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Melville’s Beard

Melville’s Beard
Las barbas de Melville

HERMAN MELVILLE’S BIG book about the whale hadn’t done as well as he’d expected and twenty-five days after its publication he sat brooding in the kitchen, tugging at his beard.…
Mexican Elections

Mexican Elections

Literal Magazine was proud to present author and intellectual Jesús Silva-Herzog Márquez who discussed the upcoming Mexican Elections to a packed audience in Houston, TX. This event was organized by Literal and The World Affair…
THE FOOTBALL

THE FOOTBALL
PELOTA DE FÚTBOL

Translated by Gabriel Mitre Growing up was watching it roll along the earth, cement or lawn, and running to meet it. A constant object of desire, like love and music…
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez  (Alfred A. Knopf  2017) I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Mother I often wear my hair in a thick…
Literally Short Film Festival

Literally Short Film Festival

Literal Magazine is a proud sponsor and supporter of Literally Short Film Festival. Literally Short is an event initiated by our drive to bridge all cultures onto one collaborative stage…
El triunfo de la ficción

El triunfo de la ficción

• Pablo Brescia: La derrota de lo real (Librosampleados, Miami, México: SED, 2017. 143 pp.). Pablo Brescia completa con La derrota de lo real la trilogía que comenzó con La…
BASHO EN LA CABAÑA DE LOS CAQUIS CAÍDOS

BASHO EN LA CABAÑA DE LOS CAQUIS CAÍDOS

Hace mucho que prefiere la belleza umbría y descuidada de las viejas casas de té, con su ligero olor a moho y techos de paja en lugar de vigas relucientes.…