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5 CONTEMPORARY MEXICAN AUTHORS YOU SHOULD KNOW
Fernanda Melchor is a Mexican journalist and writer. Born in Veracruz, Melchor is the author of Aquí no es Miami (2013) and Falsa Liebre (2013). Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in The Paris Review, La Palabra y el Hombre, Excélsior, Replicante, Milenio semanal Continue reading... 

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​EL NUEVO NORMAL: THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS & LATIN AMERICAN APOCALYPTIC FICTION | EDUARDO LEÃO   
​As I watched the skyline of the Loop rush by on my way to the South Side, uneasy about the maskless Uber driver, I realized I had unconsciously conflated my return to Chicago Continue reading...

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A SILENT FURY: THE EL BORDO MINE FIRE | YURI HERRERA 
​In the early morning of March 10, 1920 in the Mexican city of Pachuca, a fire tore through the subterranean shafts of the massive El Bordo mine. Four hundred men were below ground when the fire was discovered, and the evacuation was slow, chaotic, and incomplete. Continue reading...

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HURRICANE SEASON | FERNANDA MELCHOR
Fernanda Melchor’s debut English-translated novel is a haunting masterpiece reminding us that there are no winners when it comes to intolerance. In a rural Mexican village marked by misogyny, addiction, machismo, and homophobia, the Witch is a lifeline for the local women Continue reading...

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Latino Book Review Magazine 2020 Issue

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INTERVIEW

Interview with International Award Winning Isabel Allende

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 Interview with Sandra Cisneros

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INTERVIEW

Interview with U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera

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