DATA OF INTEREST
GUEST:
LADISLAO AGUADO
HOST:
JULIANA RAVELO
Synopsis:
Aguado differentiates between the book as memory and the book as product, going on to develop notions about the falsely named “book industry” and the dynamics between readers, authors and editors within the constraints of the economic, geographic, ideological and administrative barriers present in Cuba´s conditions. He ends by suggesting solutions and strategies for resistance. What role does rigor and transparency play in publishing as a way of working together? What editorial processes does the publication of a book require? Why are independent presses important?
Bio:
Ladislao Aguado
(Havana Cuba, 1971)
Ladislao is a Cuban writer and journalist. He has published the books Chantaje (Hypermedia, 2014), Un adiós para Violeta ( «Gabriel Sijé» award for novels, Spain, 2007), Zona de silencio ( «Hipálage» award for poetry, Spain, 2006), Abril de whisky y viernes en las rocas («Cuentos de Invierno» award, Spain, 2001), Al final de las tardes todas (poetry, Mexico,1998) and Cantar Cansa (poetry, Cuba, 1995). He has worked as editorial director of the art magazine La gaveta; of the culture magazine Otro Lunes, and of Spanorama, the Spanair airline magazine. He directs the publisher Hypermedia.
