AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoCaribbean Lit Round-Up: The Bocas Lit Fest’s monthly Bocas Book Bulletin spotlights new Caribbean releases, including Ronaldo Katwaroo’s macabre short-story collection Greetings from the Barracuda Hotel, Myrtle Henry Sodhi’s nonlinear novel We’ve Been Here Before (Dominica to Canada), and Dimitry Elias Léger’s sports-tinged fiction Death of the Soccer God. Publishing & Translation: A book review of Álvaro Enrigue’s You Dreamed of Empires zeroes in on the translation challenge of Indigenous terms and the novel’s chance-driven retelling of the 1519 Spanish arrival in Tenochtitlan. Indigenous Arts: Mexican photographer Citlali Fabián wins Photographer of the Year at the Sony World Photography Awards for Bilha, Stories of My Sisters, using portraits to amplify Oaxaca activists defending water, territory, language, women’s rights, and corn varieties. Cultural Heritage Under Threat: Panama’s Balboa Station faces possible demolition tied to the Fourth Bridge project, sparking resident and organization opposition over losing a key symbol of the isthmus’s railroad-era history. Tech & Media Harm: A commentary on “enshittification” argues social platforms now monetize outrage and abuse, with moderation failures turning harassment into profit.
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