Promoting New and Unexpected Crossings: A Conversation with Leonora Djament, by Aitana Bellido Interviews [email protected] Mon, 07/01/2024 - 15:34 Leonora Djament has been editorial director of the Argentine publishing house Eterna Cadencia Editora since 2007. She holds a degree in literature from the University of Buenos Aires and is the author of La vacilación afortunada: H. A. Murena: un intelectual subversivo (Colihue, 2007). Djament has been teaching Professor Jorge Panesi’s literary theory and analysis course at the Universidad de Buenos Aires since 1996 and has participated in several research projects with him. She got her start in publishing in 1996. She was the editor of the essay list at Alfaguara and editorial director of Grupo Editorial Norma. Those of us working on the research project “The Novel as Global Form: Poetic Challenges and Cross-border Literary Circulation” at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya are studying a corpus of novels published in the last thirty years.[i] These novels go beyond the national and linguistic sphere; our research projects them onto the international literary market. Since 2008 Eterna Cadencia has been publishing and distributing both Latin American authors—such as Miguel Vitagliano, Diamela Eltit, Sylvia Molloy, and Gabriela Cabezón Cámara—and classic and emerging international voices such as Michel Foucault, Peter Handke, Chris Kraus, and Claire Keegan to both Latin America... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'
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Stephen Carver, Guinevere Glasfurd, Brian Needham and Jo McMillan respond to Joanne Harris’s article about horribly low pay in the publishing worldRegarding Joanne Harris’s article (Horribly low pay is pushing out my fellow authors – and yes, that really does matter, 7 December), I guess I’m a... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Coca-Cola is the latest major brand to branch out into entertainment, with the release of a film anthology series on Prime Video that tells stories about Christmas. The anthology is the first project from Coca-Cola's new entertainment platform, "Real Magic Presents," which will see the brand... Continue reading at AdWeek
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FroHere are eight new horror reads to make you shiver with something other than cold this December, including Mine: An Anthology of Body Autonomy Horror. Continue reading at Book Riot
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Challenging myths about heterosexual white South African men, Prinsloo published four books of short stories in 12 years. Continue reading at The Conversation
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‘Salvador Late or Early’ is a short story in Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories, a 1991 collection of short stories by the American writer Sandra Cisneros (born 1954). The story – which lacks a conventional plot and is more of a character study – briefly describes the life of […] Continue reading at Interesting Literature
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In November 2020, Penguin Random House expressed interest to buy competitor Simon & Schuster. What are the impacts of mergers such as this? Continue reading at Book Riot
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Publishing houses in 16 countries are to benefit from the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre's 'Spotlight on Rights' grants. The post Arabic Language Centre Issues Rights Grants, Signs UAEU Agreement appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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As the DIY publication is collected in a new anthology, creator Osa Atoe and the musicians she inspired reflect on its defiant positivityIn 2006, Osa Atoe picked up pen and paper and began to write herself into history. She had decided to create a fanzine, titled Shotgun Seamstress, with a... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Another Tuesday, another round of new releases. This week sees the publication of new Patti Smith, an anthology edited by Eileen Myles, the five-year-anniversary edition of Hanif Abdurraqib, and more. * Patti Smith, A Book of Days (Random House) “A powerful melding of image and text inspired by... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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A new anthology collects some of the writings, interviews and speeches of the comic and civil rights activist. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Workers at the only ‘big four’ publisher to have a union authorize indefinite strike over low wages and diversityStephanie Guerdan started working in the children’s book department of HarperCollins Publishers six years ago. It was a dream job – just not a dream paycheck. The $33,500-a-year... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Emily Temple rounds up the 60 greatest academic satires, campus novels, and boarding school bildungsromans of the last 100 years. | Lit Hub Reading Lists Lynn Caponera considers the wild and wonderful legacy of Maurice Sendak’s creations (and his rigorous work routine). | Lit Hub Art &... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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It’s possible to love a video game. To be devoted to it, to value what it does for you, and how it makes you feel. To want the best for it. Not in the same way you love a person — or at least, I hope not. But take a look at any major fan convention for video games, movies, TV, or almost... Continue reading at PC World
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It’s possible to love a video game. To be devoted to it, to value what it does for you and how it makes you feel, and to want the best for it. Not in the same way you love a person — or at least, I hope not. But take a look at any major fan convention for video games, movies, TV, or almost... Continue reading at PC World
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Combat veteran Bill Glose’s short stories in “All the Ruined Men” crack open the challenges faced by Gulf War soldiers and their families. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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Tokyopop has published 'Peremoha: Victory for Ukraine', a full-color comics anthology presenting the heroism of the Ukrainian people and the fight to defend their nation. Presented here, “The Ghost of Kiev,” a story about the mythical Ukrainian fighter pilot. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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‘The Man I Killed’ is a story from The Things They Carried, a 1990 collection of linked short stories by the American writer Tim O’Brien. The collection focuses on a platoon of American soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War. As the title of this short story suggests, ‘The Man I […] Continue reading at Interesting Literature
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There's no better time to read horror short stories than October. With Halloween fast approaching, dive into these 20 spooky tales. Continue reading at Book Riot
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The Leeds-born novelist whose work included poetry and short stories as well as his bestselling thrillers will be remembered as a master of plot and characterThe crime writer Peter Robinson has died aged 72, his publisher has announced.The Yorkshire-born author died suddenly on the 4 October... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Sotheby’s describes 17th-century Cervantes editions as a ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity for collectorsOne day in the early 1930s, a young Bolivian diplomat named Jorge Ortiz Linares walked into the illustrious Maggs Bros bookshop in London to ask if they might have a particularly fine edition... Continue reading at The Guardian
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