Since December 2024, I’ve had the opportunity to write several short articles on the publishing world, both in the U.S. and Spain. A running list of those pieces is below. Thanks to Valerie Miles (editor of Granta en Español and translator of the forthcoming Borges by Adolfo Bioy Casares) for this photo, presenting at her class at UIC Barcelona in May 2025.
Small Publishers and the Challenges of Distribution (Book Work, 6/12/25)
- On distribution options for small publishers, including Stable Distribution, Itasca Books, and Asterism Books. With comments from Jeff Alessandrelli (Fonograf Editions) and Caryl Pagel (Rescue Press).
Responding to Trump’s grant cuts (Book Work, 5/8/25)
- On print advertising in small journals, including n+1 and Paris Review, after the cuts of National Endowment for the Arts grants in April 2025. With comments & quotes from Maris Kreizman (LitHub columnist and author of I Want to Burn This Place Down), Mark Krotov (n+1), and Nathan Heller (The New Yorker).
Las apuesta de riesgo del mundo de la edición independiente (Zenda, 4/24/25)
- Spanish versions of Publishers Weekly article, with additional discussion of books and authors that Sexto Piso publishes in their original Spanish, including Brenda Navarro, Dahlia de la Cerda, and Valeria Luiselli, and also mention of the Cercador Prize.
In Spain, Indie Presses Bring the Best of the U.S. to Hispanophone Readers (Publishers Weekly, 4/4/25)
- On the Mexican & Spanish publisher Sexto Piso and their program to translate books into Spanish, which recently includes the work of James Baldwin and Katie Kitamura’s Audition, both translated by Ismael Attrache. With comments from Santiago Tobón (Sexto Piso), Jordi Cornellà-Detrell (University of Glasgow), and Roberta Gerhard (PRH Spain).
Los premios literarios españoles son distintos a los del resto del mundo (Zenda, 12/20/24)
- Spanish version of the Publishers Weekly article, with additional discussion of publishing prizes in the U.S., including mentions of Something About Living by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha and You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrique.
Xita Rubert et Cynthia Rimsky reçoivent le prix Herralde 2024 (Livres Hebdo, 12/3/24)
- French translation of the Publishers Weekly article.
Anagrama’s Herralde Prize Mints Literary Superstars (Publishers Weekly, 12/2/24)
- On Anagrama’s Herralde Prize, won in 2024 by Xita Rubert, the youngest recipient in the history of the award for Los hechos de Key Biscayne (forthcoming from Ecco as The Key Biscayne Affair, translated by Julia Sanches) and Cynthia Rimsky (Clara y confusion). With comments from Silvia Sesé (Anagrama), Juan Milà (Harper Via), Daniel Saldaña Paris (author of The Dance and the Fire), Simon López Trujillo (author of Pedro the Vast), María Lynch and Marina Penalva (Casanovas & Lynch).