2026-05-28T13:02:16-07:00 2025-12-31 464721814 Zelin & Associates CPA LLC 555 8th Ave Ste 2203 New York NY 10018 990 2025-01-01 201637770 Ether Sea Projects Inc DBA Litmus Press ETHE 7182885530 925 Bergen Street 405 Brooklyn NY 11238 E TRACY GRINNELL Executive Director 2026-05-28 true STEVEN ZELIN CPA P00737180 6466784496 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z E TRACY GRINNELL 925 Bergen Street 405 Brooklyn NY 11238 239934 false X www.litmuspress.org X NY Ether Sea Projects D/B/A Litmus Press publishes innovative poetry, prose, and formally experimental writing from around the world. We champion avant-garde legacies through our stewardship of foundational feminist predecessors of small press publishing and the creation of resources that deepen literacy and appreciation of complex works. In cultivating a transnational and diasporic literary landscape that resists aesthetic, generic, and geopolitical boundaries, we envision a future that everyone can inhabit. 8 7 3 7 0 204727 181701 35450 43469 3470 -285 0 243647 224885 0 0 78726 74224 0 715 157609 151586 236335 225810 7312 -925 5876 15173 1363 5876 13810 Ether Sea Projects D/B/A Litmus Press publishes innovative poetry, prose, and formally experimental writing from around the world. We champion avant-garde legacies through our stewardship of foundational feminist predecessors of small press publishing and the creation of resources that deepen literacy and appreciation of complex works. In cultivating a transnational and diasporic literary landscape that resists aesthetic, generic, and geopolitical boundaries, we envision a future that everyone can inhabit. false false 141105 34775 Book Publications: Print Books published (4)1. Controlled Demolition: A Work in Four Books by Ammiel Alcalay.2. The Unlikeness of Things by Virginie Poitrasson, translated by Michelle Noteboom.3. Erode by Biswamit Dwibedy.4. Yes, I Am A Destroyer by Mira Mattar.Open Poetics Digital Edition (1)Dead Youth, or The Leaks by Joyelle McSweeney. 40316 8694 Public Events:1. Viscera Book Launch with Mark Tardi, Malgorzata Myk, and Natalia Malek, Housing Works Bookstore NYC.2. Free Writing Workshop with Mark Tardi, Malgorzata Myk, and Natalia Malek, Greenpoint Public Library NYC.3. Asia & Haiti Book Launch with Will Alexander, 192 Books NYC.4. Embroideries Book Launch with Burcu Sahin and Youmna Chlala, Unnameable Books NYC.5. Free Translation Workshop with Burcu Sahin and Kira Josefsson, Litmus Press Studio NYC.6. Controlled Demolition Launch with Ammiel Alcalay and Nasser Rabah, Brookline Booksmith, Boston, MA.7. Controlled Demolition Book Launch with Ammiel Alcalay, CUNY, NYC.8. Online Book Launch for 3 Books with Biswamit Dwibedy, Virginie Poitrasson, Michelle Noteboom, and Mira Mattar. 20159 ACCESSIBILITY -- EDUCATIONAL ACCESS TO OUT-OF-PRINT TITLES & NEW TEACHING RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR FREE VIA OUR WEBSITE. WE LAUNCHED A NEW DIGITAL-CRITICAL EDITION IN OUR OPEN POETICS SERIES, A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT WITH CUNY'S DIGITAL HUMANITIES PROGRAM, MANIFOLD SCHOLARSHIP. WE PROVIDED BOOK DONATIONS TO ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS ART RESOURCES TRANSFER (DISTRIBUTION TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES), HOUSING WORKS, AND ST. MARKS POETRY PROJECT. 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