The tall tale of justice
English translation by Tanya Huntington Over the past few days, we have watched an elaborate, deliberate, appalling story unfold on the vast majority of Mexico’s media and social networks. The…
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Los mejores libros del 2015
En esta ocasión, consultamos con diversos escritores y colaboradores de Literal para que nos enviaran una lista de los mejores títulos del 2015 según el criterio de cada uno. Estos fueron los libros…
THE RELIC
Translated by Tanya Huntington There had always been sibling rivalry between Jacco and me. He was ten years older, which meant that from the time we were children, he was…
A DEAD ELEPHANT
UN ELEFANTE MUERTO
English translation by Tanya Huntington Manuel encountered a dead elephant lying on top of his bed. He held his nose to shield himself from the rotten stench that swamped the…
Two Poems
Translated by Tanya Huntington I DRINK FROM YOUR MOUTH I drink a moment from your mouth, light, wind. I drink your gaze from your mouth, your steps, your song. I…
Five Movements from a Gesture in Mid-Air
Translated by Tanya Huntington 12:56 Course of time foreshadowed over folds of age: life, the settled, the unsettled (a history already foreshadowed by contraction, a reality that shall become fiction:…
RULFO = ARREOLA
Last week during a radio interview, the eminent literary critic Christopher Domínguez Michael postulated that if the present globalizing trend continues, within fifteen years or so we may not even…
Three Poems
Tres poemas
RES NULLIUS Those who alleged a marked distinction between life and death were wrong; in fact, I’ve been hauling molecules around for forty years that, in isolation, are far older…
Reading Carlos Slim. A look inside the library of one of the richest men in the world
A few weeks ago, during a series of interviews, business mogul Carlos Slim Helú allowed Mexican essayist Diego Enrique Osorno access to one of his favorite places: his library. For…
MARTÍN LUIS GUZMÁN and the paradox of random violence
The general sentiment shared by most Mexican writers today is one of perplexed outrage. All too aware that criminal violence has taken on a terrible randomness and that simply choosing…
Memories That Burned Me
La memoria en donde ardía
Translated by Tanya Huntington. For Daniel Drubach. Is it possible that what we have forgotten wields a greater influence over us than what we are able to recall? I lifted…
Mexico City: The End is Near
Years ago, my fiancé from Mexico accompanied me on a road trip to explore my remote origins in the heartland of the United States. As we drove along the interstate,…