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Polemical Paz

Polemical Paz

Maarten van Delden
Octavio Paz was no stranger to controversy. The target of often harsh attacks by his enemies—in particular for his political view— Paz did not shy away from engaging in robust…
Toward a Philosophy of the Present

Toward a Philosophy of the Present

Yvon Grenier
  In his Nobel lecture, entitled “In Search of the Present,” Octavio Paz challenges us to find a new “philosophy of the present,” essentially by rediscovering some of the great…
Dos poemas

Dos poemas

Eugenio Montejo
El duende a Chari y Francisco JosĂ© Cruz En esta misma calle, pero antes, a bordo de mis veinte, de noche en noche, con tabaco y lámpara, escribĂ­a poemas. Alrededor…
Acta

Acta

José Kozer
Mirando musarañas veo mis meteduras de pata: unas en grande, son las que menos pesan, otras a diario, van llagando el pellejo, desollando acullá las vĂ­sceras: todas tienen su instancia,…
A diez años del Crack, diez preguntas

A diez años del Crack, diez preguntas

Amira Plascencia Vela y Giannina Reyes Giardiello
El 7 de agosto de 1996, cinco escritores nacidos en los años sesenta irrumpieron en la escena de las letras mexicanas al publicar el Manifiesto Crack. A partir de ese…
The Execution of Maximilian

The Execution of Maximilian

Edward Manet
Download Complete PDF / Descargar Abandoned by the French government that sent him to Mexico, the Emperor Maximilian was executed by a firing squad of Benito Juárez’s army at QuerĂ©taro,…
Revolution Paper

Revolution Paper

VĂ­ctor Manuel Mendiola
For my son VĂ­ctor Manuel and his teacher Nibble, nibble I hear a mouse Who’s that eating at my house? JACOB AND WILHELM GRIMM CuauhtĂ©moc’s face is a maroon circle…
Juan José Arreola: el ajedrez y el ping pong

Juan José Arreola: el ajedrez y el ping pong

Gilberto Prado Galán
El diccionario de la RAE dice que rizoma es un “tallo horizontal y subterráneo, como el del lirio comĂşn” (volumen II, p. 1979). Está en boga el pensamiento digresivo, el…