Mexican and Cuban stories translated by Langston Hughes make a radical debut. Review: Troubled Lands: Stories of Mexico and Cuba as Translated by Langston Hughes, ed. Ricardo A Wilson, 2026, Princeton University Press
Categories: Cuba, Mexico, United States
A new novel traces the lives of the Aztec emperor’s forgotten daughters. Review: The Other Moctezuma Girls, Sofia Robleda, 2026, Amazon Crossing
Categories: Mexico
Latin America’s need to remember a darker past is influencing literature. Review: Exemplary Humans, Juliana Leite, translated by Zoë Perry, 2026, Two Lines Press
Categories: Brazil
A Peruvian graphic novel grapples with a collapsing world. Books in brief: Before We Sail, Carlos Yacolca et al. Review: Before We Sail, Carlos Yacolca, Michelle Lino, Diego Revello, David Escobedo and David Lloys, 2026, Aces Weekly
Categories: Peru
Was a masterpiece by Mario Vargas Llosa about the Brazilian ‘War of Canudos’ really referring to Israel’s rampage through the Middle East? Review: The War of the End of the World, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen Lane, 1985, Faber & Faber (1981, Seix Barral)
Categories: Brazil, Middle East & North Africa, Peru
A quixotic Chicano novel revives the Golden State’s Hispanic history. Old California Strikes Back: The Fantastic Return of a Californio, Scott Russell Duncan, 2024, FlowerSong Press
Categories: Mexico, North America, United States
Is Latin American science fiction coming of age? Pink Slime, Fernanda Trías, translated by Heather Cleary, 2023, Scribe Publications
Categories: South America, Uruguay
A French director has committed a cultural crime against Mexico, writes Georgina Jiménez
Categories: Europe, France, International, Mexico, North America, United States
In the struggle against the hegemon, comic art is deadly serious. Burning Down the House: Latin American Comics in the 21st Century, edited by Laura Cristina Fernández, Amadeo Gandolfo and Pablo Turnes, 2023, Routledge
Categories: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, North America, Peru, South America, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela
The fusion of science and literature has generated a new form of Mexican energy. Science Fusion in Contemporary Mexican Literature, Brian T Chandler, 2024, Bucknell University Press
Categories: Mexico, North America
