May 2016 - Page 2 of 3 - Literal Magazine

To Vacate One’s Own Skin

Deshabitar la propia piel

Sandra Lorenzano

English translation by Tanya Huntington To vacate one’s own skin, to abandon it, thoughtlessly forgotten as it were, draped on the back of any given chair, perhaps over there,…

Filosofando con armas

Simone Gluber

Traducción de Rose Mary Salum En cuestión de meses en las oficinas, bibliotecas y salones de clases donde yo estudio, trabajo y enseño en la Universidad de Texas en Austin,…

Las ciudades que (NO) habitamos

Gerardo Cárdenas

Una ciudad es un mundo cuando amamos a uno de sus habitantes, escribía Lawrence Durrell en Justine, la primera parte del Cuarteto de Alejandría. Portentosa como es esta idea, no…

Woman in Battle Dress

Antonio Benitez-Rojo

Aboard the Schooner And so, in three days you’ll disembark in New Orleans. Four, at the most, if the wind fails. As hard as you try to take heart, you…

Relevance of the Interdisciplinary Panel of Independent Experts (GIEI)

LA IMPORTANCIA DEL GIEI

Édgar Cortez

Translated by Tanya Huntington When someone is in dire need of results yet realizes, “I cannot do this on my own,” he or she seeks the support of an expert…

Albina and the Dog-Men

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Translated by Alfred MacAdam Tormented by conflicting desires for Crabby and Albina, Amado follows the two women through the desert in their search for the magical cactus that will alleviate…

Perversiones culinarias mexicanas

Francisco Hinojosa

Entre las mejores gastronomías del mundo, sin duda la mexicana está entre las diez más ricas y variadas, junto con la francesa, la peruana, la española y varias asiáticas (China,…

José Ángel Valente: merodear lo inaccesible

Adolfo Castañón

Lautréamont y Rimbaud murieron. Rimbaud después de la explosion oscura de las Iluminaciones. Lautréamont para que nunca nadie viera su rostro. Lautréamont y Rimbaud murieron. ¿Podríamos nosotros sobrevivirlos? Maldito el…

Goodbye & Hello y otros poemas

Luis Armenta Malpica

Goodbye & Hello The new children will live for the elders have died And I wave goodbye to America And smile hello to the world. Tim Buckley Hola al aire, la…

A Devastating Report

Ayotzinapa. Demoledor informe del GIEI

Aleida Calleja

Translated by Tanya Huntington “Don’t leave us here all alone,” was the tearful cry of the parents and relatives of 43 missing students enrolled in the rural teacher’s school of…

Two Countries

Sabina Berman

Translated by Tanya Huntington Sabina Berman gave the following keynote speech before members of the PEN Club in New York on April 27, 2016 during this year's literature festival dedicated…

They Were Coming For Him (Fragment)

Berta Vias Mahou

Translated by Cecilia Ross A Memory Dark With Shadow She said yes, or maybe it was no; she had to go back in time, through a memory dark with shadows,…