Through a metaphoric reading of the ‘insomnia plague’ incident in One Hundred Years of Solitude, the researcher looks at the various ways in which threats emerge and how, subsequently, memory and forgetfulness are configured and ritualised by communities and their representative individuals in both texts when faced with these threats.
While the results of the struggles by these communities may differ in the end, it is the researcher’s observation that memory and/or forgetfulness are made central to both cases as the ultimate keys to self-preservation or characteristic obliteration. The two communities are conceived, by the writers and some critics, as metaphors of Africa and Latin America’s respective pursuits of nationhood in the face of challenges ranging from internal conflicts to Western imperialism. She’s also the founder of Literary Agents of Color, an online directory advocating for the visibility of BIPOC agents within the industry.Both Gabriel Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude and Ayi Kwei Armah’s Two Thousand Seasons focus on ‘third world’ transitory communities struggling to survive amidst internal and external forces which threaten to erase them from existence. You can find out more about her book deals on her Publishers Marketplacepage. Though she’s interested in all genres, she’s specifically seeking inventive works featuring breakout voices and compelling plot lines that will make young readers feel seen and heard for the first time. She also has an interest in select platform nonfiction projects that speak to younger audiences. Moore mainly represents children’s literature, including picture books, middle grade, and young adult.
Penny joined Aevitas in 2018, starting in the industry as an assistant/associate agent at FinePrint Literary Management in 2014, then joining Empire Literary as an agent two years later, where she built out the children’s portion of the agency’s list. During her time as an undergraduate, she also studied comparative literature at top universities in Japan and South Korea.
Moore graduated from the University of Georgia with a double degree in Linguistics and Japanese Language & Literature. She represents standout authors such as Akemi Dawn Bowman, Beth Evans, Nicki Pau Preto, Lyla Lee, Katie Zhao, Sangu Mandanna, and Waka T. Penny Moore is an agent at Aevitas Creative Management.
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