Pitom Publishing: List of Books
Pitom Publishing, Tel Aviv, was established by Esther Dotan and is an alternative initiative that focuses on critical and analytical writing on art, photography, cinema, visual culture. Poetry and short stories are also preferable genres. The first books by Pitom were published in 2006.The word "pitom" in Hebrew means ventriloquist.

Boris Groys
First published: MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2008
Art Power
Hebrew version, December, 2009. Series editor and translator: Esther DotanFirst published: MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2008

Yoram Naslavsky
On the cover: Pinchas Cohen Gan, Head – Local Hero, 1986, silk-screen.
Collection of Mishkan LeOmanut, Museum of Art, Ein Harod, Israel.
In the Sight of this Sun
Short stories, 2009. On the cover: Pinchas Cohen Gan, Head – Local Hero, 1986, silk-screen.
Collection of Mishkan LeOmanut, Museum of Art, Ein Harod, Israel.

John Berger
First published: Verso, London, 2007
"Undefeated Despair", pp. 17-26, translated by Oded Wolkstein, first
published in Mitaam, no. 5, ed. Yitzhak Laor, March, 2006
Hold Everything Dear;
Dispatches on Survival and Resistance
Hebrew version, 2008. Series editor and translator: Esther DotanDispatches on Survival and Resistance
First published: Verso, London, 2007
"Undefeated Despair", pp. 17-26, translated by Oded Wolkstein, first
published in Mitaam, no. 5, ed. Yitzhak Laor, March, 2006

Mahmoud Darwish
Original Arabic version, 2005
Like Almond Flowers or Further
Published by Iton 77 Books in collaboration with Pitom Publishing.
2008. Translated from Arabic by Ofra Bengio and Shmuel RegulantOriginal Arabic version, 2005

Catherine Lupton
First published: Reaktion Books, London, 2005
On the cover: The small bar Jetée, Shinjuku, Tokyo, a cosy hang out for filmmakers, named after Chris Marker's classic, La Jetée, 1962. Photo: Oshrat Dotan, 2007
Chris Marker: Memories of the Future
Hebrew version, 2007. Series editor and translator: Esther DotanFirst published: Reaktion Books, London, 2005
On the cover: The small bar Jetée, Shinjuku, Tokyo, a cosy hang out for filmmakers, named after Chris Marker's classic, La Jetée, 1962. Photo: Oshrat Dotan, 2007

Grace Paley
Selected from Begin Again, Collected Poems, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, NY, 2000
On the cover: From Joan Jonas performance Organic Honey's Vertical Roll, ACE Gallery, Los Angeles, 1972. Courtesy of the artist. Photo (detail): Roberta Neiman
Selected Poems
2006. Hebrew translation and poem selection: Esther DotanSelected from Begin Again, Collected Poems, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, NY, 2000
On the cover: From Joan Jonas performance Organic Honey's Vertical Roll, ACE Gallery, Los Angeles, 1972. Courtesy of the artist. Photo (detail): Roberta Neiman

Martha Rosler
Selected from: Martha Rosler, Decoys and Disruptions, Selected Writings 1975-2001, OCTOBER Books, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2004
On the cover: Martha Rosler, Broadway, New York, 2000, photomontage
Inside and Outside the Frame
On Photography, Art and the Art World, Selected Essays
2006. Hebrew version - series editor and translator: Esther DotanOn Photography, Art and the Art World, Selected Essays
Selected from: Martha Rosler, Decoys and Disruptions, Selected Writings 1975-2001, OCTOBER Books, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2004
On the cover: Martha Rosler, Broadway, New York, 2000, photomontage
Contact Details
Pitom Publishing
Esther Dotan
P.O.B. 11276
Tel Aviv, 61112
pitompublishing@013.net.il
Pitom Publishing
Esther Dotan
P.O.B. 11276
Tel Aviv, 61112
pitompublishing@013.net.il
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