Benjamin P. Russell
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A Clash of Civilizations Brought to Life
For Álvaro Enrigue, a novelist fascinated with historical detail, the first meeting of the Aztecs and Spanish conquistadors is the obsession of a lifetime. He...
For Latin American Women, Horror and Fantasy Capture Everyday Struggle
Aiming to unsettle readers and offer social critique, writers like Samanta Schweblin and Mónica Ojeda are in a new vanguard.
Javier Zamora Carried a Heavy Load. He Laid It to Rest on the Page.
Decades after traveling without his parents from El Salvador to the U.S. as a 9-year-old — a journey that almost killed him — Zamora describes...
Fernanda Melchor Explores the Human Capacity for Violence, and Grace
“Art must leave a wound,” said the author, one of the most celebrated in new Latin American literature.
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