{"id":20,"date":"2016-12-19T01:45:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T01:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/revistacircus.com\/mk.com\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2021-02-02T15:16:21","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T15:16:21","slug":"media","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/montaguekobbe.com\/index.php\/media\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDIA WATCH"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">June 2018<\/span>: Half-page author profile included in issue 31 of\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/firenzeurbanlifestyle\/docs\/ful31\/32\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florence Urban Lifestyle<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">July 2017<\/span>: Issue 3 of\u00a0<em>Latin American Literature Today\u00a0<\/em>features a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/en\/2017\/july\/crude-words-contemporary-writing-venezuela-montague-kobb%C3%A9-katie-brown-and-tim-girven\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">positive review of\u00a0<\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/en\/2017\/july\/crude-words-contemporary-writing-venezuela-montague-kobb%C3%A9-katie-brown-and-tim-girven\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crude Words<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Raquel Rivas Rojas\u00a0as well as my translation of Jes\u00fas Miguel Soto&#8217;s short story &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/en\/2017\/july\/one-many-potential-shortcuts-jm-soto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One of Many Potential Shortcuts<\/a>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">July 2017<\/span>: Ozichi Emeziem&#8217;s review of the stage adaptation of\u00a0<em>Tales of Bed Sheets and Departure Lounges\u00a0<\/em>published in <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.migrantvoice.org\/home\/migrationmatters\/the-play-that-breaks-down-180717104305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Migrant Voice<\/a><\/em> website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">July 2017<\/span>: Brief interview and review of the stage\u00a0adaptation of\u00a0<em>Tales of Bed Sheets and Departure Lounges<\/em>\u00a0published in London&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/montaguekobbe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Express-News-junio-5-12.pdf\" rel=\"\"><em>ExpressNEWS<\/em><\/a>\u00a0Spanish-language weekly.\u00a0<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">April 2017<\/span>: Adrian Nathan West gives\u00a0<em>Crude Words <\/em>a good review\u00a0in <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asymptotejournal.com\/criticism\/crude-words-contemporary-writing-from-venezuela\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asymptote<\/a>.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">March 2017<\/span>: Three-page feature\u00a0focusing on\u00a0<em>The Night of the Rambler<\/em> and <em>On the Way Back\u00a0<\/em>published in Jamaica&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Potent\u00a0<\/em>magazine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">February 2017<\/span>: Review of\u00a0<em>Crude Words <\/em>in the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/glasgowreviewofbooks.com\/2017\/02\/23\/crude-words-creating-an-anthology-of-contemporary-venezuelan-writing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glasgow Review of Books<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">December 2016<\/span>: &#8220;El mendigo&#8221; published by the Venezuelan online magazine\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ficcionbreve.org\/el-mendigo-de-montague-kobbe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Ficci\u00f3n Breve<\/em>.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">July 2016<\/span>:\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.akashicbooks.com\/catalog\/on-the-way-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On the Way Back<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>recommended by Hal Peat in Insel Air&#8217;s inflight magazine <em><a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/insightsinselair\/docs\/2\/32\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Insights<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(issue 30, July-Sept)<em>.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">February 2016<\/span>: Four pieces\u00a0from\u00a0<em>Tales of Bed Sheets and Departure Lounges<\/em>\u00a0published by the bilingual magazine <em>ViceVersa <\/em>both in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viceversa-mag.com\/creative-writing-the-stranger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viceversa-mag.com\/the-stranger-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spanish<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">January 2016<\/span>: Long-form version of twelve pieces from\u00a0<em>Tales of Bed Sheets and Departure Lounges\u00a0<\/em>published by\u00a0<em>Patina SXM\u00a0<\/em>magazine in St. Martin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">July 2015<\/span>: Insel Air reviews <em>Tales of Bed Sheets and Departure Lounges <\/em>in issue number 26 of its inflight magazine, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/issuu.com\/insightsinselair\/docs\/ins26_totaal_flipbook_150dpi\/45\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Insights<\/a><\/em>.<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">June 2015<\/span>: Spanish pieces from\u00a0<em>Tales of Bed Sheets and Departure Lounges <\/em>\/<em> Historias de camas y aeropuertos<\/em> featured in <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.el-nacional.com\/papel_literario\/Minificcion-jueves-Montague-Kobbe_0_640136228.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">El Papel Literario<\/a><\/em>, the literary supplement of Venezuela&#8217;s <em>El Nacional\u00a0<\/em>newspaper.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">May 2015<\/span>: Coverage of Anguilla launch of <em>Tales of Bed Sheets and Departure Lounges<\/em> in Sint Maarten&#8217;s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/montaguekobbe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Daily-Herald-Book-Launch.