Phoneme Media

Phoneme Media is a Los Angeles–based nonprofit publishing house sponsored by PEN Center USA. Phoneme was founded in 2013 by translators Brian Hewes and David Shook. The aim of the company was to increase the availability of books and videos from countries and languages underrepresented in English translation. In 2019, Phoneme was acquired by Deep Vellum Publishing.

Notable authors

 * David Avidan
 * Mario Bellatin
 * Mohsen Emadi
 * Natalia Toledo
 * Roberto Castillo Udiarte
 * Rocío Cerón

Source languages

 * Icelandic
 * Lingala
 * Spanish
 * Tsotsil
 * Yucatec Maya
 * Zapotec
 * Zoque
 * Hebrew