New Deep Vellum poetry editor found community among Dallas writers. Now, he’s helping lead it
With Sebastián Hasani Páramo, the Dallas-based publishing house adds not only a poet but also a passionate organizer to its team.
Deep Vellum Publishing poetry editor Sebastián Páramo poses for a photo at the Recycled Books, Records, & CDs store in downtown Denton.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)
Anyone paying close attention to Dallas culture will remember 2014 as the year a literary scene began to emerge. It was the year the city’s first independent bookstore, The Wild Detectives, opened; the year Will Evans launched a translation publishing house, Deep Vellum; the year hometown novelist Merritt Tierce earned critical acclaim with her debut novel,