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The New Cronistas: Latin American Reportage

August 2017

In this collection, originally featured in the August 2017 issue of Words Without Borders, we showcase three examples of the Latin America crónica.

Fact or Fiction: Latin American Reportage

By Eric M. B. Becker

The writers in this month’s feature provide assurance that the genre is source of some of today’s most vibrant and compelling stories, fictional or otherwise.

Señor Socket and the Señora from the Café

By Julio Villanueva Chang

This is a tiny country famed for its happy cows, football fanatics, and melancholy.

Translated from Spanish by Sophie Hughes

The Forest of Midwives

Sculpted from the blood of mothers and the water of children, their hands birth a piece of Brazil.

Translated from Portuguese by Julia Sanches

Carranza? Taxis Don’t Go There

By Arnoldo Gálvez Suárez

Taxi drivers are indiscreet types.

Translated from Spanish by Geoff Bendeck