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You Dreamed of Empires
You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue (Penguin Random House) Translated by Natasha Wilmer The few months that Hernán Cortés spent in Tenochtitlan were some of the most consequential in…
Cross Stitch
Cross Stitch Jazmina Berrerra Translated by Christina Macsweeney In English, “text,” or the written word, and “textile,” or a piece of fabric, both originate from the Latin verb texere, which…
“House of Geishas” Ana María Shua
House of Geishas by Ana María Shua. Translated by Steven J. Stewart Perhaps the most famous microfiction of all time, a six-word story—often attributed, without evidence, to Hemingway—regularly pops up…
Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Languages, Faith and MIgration
One day, when Alejandra Oliva spent time in Boston observing immigration court cases, she witnessed a strange event. The story appears toward the end of her book Rivermouth: A Chronicle…
This is Not Miami
“This is Not Miami” Fernanda Melchor Translated by Sophie Hughes New Directions The best stories seduce. They draw you in and make you fall for them, become infatuated with…
Ischia
Ischia By Gisela Heffes Translated by Grady C. Wray Deep Vellum Press When Joan Didion famously wrote, in her essay “The White Album,” that “[w]e tell ourselves stories in order…
The Book of Eve
*The Book of Eve by Carmen Boullosa. Translated by Samantha Schnee If read closely, the Book of Genesis is very strange. Light and darkness, as well as night and day,…
Arrhythmias
* Arrhythmias by Angelina Muñiz-Huberman. Translated by D. P. Snyder (Literal Publishing/Hablemos escritoras, 2022) At the end of Arrhythmias, Angelina Muñiz-Huberman’s collection of 32 short essays and imaginative pieces,…
Ten Planets
Translated by Lisa Dillman “You know how predictable I find speculative fiction,” Pirg says to Zorg, in one of the stories of “Ten Planets,” Yuri Herrera’s new collection. “It’s formulaic,…
Chamber Canon By Tununa Mercado
Chamber Canon By Tununa Mercado Translated by Rhonda Dahl Buchanan Literal Publishing Chamber Canon, Tununa Mercado’s 1988 collection of short stories, vignettes, and meditations, begins with definitions. Now in an…
Blood Red by Gabriela Ponce
Blood Red By Gabriela Ponce Restless Press Translated by Sarah Booker In writing her first novel, Gabriela Ponce must have known it would have been impossible to stage. Ponce, a…