Do you love Homodoxy? Are you a… Homodoxophile?
Fabulous.
Until sales can buoy us, the press depends on the generosity of donors to pursue its mission. So, go on:
Summer 2026:
The Firm Foundation Campaign
We are raising funds to ensure the press’s first year is a success and that the books start a’comin in Spring 2027.
Peruse the pitch deck, download and send it to friends, and donate to help us build on solid ground.
Expenses include:
- publishing two books a year, starting in 2027
- fair pay for writers and contracted designers
- the publisher’s salary
- office rental
- The Kindling Project (learn more)
Homodoxy is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the charitable purposes of Homodoxy must be made payable to “Fractured Atlas” only and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
There are more ways to support below the massive triangle!
Homodoxy is also assembling a network of yappers to spread the Homodoxophilia. If you’d like to join, here are talking points to equip you for your good work:
things the press needs
- pro brono or affordable contract review and copyright consultation
- fundraising advice: how to reach communities who would want to learn about and support Homodoxy
- commendations to relevant foundations, particularly those which do not issue open calls
- David Bohnett Foundation, BW Bastian Foundation, Hawthornden Foundation, Astraea Foundation, etc.
- financial consult to establish best record-keeping practices off the bat
- talk about Homodoxy in your own spaces—IRL and virtual
- keep your ears out for projects and writers relevant to the press
- share with me things you’ve learned from similar endeavors!
- print out the zine version of these talking points below and share it
talking points re: the press
- unique niche: LGBTQ theology and literature beyond inclusion and what scripture says (it’s been done, and it overssimplifies queer life)
- spirituality and sexuality freed from inherently conservative peer review and religious imprimaturs
- two series:
- Books Reprinted in Contemporary Context (BRICC): new editions, translations, and collections of out-of-print works that still have things to teach us. A BRICC is foundational and projectile.
- Unitudes: small books on big ideas by writers, artists, and practioners w/ an unusual angle. Not an introduction! Evidence of life. I am small, I contain Unitudes.
- an open call in all genres
- traditional publisher (authors get paid, don’t pay to publish)
- editing intensive
- contract based on Authors Guild model contact, prioritizing authors
- fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas: donations are tax exempt
- two books published per year
- regular catalogue to start in 2027
- distributed by publisher for first years; aiming to be distributed by Asterism as soon as possible
- copies of every book donated to LGBTQ community centers
- member of the CLMP
- supporter of the PACBI and boycotts of Russia
- no AI or Amazon
- currently fundraising and applying to grants to support publisher/editor as he runs the press and writes
talking points re: the publisher
- Samuel Ernest is a 2026 PhD in religious studies from Yale University
- committee of top queer scholars of theology and religion (Linn Tonstad, Kathryn Lofton, Kathryn Tanner, and Mark D. Jordan) and critic/biographer Langdon Hammer
- two years as assistant editor at The Yale Review
- scholar of gay theology, literature, and HIV/AIDS
- editing a collection of Tim Dlugos’s prose with David Trinidad
- published in Roxane Gay’s Emerging Writer Series at The Audacity
- published in Literature and Theology and editing a special edition of Theology and Sexuality
- Co-Chair of the Gay Men and Religion Unit at the American Academy of Religion
- part of a cohort of young queer theologians interested in historical recovery and critical theory
- presented at various academic conferences and the Saints and Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival
- broad editing experience as freelancer
- w/ Homodoxy, included in the Fetzer Institute’s Spiritual Solutions Library
- mother is a pastor and father works in Christian academic publishing
- raised evangelical; now Episcopalian
- lives in New Haven, CT
the zine
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