Chilean Poet
Chilean Poet Alejandro Zambra Translated by Megan McDowell Published by Viking If you Google Alejandro Zambra, the first thing that comes up, beneath his name and next to a…
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Martha Batiz´s No Stars in the Sky
Partway through the short story “Broken,” early on in Martha Batiz’s new story collection, an unbearably sad thing happens. Adela, whose daughter, Alma, has disappeared, spends most of her time…
Code of Silence
In his 2015 year-end report, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote about the federal judiciary’s approach toward technological change. “The courts will always be prudent,” he wrote, “whenever it comes to…
Variations on the Body by María Ospina
“With her firm, fleshy hand, Martica pressed Mirla’s fingers to her groin.” So begins, arrestingly, the final story of María Ospina’s fiction collection, Variations on the Body. Martica’s direction, soon…
Daughter by Ana María Shua
After years of scrupulously employing various forms of contraception, Esmé desires a child. She and her husband, Guido, having returned to Buenos Aires from Paris, try for a baby, but…
Drone Visions: A Brief Cyberpunk History of Killing Machines
Naief Yehya Hyperbole Books Translation by Uriel Murillo Sosa, Lorenzo Antonio Nericcio, and the author It is a truism that September 11, 2001 changed the world. But like any major…
The Most Fragile Objects
The Most Fragile Objects by Alberto Chimal, English translation by George Henson “To need to dominate others,” wrote Fernando Pessoa, "is to need others. The commander is the dependent.” It’s…
A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant’s Son Review
Not many authors—especially those still living—have a library named after them. But if you're in El Paso, you’ll see, along Alameda Avenue, the Sergio Troncoso branch of the El Paso…
Meteor, CM Mayo
*Published by Gival Press, 2019 $15 C.M. Mayo is a prolific English translator of contemporary Mexican literature. While she is originally from Texas, she has long made her home in…
Pentimento: On Norah Lange and “People in the Room”
*People in the Room and Other Stories, by Norah Lange. Translated by Charlotte Whittle Among the many paintings in London’s National Portrait Gallery is a portrait of the Brontë Sisters.…
Don’t Send Flowers
Toward the end of Don't Send Flowers, the police chief of La Eternidad describes his mission succinctly: "I’m going to enforce the law," he says. "Even if that law is…
Mephisto’s Waltz
Mephisto's Waltz Sergio Pitol Deep Vellum Press Sergio Pitol died earlier this year. He left behind celebrated short stories, novels, and nonfiction. A review couldn't hope to adequately summarize his…