Liza Monroy's debut novel was published by Spiegel & Grau, a division of Random House.
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I love this recently stumbled-upon blog called Drew Haciendo Trabajo by a U.S. Midwesterner who lives in Mexico City. He posts a photograph a day, some of which are stunning. (re-posting my personal favorite.) They all capture a slice of el D.F., where unusual sights are endless. He also wrote about Mexican High, so thanks, Drew!
I wrote about the city of Puebla’s controversial all-women taxis for the February/March issue of BUST magazine.
Check out the article here: pink-taxis-in-bust
From December/January’s issue of BUST:
bust-book-review
My profile of Jonathan Lethem is the cover story of the November/December issue of Poets & Writers magazine. It’s not available online so I won’t post it until the issue goes off the stands, but a little preview can be found here. Check it out in the magazine if you can!
At last night’s reading and signing to kick off this year’s Celebrate Mexico Now, I met alumni from my own Mexican high school, and even the Consul General of Mexico, seen after the jump at his speech afterwards. Such a fun evening and now I can’t wait to check out the festival’s events happening throughout the month…up next for me, El Grito in Brooklyn. And probably another one of those jalapeno-infused margaritas.
Some news I’m excited about: I’m reading on the opening night of the Celebrate Mexico Now festival in New York City, with a reading and discussion at the King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center at NYU.
Qu’est-ce que c’est? Read on…
