Lumen Editions & Publications
Ranson-Polizzotti was founder and Editorial Director of the literary press Lumen Editions, an imprint of Brookline Books, which was known for publishing work in translation, and shedding a light where none had been shed before. The board of Lumen Editions included, among others, notable individuals in the publishing world, Nobel Prize Winner Saul Bellow, author Tom Pohrt, artist Rosamund Purcell, New York publisher Ned Chase (father of Chevy Chase), and other notable figures in the publishing industry.
Lumen Editions quickly established itself as one of the best independent publishers in the field and received a great deal of media attention both for its high-profile Editorial Board as well as the fine quality of work in translation. It soon became one of the most watched publishers in its class.
Under Ranson-Polizzotti's direction, Lumen Editions published many great authors including the work of Prix Goncourt winner Jean Echenoz, Harry Mathews, Hans Koning, Florence Delay, Marguerite Duras, and others. The publishing house received a great deal of attention in both trade and non-trade magazines such as Publisher's Weekly, Independent Publisher, and the books are notable for receiving a New York Times review (per book) as well as garnering attention and numerous reviews from other major national media.
Ranson has been profiled by various magazines for her work at Lumen and was most recently profiled for the famous Cleveland Blogcritics, an online newspaper and magazine that won Best of Forbes in its class. Due to the work Ranson was doing at Lumen and that paperback translations had previously not garnered much attention where Lumen succeeded, Independent Publisher named Ranson the enfant terrible of the publishing world.
One of the most important books that Lumen Editions and Ranson published was the final book written by French author Marguerite Duras. The book's title was Writing (in French, Ecrire), was translated by Mark Polizzotti (author of Revolution of the Mind, the biography of French Surrealist André Breton, and a well-known French translator). Duras is best known for her book The Lover as well as her screenplay Hiroshima, Mon Amour, among many other books that Duras published both in French and that have now been translated into English.
Ranson writes for many online and print publications that publish her poetry as well as work about Bob Dylan, Lewis Carroll, Henry Miller for the international journal Nexus), Contariwise, Teleread, and generational and cultural issues as well as a popular music column for Best of Forbes magazine, Blogcritics.
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