#RememberResistRediscover: An interview with Penguin Classics VP & Publisher Elda Rotor
Recently, we’ve been covering the steps our colleagues across the country—authors, booksellers, and fellow publishers—have taken to respond to the new administration. Elda Rotor, Vice President and Publisher of Penguin… Read more »
Penguin Classixxx: The canonization of the Marquis de Sade
The iconic Penguin Classics imprint has rarely wavered in its sixty-year history of publishing sober editions of canonical texts. Sure, they have broken sobriety with cover design collaborations with fashion designers,… Read more »
The best of the worst honored in this year’s Bad Sex Awards
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Literary Review has announced the finalists for the best literary prize around: the Bad Sex Awards. The Bad Sex Awards have taken… Read more »
Penguin’s Little Black Classics confirm that books are a much better investment than cigarettes
The origin story of Penguin Classics has been told so often that it’s practically gospel in the publishing industry. I wouldn’t be surprised if Penguin’s human resources handbook commands all… Read more »
Who says Morrissey can’t write a classic?
As you’ve probably heard by now, last week saw the publication of Morrissey’s Autobiography by Penguin Classics in the UK. The book’s release met no shortage of hand-wringing online and… Read more »
Morrissey joins the Classics
Yesterday in Britain Morrissey joined the literary canon as his autobiography, Autobiography, was published as a Penguin Classic. Some seemed to mock this move, taunting the writer and his book for… Read more »