Arts & Humanities
Fum d’Estampa Press
“Our objective is to bring what we think are great stories and literature to the English-speaking world and let the readers decide for themselves.” – Douglas Suttle
Fum d’Estampa Press was founded in 2020 by translator Douglas Suttle to bring exciting, different Catalan language literature to an English speaking audience. Though small, the press quickly established itself as an ambitious publisher of high quality titles. Since then, they have been long- and short-listed for some of the most important literary prizes in the UK and abroad, and have recently started to publish fantastic literature in translation from languages other than Catalan.
Catalan authors include Montserrat Roig, Joan Fuster, Guillem Viladot, Jordi Cussà, Bel Olid, Joaquim Ruyra, Jacint Verdaguer, Laura Alcoba, Maica Rafecas, Jordi Larios, Almudena Sánchez, Adrià Pujol, Oriol Ponsatí-Murlà, Raül Garrigasait, Oriol Quintana, Joan Maragall, Jordi Llavina, Marina Porras, Jordi Graupera, Llorenç Villalonga, Jaume Subirana, Ferran Soldevila, Narcís Oller, and Rosa Maria Arquimbau.
Among the translators are Alan Yates, Ronald Puppo, Louise Johnson and Peter Bush, Tiago Miller, and Mara Faye Lethem.
While its editorial offices are based in Vilafranca del Penedès, south of Barcelona, it prints its books in the south of England, and stores its physical books in Scotland. Ebooks are also available.
Here are a few of their books held by the UC Berkeley Library:
Visit the publisher’s site to view all available titles.
Hispanic Heritage Month 2024
Beginning September 15th, Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off, a time to honor and celebrate the remarkable contributions and achievements of the Hispanic community. Explore a selection of inspiring recommendations by Hispanic authors below, and discover additional titles in the UC Berkeley Library’s Overdrive collection.
Ursula Villarreal-Moura
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Elizabeth Gonzalez James
Xochitl Gonzalez
Alejandro Varela
John Manuel Arias
Natasha S. Alford
Gabriela Garcia
Héctor Tobar
Fall Library Orientations for Art History and Art Practice Students
You are welcome to attend one of the upcoming library orientation sessions for the Art History/Classics Library (308 Doe). The sessions are capped at 20 students, so be sure to reserve your spot via the rsvp form. Sessions are offered on the following dates/times:
Tuesday, September 10th, 3-4
Monday, September 16th, 4-5
Wednesday, September 18th, 12-1
African Short Stories Prize Short List
This year’s short list for the Caine Prize for African Writing is rather phenomenal. Here’s the list with access to most of the stories full text:
- Tryphena Yeboah (Ghana) for ‘The Dishwashing Women’, Narrative Magazine (Fall 2022) – magazine website
- Nadia Davids (South Africa) for ‘Bridling’, The Georgia Review (2023) – magazine website
- Samuel Kolawole (Nigeria) for ‘Adjustment of Status’, New England Review, Vol. 44, #3 (Summer
2023) – pdf of story from Project Muse - Uche Okonkwo (Nigeria) for ‘Animals’, ZYZZYVA (2024) – magazine website
- Pemi Aguda (Nigeria) for ‘Breastmilk’, One Story, Issue #227 (2021) – excerpt on magazine website
The Judges–pictured below–have released a few statements about the submissions and a few of their thoughts on the range in the official press release.
As a head’s up, next is the Caine Prize 25th anniversary. There should be some exciting events!
Cheers,
Bee
Exciting new faculty pub on Heterosexuality and the American Sitcom
To my delight, I get to announce that Prof. Grace Lavery has a new book titled Closures: Heterosexuality and the American Sitcom (cover figured here).
At UC Berkeley, Lavery teaches courses (course catalog) on topics such as “Literature and Popular Culture” as well as special topics courses and research seminars examining representations of sex, sexuality, and gender.
Lavery’s new book is a phenomenal study looking at the idea of heterosexuality in the U.S. American sitcom. More specifically, the book “reconsiders the seven-decade history of the American sitcom to show how its reliance on crisis and resolution in each episode creates doubts and ambivalence that depicts heterosexuality as constantly on the verge of collapse and reconstitution.”
You can access and download the book online through the UC Library Search.
2023/24 GALC New Acquisitions
GALC Website
Artist: Airo, Darius
Title: Gleen Butterfly
Date: 1923
Medium: Aquatint, Etching
Artist: Collins, Jeremy
Title: Parks for Everyone
Date: 2023
Medium: Serigraph
Artist: Fein, Beth
Title: Chase the Morning Sun
Date: 2022
Medium: Mixed Media, Relief
Artist: Griffin, Felicia
Title: Untitled
Date: 2020
Medium: Collagraph
Artist: Harris, Peter
Title: Untitled
Date: 2019
Medium: Serigraph
Artist: Ingram, Jerry
Title: Untitled (Native American figure)
Date: 1975
Medium: Lithograph
Artist: Jang, Insil
Title: a birthright, an obligation, all the same
Date: 2023
Medium: Serigraph
Artist: Lam, Nathan
Title: Untitled
Date: 2022
Medium: Linocut
Artist: Jazzmen Lee-Johnson
Title: Boy Dey Onna Hip
Date: 2023
Medium: Silkscreen
Artist: Santos, Christine
Title: Rainbow State Fantasies
Date: 2024
Medium: Monoprint
Artist: Santos, Christine
Title: Urgent Lexicon: Pinay
Date: 2024
Medium: Silkscreen
Artist: Stroech, Megan
Title: Making Arrangements
Date: 2022
Medium: Collage, Mixed Media, Serigraph
GALC Website
New Alumni Publications in Art History
Check out these new publications by U.C. Berkeley Art History Alumni, available through UC Library Search.
