ADVANCING DIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION IN PUBLISHING
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Partnership Opportunity...
June 1/2022
Mandel Vilar Press and Fig Tree Books LLC
Form A Strategic Partnership
Effective immediately, FTB has become an imprint of MVP.
Robert Mandel said, “Fig Tree’s mission of publishing the best literature of the American Jewish experience dovetails extraordinarily well with Mandel Vilar Press’s mission of advancing diversity and conservation in the book economy and bringing underrepresented literature of the Americas to a wide audience.” READ MORE
Robert. A Mandel
Co-Founder
"MVP will be devoted to publishing the numerous great writers overlooked by corporate publishers and with no doubt will live up to Franz Kafka’s mandate that ‘A book must be the axe of the frozen sea within us’."
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Irene Vilar
Co-Founder
"MVP will help open up our cultural borders and will play a vital role in maintaining a healthy and vibrant democracy and cultural literacy. Less than 1% of US readers read in translation. In contrast, in some European countries such as France and Germany the figure is closer to 30%. There is much to ponder about the health of a nation when its peoples don’t read across cultures. This ignorance breeds bigotry and prejudice. It is clear that publishing translations is one urgent mandate for the making of an empathic, global citizen. This is why the launch of MVPress is so momentous."
For more information about Mandel Vilar Press, or to see a current book catalog, visit www.mvpress.org.
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Special evening with internationally acclaimed Mexican-Greek author
HOMERO ARIDJIS
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H.E. The Ambassador of Mexico Esteban Moctezuma
and
H.E. The Ambassador of Greece Alexandra Papadopoulou
Proudly invite you to a special evening
With internationally acclaimed Mexican-Greek author
HOMERO ARIDJIS
Mr. Aridjis will read from, discuss and answer questions about his most
recent book, Smyrna in Flames, a biographical and historical novel about
the 1922 destruction of the ancient port city of Smyrna, co-published by
Mandel Vilar Press and Dryad Press.
Friday, November 18, 2022
at 6:30 p.m
at
the MEXICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE
2829 16th Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
RECEPTION WILL FOLLOW
IMMIGRATION REFORM Might Past Be Prologue? Tuesday, December 06, 2022, 1pm est at eCornell
It’s been over 30 years since Congress enacted the most recent set of comprehensive immigration reforms: the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 and the Immigration Act of 1990. These bipartisan yet hotly contested bills passed only after a debate spanning five presidential administrations, eight congressional sessions, and painful compromises by all parties. Even then, both bills died on the House floor before being resurrected at the 11th hour.
Can lessons learned during the last round of reform be applied to future debates? Charles Kamasaki, author of “Immigration Reform: The Corpse That Will Not Die” (Mandel Vilar Press, 2019), thinks so. The book provides a history of how the 1980s-era reforms were enacted along with a summary of developments since then. It concludes with seven lessons that advocates and lawmakers should consider in advancing future immigration reform.
Join us for this discussion with Mr. Kamasaki, Cornell Law School professor Steve Yale-Loehr, and Wall Street Journal immigration reporter Michelle Hackman.
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Mandel Vilar Press, is proud to present the YouTube trailer of My Real Name is Hanna by Tara Lynn Masih
Inspired by real Holocaust events, this poignant debut novel is a powerful coming-of-age story that will resonate with fans of The Book Thief and Between Shades of Gray.
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A 2018 Skipping Stones Honor Award Book
Hanna Slivka is on the cusp of fourteen when Hitler's army crosses the border into Soviet-occupied Ukraine. Soon, the Gestapo closes in, determined to make the shtetele she lives in "free of Jews." Until the German occupation, Hanna spent her time exploring Kwasova with her younger siblings, admiring the drawings of the handsome Leon Stadnick, and helping her neighbor dye decorative pysanky eggs. But now she, Leon, and their families are forced to flee and hide in the forest outside their shtetele--and then in the dark caves beneath the rolling meadows, rumored to harbor evil spirits.
Underground, they battle sickness and starvation, while the hunt continues above. When Hanna's father disappears, suddenly it's up to Hanna to find him--and to find a way to keep the rest of her family, and friends, alive.
Sparse, resonant, and lyrical, weaving in tales of Jewish and Ukrainian folklore, My Real Name Is Hanna celebrates the sustaining bonds of family, the beauty of a helping hand, and the tenacity of the human spirit.
Mandel Vilar Press, author Dara Kurtz is doing a series of interviews and podcasts for her book, "I AM MY MOTHER'S DAUGHTER".
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Mother, daughter, cancer survivor Dara Kurtz shares her “Crazy Perfect Life”
and inspires others to make the most of every day!
Wisdom on life, Loss and Love