Ron's rages are sincere and — according to his wife — healthily cathartic. But can these splenetic outbursts loosen the grip of capitalism at its most monstrous?
Letters from Latin America
Reviews of poetry and fiction from Juana Adcock, Cristina Rivera Garza, Richard Blanco and Mario Levrero
Spanglish specialist: Juana Adcock
ANGUS REID considers the power of the podcast as a vehicle for consensus building in opposition to mainstream media narratives
GLENN FOSBRAEY recommends a biography worth reading for both existing George Michael fans and those yet to be converted
FRANCIS DEVINE introduces a new collection of essays that draws on Pease McKenna’s example to indicate future paths for the movement
KEVIN DONNELLY and MARIA DUARTE review Shoot the People, The Last One For The Road, Rosebush Pruning, and Moana
JAMES WALSH recommends an exceptional documentary about the experience of Western doctors in Gaza
NOT just a means of communication, Spanglish has been described by essayist Ilan Stavans as “either the marriage or the divorce between two languages, Spanish and English, that have been with each other and at each other for over 150 years, if not more.”
One of the its best literary practitioners is Latinx poet and translator Juana Adcock. Mexican-born and based in Glasgow, her recently published bilingual collection Manca (Argonautica) is a fierce and dazzling book exploring notions of violence, dislocation, the female body and what it means to write in various languages.
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