Book Series

Afro-Latinx Futures Series at SUNY Press
Series editor: Vanessa K. Valdés

The Afro-Latinx Futures series is committed to publishing scholarly monographs and edited collections that center Blackness and Afrolatinidad from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives in the humanities and social sciences. Taking a hemispheric approach, we seek work that foregrounds the lives and contributions of Afro-Latinx peoples across Latin America, the Caribbean, and the diasporic U.S. and Canada. We welcome projects that introduce new historical figures and archival findings, focus on understudied regions and communities, establish innovative interdisciplinary frameworks, and challenge conventional canonical formations.

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• To submit a book proposal for consideration, please send to Rebecca.Colesworthy@sunypress.edu.

Global Black Writers in Translation at Vanderbilt University Press
Series editors: Vanessa K. Valdés, Annette Joseph-Gabriel and
Nathan H. Dize

The Global Black Writers in Translation series will publish a variety of texts by authors of African descent translated from their source languages into English. The goal is to amplify a body of writing that introduces anglophone readers to the range and complexity of Black literary and cultural production, history, and political thought. Each book will include critical front matter that highlights the translator’s craft and the enduring value of the work. When appropriate, titles will be published as bilingual editions to foster cross-linguistic conversation. The series will expand existing literary canons and stretch them beyond their current national, geographic, and linguistic limits to foreground global diasporic Black writers. In addition, the series aims to increase the number of Black translators, addressing their historic underrepresentation in the field. Finally, the series will make translated literature written by historically marginalized groups more accessible to readers from all backgrounds, with an emphasis on potential classroom use.

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• To submit a proposal for consideration, please send to gianna.f.mosser@vanderbilt.edu.