speculative fiction and anthologies.
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