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Searching for Argentina’s Lost Yiddish Theater
In a young Argentine literary standout’s new novel, the country’s Jewish past and present collide.
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A Son of Mexico’s Elite Bids for Literary Stardom in the U.S.
In Nicolás Medina Mora’s debut novel, a failed attempt at Americanization yields critical reflections on two North American elites.
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A Brazilian Noir Writer Investigates Her Biggest Crime Yet
Femicide—the killing of women—is the subject of Patrícia Melo’s experimental novel, set on the edge of the Brazilian rainforest.
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How Buenos Aires’ Industrial Ring Defines Argentine Politics
Electoral juggernaut and hotbed of discontent, the capital’s outlying cities have loomed large. Is that about to change?
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A Cuban Master on the Dangers of Revolution
A new translation revives Alejo Carpentier’s classic novel about the betrayal of promises for Caribbean liberation.
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Fifty Years On, the “Chicago Boys” Remain Difficult to Discuss
A new book tries to address the thorny, still evolving legacy of Chile’s radical free-market reformers.
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In Lima, Money Can’t Save You from Loneliness in Old Age
A new novel follows seniors left behind in a changing city, as they prepare to make a final, radical decision.
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Fernanda Melchor’s Gritty Dispatches from Veracruz
In a darkly humorous collection of stories and “crónicas,” the Mexican writer channels life in this chaotic port city.
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The Complex Legacy of Brazilian Explorer Cândido Rondon
The general was an early advocate for Indigenous people—but reality has fallen brutally short of his ideals.
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The Great De-platforming of the Mexican Intellectual
How the internet and the government conspired to drown out public discourse at just the moment Mexican democracy truly needs it.
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Explaining Evangelicalism’s Uneven Political Success
A new book sheds light on why evangelical Christianity has generated greater electoral power in some Latin American countries than in others.
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Mariana Enríquez’s Meaningful Monsters
An Argentine novel uses the supernatural to explore abuses of power in the country’s past and present.
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Carlos Manuel Álvarez’s Dispatches Reveal the Real Cuba
Cutting through cliché and dogmatism, the Cuban writer’s new collection delivers a “masterclass in creative reportage.”
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Is Alejandro Zambra a Genius—Or a Gimmick Artist?
A new translation of the Chilean writer’s debut novel raises the question: Does he live up to the hype?
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A Guatemalan Classic On the Nightmare of Dictatorship
Miguel Ángel Asturias’s masterpiece achieved lasting fame by trading political specifics for tragic grandeur.