Archive | April 2009
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Christina Fernandez Cubas on El Publico Lee
It won’t be there for too much longer, but it you can understand Spanish there is a good episode of El Publico Lee at Canal Sur that features Christina Fernandez Cubas.
Gabriel García Márquez to Continue Writing
I don’t know if this is a real surprize, but El Pais is reporting that Garcia Marquez is going to continue to write. Noting is certain, but the only certianity is that I don’t do anything else except write. “No sólo no es cierto, sino que lo único cierto es que no hago otra cosa [...]
Bolaño forever in El País
El País has yet another article marveling at the excitement about Roberto Bolaño in the English speaking world. The author is primarily interested in whether the excitement is misplaced. I have read that the North American success of Bolaño is due to his premature death and in fact have constructed a cursed legend partly false [...]
Flannery O’Connor Discussed on Leonard Lopate and NYRB
A new biography of Flannery O’Connor has led to a lengthy review of the book and an appraisal of her work by Joyce Carol Oates in the New York Review of Books, and an interview on the Leonard Lopate Show with the author of the book. Both are quite interesting for anyone who has enjoyed [...]
