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Hannah Moushabeck will join in the newly created position of independent channel marketing manager.

Anitra Budd rejoins the press as executive director and publisher on October 1. She was managing and acquiring editor at the press from 2009 to 2014, and her clients thereafter included Graywolf Press and New Directions Publishing as well as marketing agencies, universities, and magazines.

Chelene Knight has been promoted to full literary agent at the Transatlantic Agency. While building “a robust and impressive list of clients,” she also spearheaded the creation of the BIPOC Mentorship Program at Transatlantic launching this fall, building it with the collaboration of fellow literary agent Amanda Orozco.

Leah Morse has joined as senior publicist, from Other Press.

Lindsay Starr will join as art director (she previously worked at the University of Texas Press as senior designer).