Literary Stuff: Mexican Novels, Writer Websites

 I have not looked at Words Without Borders for a long time. Today, I noticed a link to the site with this headline: 9 Contemporary Mexican Women Writers to Read Now by Lia Galván Lisker. 

This reading list spotlights books by nine Mexican women writers who are shaping the literary scene in Mexico and beyond. These novels, works of nonfiction, and short story collections were all translated into English by women, and each denounces and resists various forms of violence in its own distinct way.

Reading the synopses, I wonder where are similar books from Americans?

I have not read either Elif Batuman or Mary Gaitskill, but I have heard of them. From what I have read, these ladies are ones I should be reading; they are saying important things. They also have Substack pages. The Elif Life and Out of It, respectively. Neither post very often, but what they do looks worth checking out. If I only had the time.

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