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,…
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The Road to Cambridge
El camino de Cambridge
English translation by Tanya Huntington After resigning as Ambassador to India in protest of the military repression of university students that took place on October 2, 1968 in Tlatelolco Square,…
Three Poems by Silvia Eugenia Castillero
Tres poemas de Silvia Eugenia Castillero
Tsunami It was a small world, rain vaporizing inside my nostrils, my half-open eyes exposed to the splintered elements. Then came the avalanche of forceful debris, debris? aggression? A violent…
Presidential Fiction
Would citizens in the United States consider casting a vote for the author of their favorite novel during next year’s presidential election? Because their neighbors in Latin America have a…
The Natural Route (Fragments)
La ruta natural (fragmentos)
Translated by Tanya Huntington Just as Leopardi associates poetics with vagueness, imprecision, or the effect of the real passed through the sieve of memory, Valéry warns us in a famous…
Constellations of Reading
Something mortifying has reared its ugly head on our social networks: spring cleaning. Friends of mine have actually taken to boasting about their perfectly groomed bookshelves online. “It’s only been…
Neuropsiquiatría y creación (para llegar a Oliver Sacks)
Antes que nada, Jesús, gracias por charlar con Literal sobre la neuropsiquiatría, donde la realidad tal y como la perciben unos cuantos supera la ficción. Al contrario, gracias a…
Mexico As Seen From Mexico
Translated by Tanya Huntington In Battles in the Desert, one of the best novels about growing up in my country and beyond a doubt, one of the most widely read…
An Author’s Rights.
"You are the books you have read, the paintings you have seen, the music heard and then forgotten, the streets explored. You are your childhood, your family, selected friends, a…
"El Fisgón" conversa con Literal
Rafael Barajas, mejor conocido como “El Fisgón”, es uno de los caricaturistas políticos e ilustradores más célebres de México. Su obra aparece publicada en el diario La Jornada. Sus libros más recientes, Narcotráfico…
A Yanqui in Havana
When I learned the US was relaxing travel restrictions to Cuba, I couldn’t help but recall one of many jokes that were making the rounds on the island when I…
The Final Round
Translation by Tanya Huntington We knew him to be capable of serious damage. But we never could have imagined how far he would go. He was considered a local, since…