The Jargon Society

The Jargon Society
Parent companyBlack Mountain College Museum + Arts Center
Founded1951
FounderJonathan Williams and David Ruff
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationAsheville, North Carolina
Publication typesBooks
Official websitewww.blackmountaincollege.org/the-jargon-society/

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."