Gnomon Press

Gnomon Press

Offering high-quality publications of Literature & Photography since 1965

Featured Titles

We are pleased to announce that Ohio University Press is now the sole distributor of these three best-selling titles.

Order from Ohio University Press OR click on book image to order.

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The Brier Poems

by Jim Wayne Miller

(paper) $18.95
(eBook) $18.99

Miller's poems are among the most beloved in Appalachia. They're often read out loud when poets in the region congregate.

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Kinfolks
The Wilgus Stories

by Gurney Norman

(paper) $16.95
(eBook) $16.99

Gnomon's best-selling title.

Over 22,000 copies sold.

“This is a special book, sometimes hilarious, sometimes bittersweet.”

—Library Journal

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Payne Hollow

by Harlan Hubbard

(paper) $19.95
(eBook) $19.99

2nd Edition,
with Afterword by Don Wallis

This best-seller “joins that work of Henry Thoreau...and a growing shelf
of wisdom literature
for the alternative lifestyles movement.”

Gnomon Press

About Us

Founded in 1965 by publisher and award-winning book designer Jonathan Greene, Gnomon Press specializes in books of high quality in the fields of literature and photography.

All books are printed on non-acid paper and designed to last for years. Most of our titles are smythe-sewn.

“What we see here is the work of one of the country's preeminent book designers, Jonathan Greene of Gnomon Press of Frankfort, Kentucky.”
—Georgia Review