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Featuring fiction by Chloe Aridjis, Daniel Krauze and Álvaro Enrigue; poems by Natalia Toledo, Samuel Noyola, Sara Uribe and Luis Miguel Aguilar; a dramatic monologue by Ximena Escalante; and art ...
Litro #142: Mexico
The Power of Words
When I met Eric Akoto, a few months back, I did it through words. A letter received at the Embassy and replied ...
Dear Reader,
When I say or write the word Mexico, I always think that the word itself is an enchantment. It sounds beautiful, looks striking on the page and always ...
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