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Ileya

By Adedayo Agarau

There are nights that escape

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

This is war

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

Death’s night won’t come gently

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

José García Escobar

José García Escobar is a journalist, fiction writer, translator, and former Fulbright scholar from Guatemala. His writing has appeared in The Evergreen Review, Guernica, and The Guardian. He works as a journalist with Plaza Pública.
Commentary AmericasHistory

The Surprising Story of Hubert Julian

By José García Escobar January 15, 2019
The man who challenged the CIA and sold weapons to the president of Guatemala
Deserts Poetry Bodies & Nature

XV

Poetry by Julio Serrano Echeverría, translated from the Spanish by José García Escobar May 7, 2018
it was near this piece of ocean bed / where their whale ancestors dealt out the sea / as if they were gambling.
Commentary AmericasArts & Culture

Balam Ajpu: Mayan Hip-Hop’s Political Agenda

By José García Escobar March 20, 2017
"When people feel our passion, they offer theirs.”
Report AmericasArts & Culture

Vote for the Cumbia

By José García Escobar August 26, 2016

On Music: Hitching a Ride with the Guatemalan Chicken Bus Gypsy Caravan.

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