Our publishing is supported by our studio of the same name, which offers a full range of editing services to writers at all stages of their career and practice, and from all backgrounds and experiences. We are completely independent, self-funded, and worker-owned. We are based in Brooklyn, New York.
Hagfish has been featured in The New York Times and Publishers Weekly. Read our interviews at The Creative Independent, Cultured, and Language Arts.
Naomi Huffman
Julia Ringo
Our identity was designed by L + L, whose brilliance exceeds even the depths of the sea.
The hagfish is a jawless fish with concentric sets of teeth, three hearts, and prodigious slime glands. She is mysterious—little is known about her history, reproduction, or life cycle. She is often numbered among the most repulsive creatures in the sea, but we think she’s beautiful: here is a creature who works to improve her environment, produces a fibrous goo of extraordinary strength and flexibility, and evades her prey with impressive defenses honed over 300 million years. In this spirit, we hope to be as cunning and innovative, and to embody her slippery grace.