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Volume 1,

Number 8.

November,

2018

The eighth issue of Latin American Literature pays homage to Nicaraguan writer and politician Sergio Ramírez, winner of the 2017 Cervantes Prize and an important voice in a country currently gripped by crisis. We also feature poetry from Octavio Armand, as well as special sections dedicated to four indigenous writers of Mexico and Guatemala, bilingual sci-fi from Worldcon 76, and the poetry of Marosa di Giorgio, Olga Orozco, and Elena Garro.

Table of Contents

Editor's Note

Editor's Note: November 2018

By Marcelo Rioseco

Featured Author: Sergio Ramírez

Cervantes Prize 2017 Acceptance Speech

By Sergio Ramírez

Sergio Ramírez: "I do not know of a single novel that has brought about a revolution": A Conversation with Tulio Hernández

By Sergio Ramírez, Tulio Hernández

Sergio Ramírez, the More-Than-Deserving Cervantes

By José Juan Colín

The Essays of Sergio Ramírez

By Nicasio Urbina

Dossier: Octavio Armand

Octavio Armand: "A Concert for Misconduct": A Conversation with Roberto Cantú

By Octavio Armand, Roberto Cantú

Three Poems

By Octavio Armand

Heraclitus’ Arrow

By Octavio Armand

Octavio Armand and Zequeira's Hat

By Rafael Rojas

Think of Overlook

By Alejandro Sebastiani Verlezza

Octavio Armand and the Undoing of Cuban’s Literary Tradition

By Johan Gotera

Latin American Science Fiction

Rhizome

By Libia Brenda, Richard Zela

A Truth Universally Acknowledged

By Julia Rios

Aztlán Liberated

By David Bowles

Kan/Trahc

By Iliana Vargas

Shoot

By Pepe Rojo

The Long-Overdue Recognition of Mexicanx Science Fiction at This Year’s WorldCon76

By Stephen C. Tobin

Genre in Mexico and the Crazy, Joyful Adventure of the Anthology for The Mexicanx Initiative

By Libia Brenda, Stephen C. Tobin

Fiction

City X: A Novel in 101 Tweets

By Alberto Chimal

A Portuguese Ghost

By Miguel Gomes

Susana and the Sun

By Óscar Godoy Barbosa

Men Who Walk Alone by the Sea

By Juan Pablo Roncone

Poetry

Four Poems

By Elena Garro

Four Poems

By Olga Orozco

Five Poems

By Marosa di Giorgio

Essays

Violeta Parra: Ahead of Her Time

By Patricia Cerda

Postcards from Sad Songs: The Fresán Variations

By María José Navia

Report for an Infamous Institution

By Álvaro Contreras

The New Latino Boom

By Naida Saavedra

Octavio Paz Revisited

By Ismael Gavilán

Interviews

Ricardo Cárcamo: "I wrote the annotations in the 2017 edition of The New Novel": A Conversation with Scott Weintraub

By Ricardo Cárcamo, Scott Weintraub

Between Humor and Horror: An interview with Heather Cleary, translator of Comemadre

By Denise Kripper, Heather Cleary

Felipe Restrepo Pombo: “Any writer who wants to specialize has to be a voracious reader": A Conversation with Claudia Cavallin

By Claudia Cavallin, Felipe Restrepo Pombo

Indigenous Literature

Translating kuxlejal in Ab’ya Yala in Four Mesoamerican Poets

By Paul M. Worley

Four Poems

By Ruperta Bautista Vázquez

Three Poems

By Manuel Espinosa Sainos

Four Poems

By Adriana López

Four Poems

By Manuel Tzoc Bucup

Translation Previews and New Releases

From Dangerous Matter by Gabriela Cantú Westendarp

By Gabriela Cantú Westendarp

From Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda

By Mónica Ojeda

Nota Bene

Nota Bene: November 2018

By LALT Team

Book Reviews

Savage Theories by Pola Oloixarac

By Arthur Dixon

Comemadre by Roque Larraquy

By J. David Osborne

The Bottom of the Sky by Rodrigo Fresán

By Kevin Canfield

Una novela criminal by Jorge Volpi

By Edward Waters Hood

Luz negra by Noel Luna

By Elidio La Torre Lagares

Sombra de Paraíso by Claudia Sierich

By Arturo Gutiérrez Plaza

Museo animal by Carlos Fonseca

By Pablo Brescia

Cadavers by Néstor Perlongher

By Vincent Moreno

Death Comes in Through the Kitchen by Teresa Dovalpage

By Toloo Riazi

Huir no es mejor plan by Mario Montalbetti

By Diego Alfaro

Inscripción de la Deriva by Ismael Gavilán

By Sebastián Diez

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