ORCA LIBROS is a small independent press dedicated to promoting the ideas, experiences and sensibilities of women through literature. We operate out of Athens, Georgia, in the United States. In ORCA we approach literature as a form of knowledge, a way to acknowledge oneself and the other,
and a space for a shared experience of the world. We believe that literature, as an imaginative space of
exchange, can help us build a more just and inclusive world, where the central role that women play in
the construction and transformation of our society is fully recognized.
We publish literary works by established and emergent women writers in poetry, novel, creative non-
fiction, theater, visual narrative and essay. Our authors are Latin American, Latina, and Indigenous
women writers from the Americas. In synchrony with the linguistic diversity of the works we promote,
and seeking to contribute to the diffusion in the United States of non-English literature, we produce
books in Spanish, English, and bilingual editions.
OUR BOOKS
We work hard to produce books with high aesthetic, literary, and human value that a variety of readers
can enjoy and treasure. By creating a varied catalogue, we hope to show some of the diversity of
interests, forms of knowledge, experiences, sensibilities, and forms of expression of Women with Latin
American and Indigenous roots.
Our catalogue includes eBooks for sale around the world, and print books for sale within the United
States. We produce soft-cover books, and objet d'art books with covers made by women artists,
seamstresses, weavers, and experts in other traditional crafts. Our objet d'art books draw on the skills
that traditionally we women for obliged to exercise in order to give them value as spaces of knowledge,
reflection, and narrative exchange. We favor the use of reclaimed materials which, since they are
charged with memory, help us to continue relating and reliving female experiences and to generate,
through them, new spaces of creativity and liberty.
OUR NEXT STEP: community-based literature (2020)
Acknowledging the transformative power of literary creation and oral storytelling, we organize
community storytelling workshops focused on creating awareness about the value of one’s own story
and those of others, as well as that of the role of women in society. Our workshops are offered to groups
of women in Latin America and the United States as spaces for self-knowledge, self-affirmation, and the
reconstruction of collective memory. We also work with women who already run workshops and other
storytelling projects in order to publish, promote, and disseminate the stories told by these women. The
authors who participate in these workshops participate manually in the construction of the books
produced, which will be sold as part of a special collection, on our website and at live auctions that seek
the involvement and support of the community. The profits generated by the sale of these books will go
to the authors in the form or royalties, and will help to fund new community projects. We hope our first
community books will see the light on 2020.
OUR TEAM
Lina X. Aguirre
Founder and Director of Orca Libros
Judith Santopietro
Strategy and PR
Richard Gordon
English Translation
Lynsee Sardell
Illustrations
Ilana Dann Luna.
English Translation
Victor Ortiz
Cover and page layout design
ALSO COLLABORATE WHIT ORCA LIBROS
Lucía Franco: eBook design
Nayra Alejandra Villota: Online Store design
Antonia Bello, Natalia Castillo, Andrea Muñoz. Promotional animations and videos
Tania Mendoza. Promotional animations and videos