But does it matter what we call Latin American literature? Isn’t a rose by any other name just as sweet? In my experience, it matters because categor… - Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Magic realism once referred to the literary style of a loosely connected group of Latin American authors who penned works some 60 years ago, but in the English-speaking world, the term has become synonymous with Latin American writing in general. Picture every work by a British writer being called “Austenesque” today, and you get an idea of this phenomenon.

There was sadness in her, of course, but she didn't wish to crack like fine china either. She could not wither away. In the world of the living, one must live. And had this not been her wish? To live. Truly live.

It’s never as fun seeing the monster as much as imagining.