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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

Juan Villoro

Juan Villoro is a Mexican journalist and an award-winning novelist, essayist, short story writer, playwright, and children’s book author. He writes a weekly column for the Mexico City newspaper Reforma and his work has appeared in English translation in BOMB Magazine, n+1, English PEN, and Words Without Borders. He has served as a visiting professor at Princeton, Yale, and Boston University. In 2004, he received the prestigious Herralde Prize for his novel El Testigo. An English-language translation of his short story collection The Guilty is available from George Braziller, and a collection of his essays on soccer, God is Round, was recently published by Simon & Schuster.
Commentary Politics

Donald Trump, Illusion of Convenience

By Juan Villoro and Francisco Cantú June 16, 2016

The acclaimed Mexican writer explains why Donald Trump is a welcome distraction for the government of Mexico.

Commentary Americas

Violence-Meter

By Juan Villoro and Francisco Cantú June 4, 2015

The acclaimed Mexican author confronts the normalization of violence.

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