The 2012 Buenos Aires International Book Fair runs through Monday the 7th. Photographers Beatrice Murch and Sam Verhaert share their experiences.
by Beatrice Murch and Sam Verhaert, 04 May 2012.
The 2012 Buenos Aires International Book Fair runs through Monday the 7th. Photographers Beatrice Murch and Sam Verhaert share their experiences.
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by Jorge Santander, 04 May 2012.
Jorge Santander heads along to Buenos Aires International Book Fair, the world’s largest Spanish language book fair, to investigate Argentina’s love affair with literature.
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by Robin Minchom, 23 April 2012.
To conclude our collaborative series with Palabras Errantes, the Indy profiles the celebrated poet and cultural commentator, Reynaldo Jiménez.
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by Joey Rubin, 19 April 2012.
The latest in our series bringing contemporary Argentine authors to English speakers, Joey Rubin interviews Oliverio Coelho, and presents his short story ‘Death of the Critic’ for the first time in English.
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by Joey Rubin, 17 April 2012.
As part of our focus on literature this month, Joey Rubin selects five novels by Argentine authors that are set to make a big impact as they become available in English translation in 2012.
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by Robin Minchom, 16 April 2012.
In conjunction with the Palabras Errantes translation project we continue our series of poet profiles with the young Argentine poet Laura Petrecca.
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by Kate Bowen, 12 April 2012.
As we approach the first anniversary of his death, the Beyond Borges series arrives at Ernesto Sabato, an essayist and novelist who brought introduced existentialism to Argentine writing.
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translated by Joey Rubin, 12 April 2012.
Joey Rubin presents an exclusive English-translation of Oliverio Coelho’s story: ‘Death of the Critic’.
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by Jessica Sequeira, 10 April 2012.
As part of The Indy’s literature month, Jessica Sequeira investigates the history of the serialized romantic novel in Argentina, a genre that began its boom a century ago.
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by Robin Minchom, 09 April 2012.
In collaboration with Palabras Errantes, we continue our series of poet profiles with Gabriel Cortiñas. Robin Minchom talks to him about his poetic style and the process of having his work translated to English.
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This week we revisit Sanra Ritten's piece from 2008 which is the ultimate guide to 'naughty' Argentine slang and expressions.