Guides: Cartonera: Cartoneras in United States

Cartoneras in US / Cartoneras en Estados Unidos

Due to the nature of cartoneras, the information about them is mostly electronic, in the form of blogs, wikis, forum postings, newsletters and newspaper or journal articles.

New cartoneras are continuously formed in different parts of the world with various mods of operation including: Cooperative Publishing; Nonprofit Organization; Small Press; Collective.

In the United States, the four cartoneras listed below have a stable presence on the web.

Debido a la naturaleza de las cartoneras, la información sobre ellas es principalmente electrónica, en forma de blogs, wikis, publicaciones en foros, boletines y artículos de periódicos o revistas.

Continuamente se forman nuevas cartoneras en diferentes partes del mundo con varias modalidades de operación, incluyendo: Editorial Cooperativa; Organización sin ánimo de lucro; Prensa pequeña; Colectivo.

En Estados Unidos, las cuatro cartoneras quer se mencionan abajo tienen presencia estable en la web.

Cardboard House Press, Bloomington, Indiana
Cardboard House Press is a 501c3 nonprofit organization devoted to the creation of spaces and media for cultural, artistic, and literary development. We publish writing, art, and contemporary thought from Latin America and Spain, and host bilingual events, community projects and workshops. Our work serves as a platform to exchange ideas and highlight meanings that stimulate diverse human connections and social actions. All of our publications are bilingual— English and Spanish. To date we have published authors from Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain and Uruguay.
Memphis Cartonera, Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis Cartonera: Cooperative Publishing, Art, and Action. The Cartonera turned the gallery into a workshop, library, and showcase in which students and community members alike were invited to multiple events.
Rosalita Cartonera, Madison, Wisconsin – Research Guide
With a growing collection of over 1,200 volumes, UW-Madison’s Ibero-American collection holds one of the largest and most comprehensive cartonera collections in the U.S. This collection is a work in progress, and new titles and resources are added periodically to the print collection, the database and the research guide.
Cartonera Collective Phoenix
Cartonera Collective is a project of Cardboard House Press, a 501c3 nonprofit organization devoted to the creation of spaces and media for cultural, artistic, and literary development. We publish writing, art, and contemporary thought from Latin America and Spain, and host bilingual events, community projects and workshops. Our work serves as a platform to exchange ideas and highlight meanings that stimulate diverse human connections and social actions. All of our publications are bilingual - English and Spanish. To date we have published authors from Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain and Uruguay.

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Cartoneras in US / Cartoneras en Estados Unidos