Sant Jordi USA - April 19, 2022 - Publishers’ SuperPowers: Opposition, Resistance, Translation

Publishers’ SuperPowers: Opposition, Resistance…
Publishers Nia Thomas (Comma Press) and Margot Atwell (Feminist Press) (in-person) will discuss the politics of publishing and the publishing of politics. How small presses push back against conventional mainstream narratives and still make a living. And segue into
…Translation. What is the role of translation in the establishment of an international vision? Is there a politics of translation? And, finally, how to maintain best practices internally, including treatment of authors and translators. Beaming in from Vermont and the UK, translators Allison Markin Powell (PEN America) and Frank Wynne (Booker International Prize), with a guest appearance by publisher Ra Page.