A small press devoted to memoir

True Stories from Unlikely Heroes

Meet the new makers of myth

Think that a thirty-five pound honey badger can kick your butt? What about the friendly feathered ostrich? Both of these animals are mightier than they appear at first glance.

In this way, they have a lot in common with the protagonists of our books. How about a nice Jewish guy who just wants to play the banjo and find the perfect woman? Or a twenty-something woman in search of happiness in foreign places who stumbles upon a Costa Rican prison and whose life is forever changed?

Like the tiny fire ant who can kill an animal a thousand times its weight, our authors catch you by surprise, gripping you till the very last page.

Upcoming titles from Parentheses Press

The world needs new voices

True stories

We only publish memoirs. This means that every story we publish is something that happened in real life.


Emotional impact

We only publish books that keep you reading, whether they’re exceptionally funny or dramatically gripping.


Life lessons

We publish stories about lives that are changed. They have lasting messages that should change the way you view the world.


We trust readers to have an open mind

Ever since social media invaded our lives, we are being exposed to fewer and fewer voices. Algorithms figure out one opinion we hold and then show us lots more of the same. Parentheses Press wants to expose you to new voices and new ways of thinking. Come on, you can take it.