Parent company | Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center |
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Founded | 1951 |
Founder | Jonathan Williams and David Ruff |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | Asheville, North Carolina |
Publication types | Books |
Official website | www |
The Jargon Society is an independent press founded by the American poet Jonathan Williams. Jargon is one of the oldest and most prestigious small presses in the United States and has published seminal works of the American literary avant-garde, including books by Charles Olson, Louis Zukofsky, Paul Metcalf, James Broughton, and Williams himself, as well as sui generis books of folk art such as White Trash Cooking.
Though most of Jargon's writers are either cult figures or genuine obscurities, the books themselves are often intricately designed deluxe editions. Guy Davenport described the Jargon Society as "a paradoxical fusion of fine printing and samizdat diffusion."