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Writers, artists, poets, a virologist, activists and filmmakers are among the luminaries named as this year’s MacArthur fellows. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation on Tuesday announced 25
Novelist Carlos Dávalos says his homeland has an unenviable choice in bitterly divisive presidential election
.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — “To Live and Die in El Valle” is Oscar Mancinas’ debut collection of fiction. It’s a group of vibrant short – and very short – stories set in and near El Valle, a fictional working-class neighborhood in Arizona. Each story has its young, down-to-earth, astutely etched protagonists and their social issues. In “Entradas 2001,” a 28-page story, Fernanda Eusebia D...
Top 10 books about Colombia Julianne Pachico © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Nicolas De Corte/Alamy Stock Photo Growing up in Colombia in the 1990s, I rarely saw any tourists. That has changed dramatically in the past decade, especially following a historic peace deal with the Farc in 2016. My novel The Anthill examines the transformation of Medellín from a war-torn city wracked by violence into a trendy, rapidly gentrifying destination for digital nomads, bitcoin investors and self-righteous religious groups. But the past is never easily shed. It’s wonderful that...
Top 10 books about Colombia ‘Love for a country can often feel like love for a person’ … Medellín, Colombia. Photograph: Nicolas De Corte/Alamy Stock Photo ‘Love for a country can often feel like love for a person’ … Medellín, Colombia. Photograph: Nicolas De Corte/Alamy Stock Photo There is more to this rich and varied country than Gabriel García Márquez, coffee and its violent past. Novelist Julianne Pachico shares her favourite books about her childhood home JuliannePachico Wed 5 May 2021 06.38 EDT Growing up in Colombia in the 1990s, I rarely saw any tourists. That has cha...