Revisiting the “Summer of Spanish-Language Women Writers”
As part of Women in Translation Month鈥攁nd to shine a spotlight on some of our best Two Month Review seasons鈥擨 thought I would repost information about a few relevant TMR seasons that might be of interest. Today, we're going to revisit a wild TMR season in which we featured three books originally written in Spanish, all ...
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TMR 12.2 “Invocation” [CARS ON FIRE]
This week, M贸nica Ram贸n R铆os joins Chad and Brian to talk about her literary career, how she came to write聽Cars on Fire, Rutgers, some movies she's recently watched, how to read "Invocation," protests in Chile and NYC, and much much more. An incredibly interesting and informative episode that serves as an incredible guide ...
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TMR 12.1 “Obituary” [CARS ON FIRE]
Season 12 of the Two Month Review kicked off with Cristina Rodriguez from Deep Vellum Bookstore joining Chad and Brian to talk about the first section of M贸nica Ram贸n R铆os and Robin Myers's聽Cars on Fire.聽They talk about The Gits, "Dead Men Don't Rape," the connections between academy and power structures, how "timely" ...
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We’re Still Here . . .
"We live in a world of randomness." 鈥擶illiam Poundstone, The Doomsday Calculation It probably goes without saying, but publishing international literature is a precarious business in the best of times. On average, sales for translated works of fiction tend to be about one-third of the average sales for a mid-list author ...
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“Cars on Fire” by M贸nica Ram贸n R铆os [Excerpt]
Now you're really getting to preview our books . . . Although聽Cars on Fire聽by M贸nica Ram贸n R铆os, translated from the Spanish by Robin Myers, is available for preorder from various online retailers, we don't even have this book up on our website yet and, as of yesterday, on our website as well. We haven't even presented ...
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