I Am Sausal Creek

The characters of The Walking Dead live in a desolate post-apocalyptic world, filled with relentless violence and death. In reality, how would such never-ending stress and trauma affect the psyche? By understanding the psychological forces that drive the series' action, viewers can better appreciate it.

Monterroso converts any memory into a theme for a story. In La vaca, the author filters daily experience until he obtains its essence. Through his talent for transforming life into a fable, he bestows on every creation the breath of simplicity with merciless and condescending humor. Once again and with sharp precision, Augusto Monterroso throws the darts of his wisdom in these twenty essays.

The book, unique in its kind, includes a total of 28 writers representative of 13 different Latin American countries, from those who are part of the canon such as Isabel Allende, Gioconda Belli, Liliana Heker, Nancy Morejon, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, Alfonsina Storni, Gabriela Mistral, and Julia de Burgos to emergent voices, such as Cecilia Bustamante, Rosina Valcarcel, and Gladys Ilarregui. This anthology will be the perfect text to give an overview of contemporary poetry and short story by leading Latin American women writers. The range of countries...

La labor antológica nace de una necesidad didáctica, pero su cauce mejor se nutre fatalmente de una paralela capacidad creativa. El poeta, crítico y profesor Juan Manuel Rozas fue creando esta antología de La generación del 27 desde dentro (complemento y par de La generación del 27) en su trabajo universitario, al hilo de sus clases, conversaciones y descubrimientos bibliográficos. A través de secciones como Estética de la vanguardia, Póética de la generación o La sangre derramada el antólogo reúne las voces, testimonios y pensamiento de los propios creadores, constituidos en...