Latin American Literature

Authors

Isabel Allende and the Room We Carry Within Us

Isabel Allende's new memoir, La palabra mágica, arrives alongside the premiere of The House of the Spirits on Prime Video. An unmissable moment for the Chilean writer.

Literature

The Apache World Nobody Told: Álvaro Enrigue's Now I Surrender

Álvaro Enrigue resurrects Apachería — the lost country between Mexico and the United States — in a novel that is at once historical epic and act of reparation. A story that could only have been told from south of the Rio Grande.

Authors

Jaime Sabines Turns One Hundred: The Poet Who Stayed Home

The Chiapan poet who never wanted a pedestal turned one hundred this week, and Mexico and Spain threw him a celebration at the Chamber of Deputies — with speeches about Gaza, about poetry, and about what it means to keep speaking after you're gone. Plus: unpublished texts on the way, and the books to read right now.

News

Karina Sainz Borgo Returns with Nazarena: A Family Saga Built from Ruins

Venezuelan author Karina Sainz Borgo's new novel Nazarena (Alfaguara, 2026) pushes the family saga to its breaking point. A story about women surviving devastation — and what that survival costs.

News

The 2026 Aena Prize Finalists Reveal What Spanish-Language Literature Is Doing Right Now

Vila-Matas, Samanta Schweblin, Nona Fernández, Abad Faciolince, and Giralt Torrente are all finalists for the 2026 Aena Prize — a list that functions as a map of contemporary Spanish-language writing.