Passage Press
| Passage Press | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Independent publisher |
| Founder | Jonathan Keeperman ("Lomez") |
| Products | Books, Man's World magazine |
| Social | @PassagePress |
| Website | https://passage.press |
Passage Press, formally Passage Publishing, is an American independent publishing house founded in 2021 and led by Jonathan Keeperman, who writes and posts under the pseudonym "Lomez."[1] The press publishes work by online writers alongside reprints and new translations of older fiction and nonfiction. It has been described by The Guardian, The New York Times, and other outlets as a far-right and "new right" publisher.[1][2]
Passage Press intersects with Remilia Corporation through a shared orbit of the online political and cultural right, a co-sponsored event, and the forthcoming publication of writings by Remilia founder Charlotte Fang.[3][4]
History
The company originated as the Passage Prize, an online writing and art competition offering a cryptocurrency prize, judged by Curtis Yarvin and the pseudonymous writer Zero HP Lovecraft.[1] Its name derives from The Forest Passage by Ernst Jünger, whom Keeperman has named as his favorite author.[2] In 2023, the operation was rebranded as Passage Publishing and expanded through the acquisition of Mystery Grove Publishing.[1]
Keeperman operated anonymously as "Lomez" until May 2024, when a Guardian investigation identified him as a former lecturer in the English department at the University of California, Irvine, where he taught from 2013 to 2022.[1] The identification drew commentary across online right-wing circles, some of whom framed the exposure as harassment.[5]
Publications
Passage Publishing has released compendiums of writing by online figures including Steve Sailer, Nick Land, and Curtis Yarvin.[1] Through its Passage Classics imprint, it reprints older works, among them writing by Ernst Jünger, H. P. Lovecraft, and Robert E. Howard, as well as original editions of The Hardy Boys.[2] It also publishes Man's World, a men's magazine associated with the writer known as Raw Egg Nationalist.[1]
Under its Network Press imprint, the company is publishing The Exegesis of Miya Black Hearted Cyber Angel Baby (2016–2020), a collection of writings from Miya, an online performance persona of Charlotte Fang that predated Remilia Corporation. The volume, translated by Fang, is scheduled for release in October 2026 in a standard edition and a limited leather-bound "Legacy Edition."[4]
In interviews, Keeperman has described the company's aim as building a durable right-wing cultural counterweight to progressive dominance, contrasting his approach with earlier right-wing art he characterized as moralistic and nostalgic.[2]
Cultural activities
Alongside publishing, the company sponsors cultural events and figures. Fashion designer Elena Velez, associated with the Dimes Square downtown New York scene, has been sponsored by Passage and has cited the company and Keeperman as an influence.[2] Its January 2025 Coronation Ball, held at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. to mark Donald Trump's second inauguration, drew a guest list that included Yarvin, Anna Khachiyan, Dasha Nekrasova, and Charlotte Fang.[3]
Relation to Remilia
Passage Press and Remilia Corporation occupy overlapping positions within the online cultural and political right, and the two organizations have collaborated directly. At Passage's January 2025 Coronation Ball, Remilia served as the sponsor and ran the after-party — an after-hours Milady Rave — with Charlotte Fang among the attendees.[3]
The relationship also extends to publishing: through its Network Press imprint, Passage is releasing The Exegesis of Miya Black Hearted Cyber Angel Baby (2016–2020), which collects and translates the writings of Fang's Miya persona from the years preceding the founding of Remilia.[4] The two organizations share a broader milieu with figures such as Curtis Yarvin and Nick Land, whose work Passage has published and whose accelerationist and neoreactionary ideas form part of Remilia's own intellectual background.
See also
- The Exegesis of Miya Black Hearted Cyber Angel Baby
- Charlotte Fang
- Curtis Yarvin
- Nick Land
- Elena Velez
- Neoreactionary Movement
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Wilson, Jason (May 14, 2024). "Revealed: US university lecturer behind far-right Twitter account and publishing house". The Guardian.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Douthat, Ross (May 1, 2025). "The New Culture of the Right: Vital, Masculine and Intentionally Offensive". The New York Times.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 January 17, 2025. "Remilia Corporation joins Passage Press' historic coronation ball celebration". Cointelegraph.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "The Exegesis of Miya Black Hearted Cyber Angel Baby (2016–2020) translated by C. Fang (Legacy Edition)". Passage Publishing. Retrieved July 20, 2026.
- ↑ Breland, Ali (June 10, 2024). "The Far Right's New 'Badge of Honor'". The Atlantic.