dominicantoday - 3 days ago

Are we ready to catalyze the book industry in the Dominican Republic and place our cultures at the center of the Caribbean’s literary stage? After several months away from this series of essays I’ve written over the years about our sector, I return with renewed observations and firmer conclusions on our capacity to activate book circulation in the Dominican Republic—and on new findings that demand action. At the 2025 edition of the Festival de Escritura Dominicana (FESD), I observed elements that are decisive for building—or rebuilding—a viable book industry here. After my visit to the Guadalajara International Book Fair in November 2024, it became clear that the problem in the DR is not a broken publishing system so much as a chronic complacency: a recurring festivity that keeps us celebrating but [ ]

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