
Volume 1,
Number 11.
August,
2019
In the eleventh issue of Latin American Literature Today, we highlight one of the essential voices of Mexican letters, Elena Poniatowska, and we pay homage to the towering literary figure of Chilean poet Enrique Lihn. We also highlight literary journalism from Venezuela and Mexico, indigenous literature in the Maya languages of Guatemala, poems by renowned Brazilian writer Hilda Hilst, and exclusive previews of upcoming books in translation from Silvina Ocampo, Johanny Vázquez Paz, and Sergio Chejfec.
Table of Contents
Editor's Note
- by Marcelo Rioseco
Featured Author: Elena Poniatowska
- by Yuri Herrera
- by Michael Schuessler
- by Elena Poniatowska
- by George Henson
Dossier: Enrique Lihn
- by Andrés Florit
- by Claudia Donoso, Enrique Lihn
- by Roberto Brodsky
Brazilian Literature
- by Jeannine M. Pitas, Laura Cesarco Eglin
- by Hilda Hilst
Chronicle
- by Heberlizeth González
- by Antonio Moreno
Fiction
- by Carlos Manuel Álvarez
- by Tununa Mercado
- by Gabriel Payares
Poetry
- by Beverly Pérez Rego
- by Jorge Ortega
- by Tom Maver
Essays
- by Alonso Cueto
Interviews
- by Augusto Mora, Radmila Stefkova
- by Claudia Cavallin, Karina Sainz Borgo
- by Carlos Manuel Álvarez, George Henson
Indigenous Literature
- by Negma Coy
- by Humberto Ak’abal
Translation Previews and New Releases
- by Johanny Vázquez Paz
- by Sergio Chejfec
- by Silvina Ocampo
On Translation: Seeking Publisher
- by Lawrence Schimel
- by Esther Cross
Nota Bene
- by LALT Team
Book Reviews
- by María José Cabezas Corcione
- by Francisco Ferrer
- by Margaret Randall
- by Sergio Rodríguez Saavedra
- by Sara Sanz Bonilla
- by Víctor Carreño
- by Jorge Ortega
- by Bill Clary