Essay
Who Told You That You Were Naked?
Shame, interpretation, and the moment an animal begins to mistake a story about itself for itself.
Explore the idea →Independent publishing
The human animal does not experience reality directly. It experiences an interpretation—and then forgets the difference.
Blunted Quill Press publishes work that examines the stories beneath consciousness, belief, culture, and human behavior.
Featured publication · Forthcoming
The Garden of Hedon
What if civilization is not the cure for human compulsion, but its most elaborate expression?
By Andrew Kirk.
Ideas from the press
Enter through the ideas.
The press’s public work begins with essays, audio, questions, objections, and conversations surrounding the book.
Essay
The First Technology Was a Fig Leaf
Before technology changed the world, interpretation changed the creature looking at it.
Explore the idea →Debate
What does the book overclaim?
A place for serious objections, corrections, and responses rather than promotional agreement.
Ideas & Conversation →The press
Small by design.
Blunted Quill Press currently exists to publish and support one major forthcoming title carefully. It administers rights, distribution, contracts, promotion, and future publishing work without pretending to be a larger house than it is.
Read about the press →