About Us
“Wayfarer will not simply publish books. We will ignite cultural fire where we can. We will stand as a home for the wild, the silenced, the feral, and the broken-hearted truth-tellers. We will put literature back in the streets, in the mouths of the people, in the wild spaces where real language lives. We will be a movement, not just a press.”
—Connor Wolfe, Founder & Publisher, Wayfarer
Wayfarer Books is a fiercely independent, trans-owned press publishing bold, genre-defying literature from the wild and societal margins. Founded in a fair-trade café in Boston’s North End during the summer of 2009, the press officially launched in 2011 under the name Homebound Publications and expanded in 2012 to include Wayfarer Magazine. From the beginning, the press focused on works rooted in spirituality and ecological consciousness, carving out space for reflection and stillness in a chaotic world.
In 2024, Homebound Publications became Wayfarer Books. Against all odds—and through a collapsing industry, a global pandemic, paper shortages, shipping disruptions, and the looming dominance of Amazon—Wayfarer has not only survived, it has endured. The press remains committed to amplifying voices often silenced by the mainstream and continues to publish poetry, essays, and nonfiction that speak truth from the wild margins of both landscape and culture. Wayfarer Books exists to champion the feral, the subversive, and the silenced. These are dangerous times, but they are also sacred. The press is still here, still printing, and still refusing to look away.
Founder & Publisher
Contact Connor Wolfe
Speaking Requests & Poetry Readings > PR@wayfarerbooks.org
Assistant to Mx. Wolfe > ManagingEditor@wayfarerbooks.org
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Praise for the works of Connor Wolfe
*written under their [dead name] and now out of print.
“Visually spectacular. A gorgeous ode to self-discovery and healing,”
—Publisher’s Weekly
“[Wolfe] uses poetry and photography to detail their evolution from a socialized prisoner of expectations to a reclaimed, authentic self.”
—Foreword Review
“In this spellbinding book, [Wolfe] spares no detail in telling the story of their descent into profound grief as one loss piled upon another. Though small, this effective and plainspoken memoir is densely packed with tales of harrowing experiences that require emotional, intellectual, and spiritual investments on the part of the reader. [Wolfe’s] journey of recovery will be of help to anyone looking for courage in difficult times.”
–Publishers Weekly
“A laconic, beautiful, and deeply insightful account about coping with loss.”
–Kirkus Reviews
“[Wolfe’s] essay explores the confluence of natural and interior landscapes in a manner both beautiful and searing.”
–Foreword Reviews, {5 Stars}
“[Wolfe] brings us inside the disoriented unfolding of a life taking new shape after trauma. This is not a ‘tie a neat bow around it’ trauma and recovery story with a too-simple happy ending, but a messy, honest look at a life that will never be the same.”
–Narratively
“Impressively candid and articulate, extraordinarily honest and insightful, exceptionally well written, organized and presented . . . Thoughtful and thought-provoking from first page to last, I unreservedly recommended for personal reading lists, as well as community and academic library collections.”
–Midwest Book Review, *Reviewer’s Choice
Connor Wolfe (they/them) is a writer, publisher, and advocate whose work spans over two decades and fourteen titles. Publishing from the margins of literary culture, Wolfe’s work has earned six Pushcart Prize nominations, the Gold Nautilus Medal for Poetry (2015), multiple Foreword Review Book Awards, and the Nautilus Silver Medal for Poetry (2022).
Wolfe is the founder of Wayfarer Books, an independent, trans-owned press committed to amplifying voices historically silenced by the mainstream. Their vision for literature as an act of resistance has shaped the press since its beginnings in 2011. Wolfe has served two terms on the Board of Directors for the Independent Book Publishers Association, delivered a TEDx Talk at Yale University, and completed a degree at Harvard University through grant-funded programs.
After coming out as nonbinary and trans, Wolfe stepped further into national conversations around mental illness, erasure, and creative survival. Holding a degree in Psychology, they also studied Photojournalism under Samantha Appleton, former White House photographer for the Obama administration, sharpening their practice of bearing witness and telling the stories that often go unseen.
In 2024, Wolfe volunteered in the Collections Department of the Museum of Anthropology at Ghost Ranch, assisting in the preparation of sacred objects for repatriation under the revised Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. After wintering off-grid in the high desert along the foothills of Pedernal, they are once again in motion, traveling with their three-legged black cat, momo, writing, documenting, and continuing the long walk home.
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