NY1 Noticias
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Martín Solares and the Mirrors of the Novel
An interview with Mexican writer Martín Solares, whose debut novel Los minutos negros/The Black Minutes, was received with wide praise. [You can also read an excerpt of the English translation of the novel here.]
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Grupo Folklórico does Arsenio
Many Latin music acts that have been around for a while carry the tag of “legendary” in their press releases. But few of them have surprised as much as Grupo Folklórico y Experimental Nuevayorquino did a few years ago, when they reunited to play a few concerts 30 years after releasing their second album. This…
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Pepe Ribas and Ajoblanco
Some interviews are simultaneously a pleasure and a lesson for the reporter. Here is one such case: a conversation with Pepe Ribas, the founder of legendary counterculture Spanish magazine Ajoblanco. Watch here.
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The Debt of Rafael Gumucio
I have admired the wit and writing chops of Rafael Gumucio since I first read his columns and short stories in Chilean newspaper El Mercurio somewehere in the early nineties. Everything he touched was immediately impregnated with self-deprecation, melancholy and a strange sense of humor. When his first book, a collection of stories, was widely…
José Manuel Simián 