Sumeru News — Books

Nick Hunt talks about fiction and purpose in the Anthropocene

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Nick Hunt, whose collection of short stories we published earlier this year (https://sumeru-books.com/products/loss-soup-and-other-stories) was recently interviewed in Resurgence & Ecologist magazine about how fiction, his stories, and the larger work of the Dark Mountain collective, are a way to grapple with the hyperobject that is ecosystem collapse and extinction. You can read the article here: https://www.resurgence.org/magazine/article6073-a-darkening-terrain.html

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New and upcoming titles at Sumeru

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Here's a link to the slide deck for my recent presentation at the Buddhist Literary Festival for Canada 2022, about upcoming titles from Sumeru. This was a companion presentation to my earlier talk. Many Sumeru authors also presented at the event! https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2503/2728/files/Sumeru_New_Titles_BLFC_2022.pdf?v=1667925824

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Buddhist Literature in Context

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Here's a link to the slide deck for my recent presentation at the Buddhist Literary Festival for Canada 2022, about how we evaluate Buddhist literature, and also about how modern publishing works.  https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2503/2728/files/Sumeru_BLFC_2022.pdf?v=1667925793

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After Ithaca book trailer

Books Eco Action Environmental Issues Greenbank Books

A book trailer, created for Sumeru by Mad McDaniel for After Ithaca: Journeys in Deep Time by Charlotte Du Cann, just released under our Greenbank Books imprint. A collection of reportage from several decades on the front lines of environmental activism in the UK. One of the first two single-author books from the Dark Mountain collective. Have a look and let us know what you think... And feel free to share.

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Loss Soup and Other Stories book trailer

Books Eco Action Environmental Issues Greenbank Books

A book trailer, created for Sumeru by Mad McDaniel for Loss Soup and Other Stories by Nick Hunt, just released under our Greenbank Books imprint. A collection of 14 environmental fables. One of the first two single-author books from the Dark Mountain collective. Have a look and let us know what you think... And feel free to share.

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