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Arc Pair Press is a publisher of perfect-bound, prose mini-books. We publish short collections of fiction and nonfiction, novellas and long essays.
We take our name from the arc pair theory of grammar developed by David E. Johnson and Paul M. Postal. As a prose publisher, we wanted to have a name that paid tribute to the study of grammar and the construction of syntax and sentence. The arc pair theory is one of the primary opposition theories to Noam Chomsky’s theory of transformational grammar. We’re not linguists and we don’t take sides in this debate, but we have a special place in our hearts for the underdog. We also like using the pear symbol because “pair” and “pear” are homophones.
We take our name from the arc pair theory of grammar developed by David E. Johnson and Paul M. Postal. As a prose publisher, we wanted to have a name that paid tribute to the study of grammar and the construction of syntax and sentence. The arc pair theory is one of the primary opposition theories to Noam Chomsky’s theory of transformational grammar. We’re not linguists and we don’t take sides in this debate, but we have a special place in our hearts for the underdog. We also like using the pear symbol because “pair” and “pear” are homophones.
Publisher
Heather Momyer is the founding publisher of Arc Pair Press. Her fiction chapbook, How to Swim, was published by Another New Calligraphy (2013). Her stories and essays have appeared in journals such as The Forge Literary Review, The SFWP Quarterly, Tahoma Literary Review, Puerto del Sol, Psychopomp Magazine, Bennington Review, among others. In 2009, she won the best fiction prize from 303 Magazine, while other work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and the Sundress Best of the Net anthology and has received an honorable mention in a Glimmer Train fiction contest. She holds an MFA in creative writing and a Ph.D. in literature. She teaches creative writing at University of Washington, Tacoma.
Heather Momyer is the founding publisher of Arc Pair Press. Her fiction chapbook, How to Swim, was published by Another New Calligraphy (2013). Her stories and essays have appeared in journals such as The Forge Literary Review, The SFWP Quarterly, Tahoma Literary Review, Puerto del Sol, Psychopomp Magazine, Bennington Review, among others. In 2009, she won the best fiction prize from 303 Magazine, while other work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and the Sundress Best of the Net anthology and has received an honorable mention in a Glimmer Train fiction contest. She holds an MFA in creative writing and a Ph.D. in literature. She teaches creative writing at University of Washington, Tacoma.