The Death of Myth on Roman Sarcophagi: Allegory and Visual Narrative in the Late Empire, by Mont Allen.
Rethinking the Public Fetus: Historical Perspectives on the Visual Culture of Pregnancy, by Jessica M. Dandona.
Toshiko Takaezu; Worlds Within, essay by Diana Greenwold.
Smithsonian Asian Pacific American History Art and Culture in 101 Objects, essay by Diana Greenwold.
Female Cultural Production in Modern Italy. Literature, Art and Intellectual History, by Sharon Hecker (ed.).
Collective Body: Aleksandr Deineka at the Limit of Socialist Realism, by Christina Kiaer.
Henry van de Velde: Designing Modernism, by Katherine Kuenzli.
Henry van de Velde: Selected Essays 1889-1914, by Katherine Kuenzli.
Exquisite Dreams: The Art and Life of Dorothea Tanning, by Amy Lyford.
Albrecht Durer and the Depiction of Cultural Differences in Renaissance Europe, by Heather Madar.
Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction, essay by Bibiana Obler.
Expressionists: Kandinsky, Munter and the Blue Rider, essay by Bibiana Obler.
Art for the Asking: Check-Out Art From The Graphic Arts Loan Collection At The Morrison Library August 26 & 27
The Graphic Arts Loan Collection (GALC) at the Morrison Library has been checking out art to UC Berkeley students, staff, and faculty since 1958 and it is back again this year!
The purpose of the GALC since its inception has been to put art in the hands of UC Berkeley students (and the best way to appreciate art is to live with it!), so on August 26 and 27, from 10am to 4pm, UC Berkeley students can come to the Morrison Library (101 Doe Library) and check-out up to two pieces of art from the GALC’s collection to take home and hang on their walls for the academic year. The prints will be available to students on a first come, first served basis.
If you would like to see what we have before you come to the Morrison Library, all the prints are available to browse online at the Graphic Arts Loan Collection website. Not everything in the collection will be available at the Morrison Library these days, but much of the collection will. Please note that the Graphic Arts Loan Collection will not be available to staff and faculty members during this time, but only available to UC Berkeley students. Starting August 29th students can reserve prints from the collection through the GALC website, and on September 9th, faculty and staff can begin reserving prints. Any questions about the GALC can be directed to graphicarts-library@berkeley.edu.
Carrie Mae Weems, Untitled: Trees With Mattress Culebra en el Petate, Sergio Sanchez Santamaria Faith Ringgold, Jo Baker’s Birthday
Register to Vote!
It’s an election year. If you haven’t registered to vote yet, there’s still time! In California, you need to be registered at least 15 days before Election Day (this year that’s Tuesday, November 5). You can click on the link to the right to register.
As a quick reminder, there are two criteria to register. First (legal status), you must be a United States citizen and a resident of California. Second (age), you must be 18 years old or older on Election Day. You do not need a California state identification to register.
Once you register, you will be able to either vote by mail or at the polls on election day. Click on the link to the right to find out more information or to watch a video about how the process works.
If you aren’t from this state, be aware that California residents vote on multiple propositions alongside United States president. You can request an Official Voter Information Guide from the State which will contain a short blurb with pros/cons on each item for consideration. You can also choose to take a look at what will (probably) be on the ballot on Ballotpedia. Those propositions will include things like Mental Health Services; the right to marry; involuntary servitude; and more.
If you’re wanting to learn more about voting as a right, consider looking at this ACLU Voting 101 Toolkit:
Speculative Fiction: Hugo Award Winners in 2024!
To my delight, the Hugo winners have been announced. Check out the full list of categories, short lists, and winners on the Hugo Awards website. On my side, I’ve read the short stories (i.e., less than 7,500 words) and now am making my way through the novelettes (i.e., 7,500 to 17,500 words). I am enjoying myself immensely.
This year’s novel (i.e., 40,000 words or more) winner is Emily Tesh’s 2023 Some Desperate Glory (Tor Books pub., UC Library Book Search).
T. Kingfisher’s 2023 A Fairy Tale Transformed: Thornhedge (Tor, Titan UK pub., UC Library Search) won the prize for novella (i.e., 17,500-40,000 words).
In novelettes, we’ve got Naomi Kritzer’s “The Year Without Sunshine” (Uncanny Magazine, November-December 2023, fulltext).
In short stories, there is Naomi Kritzer’s “Better Living Through Algorithms” (Clarkesworld, May 2023, fulltext).
In graphic novels, we’ve got the 11th volume of SAGA by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Fiona Staples (Image, pub., UC Library Search).
Then, in games or interactive works, Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios, prod., website).
There is more, but this post is long enough. I encourage you to check out the full list linked at the top. And, If you have time, I hope you enjoy.
Signing off,
Bee (Lit/DH Librarian)