‘When Miguelín was three years old, a demon possessed him, but nobody noticed because the unclean creature didn’t force the little boy to do cruel things, to speak in a ...
“I had always listened to Sue’s lips. That’s why I had married her in the first place. If I’d listened to her face – if it’s possible to listen to ...
“Buzzards circle overhead and the sun will soon rise enough to warm the man lying face down in the barranca, arms and legs splayed as if he has fallen to ...
“The long red border wall was visible from the roof. It was built in the 50’s out of air-landing strips from World War Two. Behind it was the wall with ...
Featuring fiction by Chloe Aridjis, Daniel Krauze and Álvaro Enrigue; poems by Natalia Toledo, Samuel Noyola, Sara Uribe and Luis Miguel Aguilar; a dramatic monologue by Ximena Escalante; and art ...
The Power of Words When I met Eric Akoto, a few months back, I did it through words. A letter received at the Embassy and replied the same way. From ...
Dear Reader, When I say or write the word Mexico, I always think that the word itself is an enchantment. It sounds beautiful, looks striking on the page and always ...
A look at the frailty of life and brutality of death.
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Tradition, betrayal and pain dance together in this poem.
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On the sensitivities and cruel memories of youth.
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What can you buy on a street? A song of surprise.
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A poem/dialogue on possibility and impossibility.
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An ironic and brutal look at corporate life.
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On fortune, reading, and love of the other.
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An original take on Greek tragedy in this extract from a longer work. Continue Reading Fedra and Other Greeks
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On the synaesthesia of aroma and art in the Herrera-Harfuch collection. Continue Reading The Herrera-Harfuch Art Collection
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As the World Cup approaches, our sportswriter Teddy Cutler profiles the groups, with his characteristic caustic flair. First up: Groups A and B. Continue Reading Group Dynamics: World ...
They went out mixed, but as the cons distributed into the yard they broke into their component parts. White boys congregated by the weight pile, blacks by the half-court basketball ...
