VacĂos concĂ©ntricos
VerĂłnica Gerber Bicecci, Conjunto vacĂo, AlmadĂa, 2015. Cristina Rivera Garza, en su novela Lo anterior, nos obliga a preguntarnos si el amor es un acto de imaginaciĂłn lleno de personajes,…
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DREAMLAND: THE TRUE TALE OF AMERICA’S OPIATE EPIDEMIC
This is a grenade of a book. Based on extensive investigative reporting on both sides of the U.S.- Mexico border, Sam Quinones’ Dreamland tells the deeply unsettling story of the…
AN UNFLINCHING LOYALTY TO MEMORY
Isaac Goldemberg, Remember the Scorpion (translated by Jonathan Tittler, with an introduction by SaĂşl Sosnowski). Los Angeles: Unnamed Press, 2015. A good novel, as Isaac Goldemberg has said on more…
La insoportable mezquindad del ser
a Daniel Herrera Una ola enorme de tristeza me caĂa de vez en cuando sobre la coronilla. Aquello era indetenible, abrumador, una nube de plomo la verdad. Por eso no…
Hotel de arraigo, de Imanol Caneyada
Hay libros que uno se obliga a terminar por estoicismo, compromiso o presiĂłn del mismo autor, y hay tambiĂ©n libros que fluyen y, cuando uno menos se lo espera, llega…
Heavy Metal
The Gallery Sonja Roesch recently put together a unique exhibition of sculptural works by John Clement and Mac Whitney. This unique show features sculptors from two different generations whose works…
ParusĂa de los muertos
(Fragmento) Ilustraciones: Mariana RodrĂguez Fernández I TE LO SUPLICO, HAY QUE MORIRNOS JUNTOS DespuĂ©s tuve una visiĂłn. He aquĂ que una puerta estaba abierta en el cielo, y aquella voz que…
The Nature of Truth
Helmut Sanchez yanked the steel ring of the creaky wooden door and stepped blindly into the dark castle that was Yale’s Sterling Library. He pushed open the inner foyer door.…
Five Poems
Cinco poemas
The Song M. Balakireff They say I am a dreamer Who dreams And others say of me So long. I'm going to another place And if sorrow Catches up with…
CRISIS SIRIA. Idealismo versus realismo
TraducciĂłn de David Medina Portillo La decisiĂłn del presidente Obama de buscar la autorizaciĂłn del Congreso para un ataque sobre Siria fue casi inevitable en la medida en que Ă©l…
Rain of Gold
It all started in the barrio of Carlsbad, California, when I used to walk to my grandmother’s home behind my parents’ pool hall. My grandmother on my mother’s side, Doña…
The Work of Art and the Social Sphere
Is there even a narrow correlation between the life and work of the artist? Is there absolute synchronism between the work and life of the author? Yes. Synchronism exists in…