Such a cooperative arrangement remains a possibility for EWU and UNM, officials say.
“We would gladly consider an alternative press, such as something online or in collaboration with other entities, as long as there is a financial proposal that looks realistic, that looks as if the press could support itself,” EWU’s Mason says. “But we’re in no position to continue subsidizing a press that’s in the hole $400,000 a year.”
Jiménez is now discussing an autobiography with Houghton Mifflin that would recount his journey as a Columbia University graduate student. While he acknowledges that university presses must generate self-sustaining income, he hopes they continue publishing the stories of minority cultures.
“There is still too huge a gap in literature,” he says. “Our children must see themselves and their life stories in literature.”
