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Mexico Interrupted

March 2015

In this collection, originally featured in the March 2015 issue of Words Without Borders, we present a special section of new Mexican writing, guest edited and introduced by Thomas Bunstead and Sophie Hughes, with new work by Luis Felipe Fabre, Agustín Goenaga, Yuri Herrera, and Laia Jufresa.

Mexico Interrupted

By Thomas Bunstead & Sophie Hughes

There’s an obvious irony in trying to promote diverse Mexican literatures by means of a handful of texts.

The Cornerist

By Laia Jufresa

The skyscraper where I grew up was demolished decades ago and supplanted by a thousand-story housing block.

Translated from Spanish by Sophie Hughes

Multilingual

The Savage Editors

By Agustín Goenaga

You have to be a savage to play this role. It’s essential.

Translated from Spanish by Thomas Bunstead

By the Power Vested in Me

By Yuri Herrera

The newlyweds reached his table and Romero hid his repugnance behind hypocritical congratulations.

Translated from Spanish by Christina MacSweeney

Multilingual

Sor Juana and Other Monsters

By Luis Felipe Fabre

All Sor Juana scholars concur that Sor Juana was a monster.

Translated from Spanish by JD Pluecker