We put together an anthology of soccer writing for World Cup season
It seems nuts to me that, at the same time America is separating immigrant families, keeping kids in custody while kicking their parents back across the Mexican border (or hauling them by… Read more »
Nobel laureates pen an open letter to the Turkish president, calling for the acquittal of writers sentenced to life in prison
A group of thirty-eight Nobel laureates, including JM Coetzee, Wole Soyinka, Svetlana Alexievich, Mario Vargas Llosa, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Elfriede Jelinek have signed an open letter to Turkish President Recep… Read more »
Coalition of writers sends letter to colleagues imprisoned in Turkey
A coalition of 150 writers, including Nobel laureates, former prisoners of conscience, and and many more, has sent a letter of support to colleagues imprisoned in Turkey via PEN International. Turkey, as… Read more »
Mario Vargas Llosa wins literary prize, causes kerfuffle
Protests have broken out in the Dominican Republic, where Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa was awarded the Pedro Henríquez Ureña Literary Prize. As Sibylla Brodzinsky reports for The Guardian, the backlash… Read more »
Hail & Farewell: Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes, perhaps Mexico’s most celebrated writer, died on Tuesday in Mexico City. He was 82. Fuentes influence on Mexican literature was enormous, and along with Gabriel García Márquez, Mario… Read more »