John G. H. Oakes

Co-publisher, OR Books. Director, CUNY Publishing Institute. Formerly: executive editor, Atlas & Co.; publisher, Thunder’s Mouth Press; co-publisher, Nation Books; co-founder and former publisher, Four Walls Eight Windows (1987-2004). Member, New York Public Library Book Programming Committee; judge, John B. Oakes Award for Environmental Journalism. P.E.N. membership committee.


Articles by John G. H. Oakes

Monday February 27

Remembering Barney Rosset

Barney Rosset’s death demands a focus on a life filled with extremes. His financial ups and downs—mainly downs—his personal intensity; his absolute unwillingness to compromise: these, combined with a fascination with how we communicate, both in verbal and visual terms, resulted in one of the Great Lives of publishing.