A Note on Juan Rulfo's Pedro PáramoJourneys to the Land of the Dead usually fall under the rubric of the epic. We think of Odysseus talking with the shades of ancient heroes while they drink blood to help remember what it was like to be warm and alive, or Dante touring the punishments of Hell, or Orpheus...
Love Poems: An Interview with Colin Carberry
When did you first come across the work of Jaime Sabines?In 2001, I moved to Linares, a small, northern Mexican city, and had been living there for about six months when I first heard of Jaime Sabines. I had begun to meet for coffee with a young teacher from the private school where we both worked....
Mike Barnes: A Real Spaceship From Across
Thoughts on Translation 4 Post-Its in Search of an Intro1. Certain delicate features of literature are easily shattered by translation, while other hardier features will stand up under even casual handling. (Rough analogy? In a drawing class, certain extreme faces – hawk-nosed, great-eyed, bald or...