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Herald<\/a><\/em>.<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">April 2015<\/span>: Anguilla launch of <em>Tales of Bed Sheets and Departure Lounges<\/em> announced in <a href=\"http:\/\/repeatingislands.com\/2015\/04\/29\/tales-of-bed-sheets-kobbes-second-book-launches-in-the-caribbean\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Repeating Islands<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">April 2015<\/span>:<em> The Night of the Rambler<\/em>\u00a0is included in the long list for the Grand Prix de la Caraibe awarded by the Association des Ecrivains de la Cara\u00efbe. Coverage of the event ahead of the biannual congress at <a href=\"http:\/\/guadeloupe.coconews.com\/agenda-guadeloupe\/conferences\/congres-des-ecrivains-de-la-caraibe-2015.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coco News<\/a> (Guadeloupe).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">June 2014<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/travel\/brains-meet-bikinis-island-hopping-for-book-nerds-89092054637.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yahoo Travel<\/a> feature\u00a0<em>The Night of the Rambler<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">March 2014<\/span>: <em>The Night of the Rambler<\/em> earns the Honorable Mention in the Casa de las Am\u00e9ricas literary prize, covered by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bajanreporter.com\/2014\/03\/fear-of-a-black-nation-by-jamaicas-david-austin-wins-casa-award-for-caribbean-literature\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Bajan Reporter<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">December 2013<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/clmporg.tumblr.com\/post\/70598603667\/clmp-holiday-staff-picks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Council of Literary Magazines and Presses<\/a>&#8216; Executive Director Jeffrey Lependorf chooses\u00a0<em>The Night of the Rambler<\/em>\u00a0among his holiday recommendations<em>.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">December 2013<\/span>: <em>The Night of the Rambler\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Included in <a href=\"http:\/\/airshipdaily.com\/blog\/12102013-best-books-2013-gift-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Airship Daily<\/a> and Black Balloon Publishers&#8217; list of the\u00a0best 50 books of the year<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">December 2013<\/span>: Profile in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macocaribbean.com\/lifestyle\/people\/montague-kobbe-exploring-revolution-within-anguilla-and-beyond\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>MACO<\/em> <\/a>magazine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">November 2013<\/span>: <em>The Night of the Rambler\u00a0<\/em>listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldliteraturetoday.org\/2013\/november\/book-every-bibliophile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Literature Today<\/a> among the books to read\/give during the holiday season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">October 2013<\/span>:\u00a0<em>The Night of the Rambler\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">featured in Travel Curious Often<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">September 2013<\/span>:<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0intervention at the Brooklyn Book Festival featured in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biographile.com\/inspiration-and-lessons-learned-at-the-brooklyn-book-festival\/23910\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biographile<\/a><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">September 2013<\/span>:<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0<\/span>Sint Maarten&#8217;s <i>The Daily Herald<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i>covers launch of\u00a0<em>The Night of the Rambler\u00a0<\/em>in Anguilla&#8217;s public library.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">September 2013<\/span>:<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0<\/span>Interview and Q&amp;A in Timothy Hodge&#8217;s two-hour show on Kool FM.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">September 2013<\/span>:<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0<\/span>Featured in the Mayor Show on Kool FM, Anguilla.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">September 2013<\/span>:<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0<\/span>Interview with Keith Stone Greaves on Radio Anguilla.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">August\u00a02013<\/span>:<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0<em>The Night of the Rambler\u00a0<\/em>featured in <a href=\"http:\/\/thenextbestbookblog.blogspot.co.uk\/2013\/08\/indie-book-buzz-akashic.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Next Best Book Club<\/a><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">April 2012<\/span>: Panel discussion at XI National Black Writers Conference broadcast by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?305646-1\/role-social-media-black-writers-take-literature-web\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">C-SPAN<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">September 2011<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/memofromlalaland.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MEMO FROM LA-LA LAND<\/a> featured in\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/montaguekobbe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Memo-from-La-La-Land-media-coverage-WEEKender-September-13-2011.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Herald<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>of Sint Maarten.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 2018: Half-page author profile included in issue 31 of\u00a0Florence Urban Lifestyle.\u00a0 July 2017: Issue 3 of\u00a0Latin American Literature Today\u00a0features a positive review of\u00a0Crude Words\u00a0by Raquel Rivas Rojas\u00a0as well as my translation of Jes\u00fas Miguel Soto&#8217;s short story &#8220;One of Many Potential Shortcuts&#8220;. 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