Read More Latam 2021: June – Indie Editorial

June 1, 2021

This post is part of the #ReadMoreLatam2021 Challenge. Click here for more info.

The challenge for this month is to read a book from an indie editorial.

Indie editorials are the lifeblood of translated literature, of Latin American literature full stop. Sure, you’ve got your Literatura Random House and Amazon Crossing, but indie editorials are publishing the really weird and interesting stuff coming out of the length and breadth of Latin America.

Take Deep Vellum, the Houston-based publisher that’s always publishing books that go way over my head; or Ediciones Antílope which has already published many first-time writers who’ve gone on to be translated into English. And these are just two example among literally dozens of course, but if you’re not already compulsively scouring the social medias of your favourite indies for new and exciting titles, June is the month to do so.

I personally love indie editorials, so I’m excited to dig in and I hope you are too. In fact, I have…shelves of books from indie editorials just waiting to be read, but I’ve opted to tackle a collection of stories by Chilean writer Iván Monalisa Ojeda from Astra House because that gorgeous cover has been calling me for weeks now.

However, as always, my recommendations for this month span countries and languages, from Mexico to Argentina; Colombia to Puerto Rico. And, as always, my recommendations include books I’ve read or simply books I want to read and review. (Also, these editorials represent a mere fraction of the great presses publishing Latin American literature, so feel free to go off-book this month!)