Since December 2024, I’ve had the opportunity to write several short articles on the publishing world, and that endeavor has expanded to other topics of interest. A running list of those pieces is below. Thanks to Valerie Miles for this photo, presenting at her UIC Barcelona class in May 2025.
On “The Dig” and the importance of podcasts: Daniel Denvir at READ Barcelona (Book Work, 9/22/26)
Notes from around publishing: An end-of-summer roundup (Book Work, 8/25/26)
I’ve come all this way: Shirley Manson at 60 (Vesto Review, 8/25/26)
The Rukeyser Revival (Book Work, 8/2/26)
Muriel Rukeyser and the Poetry of Antifascism (Rain Taxi, 7/31/26)
Defiant Lefists Summon Courage in Barcelona (Madrid Review, 4/22/26)
Two publishing success stories: On Ethan Rutherford and a new Bad Bunny book (Book Work, 3/7/26)
From novelist to literary agent: My Q&A with Madison Smartt Bell (Book Work, 1/25/26)
The afterlife of Michael McDowell (Book Work, 12/6/25)
Guadalajara 2025 : Barcelone et la littérature catalane sous les projecteurs (Livres Hebdo, 11/12/25)
- French translation of Publishers Weekly article.
Two Colors in My Head: Radiohead in Madrid (The Madrid Review, 11/9/25)
Barcelona Gets Its Flowers at FIL 2025 (Publishers Weekly, 10/31/25)
Carmen Balcells and the emergence of literary Barcelona (Book Work, 10/26/25)
Building communities with smaller book festivals (Book Work, 9/8/25)
Small Publishers and the Challenges of Distribution (Book Work, 6/12/25)
Responding to Trump’s grant cuts (Book Work, 5/8/25)
Las apuesta de riesgo del mundo de la edición independiente (Zenda, 4/24/25)
- Spanish version of Publishers Weekly article.
In Spain, Indie Presses Bring the Best of the U.S. to Hispanophone Readers (Publishers Weekly, 4/4/25)
Los premios literarios españoles son distintos a los del resto del mundo (Zenda, 12/20/24)
- Spanish version of the Publishers Weekly article.
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)