Category: méxico

• Frank’s Fresh Mezcal-Poblano Margarita

  May 20

  Here is my margarita recipe that I published for the first time on Twitter for cinco de mayo. Since my tweets automatically delete after a few days I decided to… more ›

• The Poet in His Labyrinth

  Nov 23

  “Criticism unfolds the possibility of freedom and is thus an invitation to action.” “Criticism tells us that we should learn to dissolve the idols, should learn to dissolve them within… more ›

• Xavier Villaurrutia on Abraham Ángel

  Nov 12

  At the beginning of November I was in Mexico City for a short holiday-cum-research trip. One of my research projects is to translate some of Xavier Villaurrutia’s theater pieces. Another… more ›

• Books Read in 2017

  Jan 2

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• Tres libros

  Oct 3

  I recently read three short books, all fiction about Mexico: the novel Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera (trans. Lisa Dillman), the collection of short stories… more ›

• Elegy for José Gaos

  Mar 3

  Philosophy in Mexico, philosophy in Latin America has suffered the loss of its most distinguished cultivators. Faced with so painful a fact, these words, devoid of serenity and written with… more ›