Cultural Cross Sections Alice-Catherine Carls Pachamama / Pichincha / Photo by Scipio Rocío Durán-Barba / Photo by Stephen Carls Rocío Durán-Barba is one of the most important voices of Latin American literature today. The author of more than fifty books in French, Spanish, and many other translations, she writes in a surrealistic vein tethered to history. Fundamentally awake to her surroundings, she fully engages her senses, mind, and spirit in a reading of the present to better guide the future. Whether she questions the identity of Paris, explains the world events of May 1968, or challenges Henri Michaux’s travelogue of Ecuador, she is always awakening her readers’ consciousness. Two of her recent works encourage introspection and dialogue with the cultures of Spanish Latin America in the form of encounters between painters and poets. Neither illustrated poems nor narrated paintings, these encounters are artistic regards croisés. Translation is present as a third art, as the books feature the French and Spanish versions of the poems. A first volume matching twelve Ecuadorian painters with twelve French poets, Regards croisés. Miradas cruzadas. Peintres équatoriens et poètes français, came out in 2016. This desire to make Ecuador better known to the world may have its roots in the devastatingly negative travel impressions noted by Henri Michaux during his trip to Latin America in the late 1930s. Durán-Barba responded to it... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'
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The Paris Cookbook Fair took place February 22–24 in the Carrousel du Louvre, below the French museum’s famous pyramid. The fair brought in nearly 3,000 attendees to visit 102 booths of publishers, writers, and agents. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three boys who were camping in Queensland, Australia, escaped from quicksand using information gained in a book. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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Wiley will endeavour to make $80m in annual cost savings going forward as part of an ongoing bid... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Yann Martel and Alice Munro are working with Canopy, an environmental charity, to highlight forest-saving Second Harvest paper made from straw rather than trees. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On Thursday, Time Warner investors were giving the thumbs up to Wednesday's announcement that the media giant would be spinning off its troubled magazine division—pushing shares up 2% in midday trading, on top of the 6% increase that followed reports last month of a sale of Time Inc.But magazine... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2013-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IPC Media is focusing on not being distract by events outside of its control, as parent company Time Warner unveiled plans to spin off its magazine division Time Inc last night. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2013-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A secret operation saved hundreds of thousands of Muslim manuscripts in Tumbuktu's ancient libraries from destruction by militants. Now they are being translated and published. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Denmark’s leading publishers are combining with Rubicon Project to launch The Danish Publisher Network, in order to offer their online inventory and data to advertisers via real-time trading. Publishers including Politiken, Jyllands-Posten, ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The finalists for the 33rd L.A. Times Book Prizes were announced Thursday morning. Two authors -- Margaret Atwood and Kevin Starr -- will also receive special recognition. This post has been updated; see below for details. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The publishers of UK's Stork Books argue that major publishers and the media in the UK and USA underestimate the audience for translated books and are making a big mistake. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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According to Fortune, the media giant is meeting with a reps from Meredith--but nothing's been confirmed. Could Time Warner be following in the steps of News Corp. and considering spinning off its publishing division? According to a report by Fortune (a Time Inc. publication), the media... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's publisher Chicken House and the Times are on the way to choosing the title that... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The fate of the independent sales representative may be inextricably linked to that of the independent bookstore. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Warner Inc. said Wednesday that net income grew 51% in the last three months of 2012 even as revenue was largely unchanged. Rising fees from cable and satellite companies and higher ad revenue at the TV networks offset revenue declines at its movie studio and magazine businesses.Net income... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2013-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc., the publisher of magazines including Time and Sports Illustrated, has begun eliminating about 6% of its head count—nearly 500 jobs—in the biggest round of cuts at the company since 2008."With the significant and ongoing changes in our industry, we must continue to transform our... Continue reading at Crains New York
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Now that Rupert Murdoch is spinning off News Corp.’s publishing properties into a separate company, media observers have identified the Los Angeles Times as a likely target for acquisition. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From Clay Foster, chairman and CEO of Journal Inc. and publisher of the Daily Journal: Today’s paper is the culmination of months of planning and hard work to go live on a new printing press. In challenging economic times this was not an e ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Maurie Perl, the longtime chief spokeswoman at Condé Nast, is hanging it up after 21 years at the company. For 12 years, Perl built and oversaw the PR machine of the publishing company, reporting to parent Advance Publications Chairman Si Newhouse and then-Condé Nast CEO Steve Florio, who since... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing is doing all it can to convince people to buy books and read, but still 47% of Americans don't. It's time to try something radical: let's start with men. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic Corporation has reported a 10% year-on-year drop in revenue in the second... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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