Phoneme Media Explained

Phoneme Media
Parent:	Deep Vellum
Founded:	2013
Founders:	Brian Hewes and David Shook
Country:	United States
Headquarters:	Los Angeles
Publications:	Books
Genre:	Works in translation

Phoneme Media is a Los Angeles–based nonprofit publishing house sponsored by PEN Center USA.^[1] Phoneme was founded in 2013 by translators Brian Hewes and David Shook. The aim of the company was to increase the availability of books and videos from countries and languages underrepresented in English translation. In 2019, Phoneme was acquired by Deep Vellum Publishing.^[2]

Notable authors

• David Avidan
• Mario Bellatin^[3]
• Mohsen Emadi
• Natalia Toledo^[4]
• Roberto Castillo Udiarte
• Rocío Cerón

Source languages

• Icelandic
• Lingala
• Spanish
• Tsotsil
• Yucatec Maya
• Zapotec
• Zoque
• Hebrew

External links

• Phoneme Media in the American Literary Translators Association Publishers Database

Notes and References

1. . 14 December 2016. Small Press Points: Phoneme Media. Poets & Writers Magazine. January/February 2017. 21 July 2017.
2. Web site: Evans. Will. Deep Vellum Welcomes A Strange Object, Phoneme Media, and La Reunion Deep Vellum Publishing. 2019-07-28.
3. News: 5 Indie L.A. Presses You Should Know. Locascio. Lisa. 23 December 2014. Lost Angeles Magazine. 19 July 2017.
4. Web site: Reber. Nichole L.. Mexican Indigenous. Ploughshares Blog. Ploughshares at Emerson College.