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Author: Benjamin P. Russell

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The Mexican Novelist Who Found Himself in New Orleans

September 30, 2024Benjamin P. RussellComments Off on The Mexican Novelist Who Found Himself in New Orleans

Much of Yuri Herrera’s work has focused on Mexican social realities. In “Season of the Swamp” he turns his attention to the uniquely American city that has been his home for 13 years.

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Writing in an Endangered Language to Honor, and Challenge, Traditions

January 8, 2024Benjamin P. RussellComments Off on Writing in an Endangered Language to Honor, and Challenge, Traditions

In “How to Be a Good Savage,” Mikeas Sánchez’ poems help preserve her language, Zoque, and allow it to commingle with English and Spanish, in an effort that is both global and deeply local.

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Writing in an Endangered Language to Honor, and Challenge, Traditions

January 8, 2024January 8, 2024Benjamin P. RussellComments Off on Writing in an Endangered Language to Honor, and Challenge, Traditions

In “How to Be a Good Savage,” Mikeas Sánchez’ poems help preserve her language, Zoque, and allow it to commingle with English and Spanish, in an effort that is both global and deeply local.

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Reveling in the Eerie and the Spooky, but Finding ‘True Horror’ in Real Life

February 6, 2023February 6, 2023Benjamin P. RussellComments Off on Reveling in the Eerie and the Spooky, but Finding ‘True Horror’ in Real Life

The author Mariana Enriquez deploys — and enjoys — horror conventions. But in “Our Share of Night,” she reminds readers that the violence we live with can be far more frightening.

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Javier Zamora Carried a Heavy Load. He Laid it to Rest on the Page.

September 5, 2022Benjamin P. RussellComments Off on Javier Zamora Carried a Heavy Load. He Laid it to Rest on the Page.

Decades after traveling without his parents from El Salvador to the U.S. as a 9-year-old — a journey that almost killed him — Zamora describes the experience in a memoir.

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An Author Wrote About Her Sister’s Murder. It Led to a Breakthrough.

March 12, 2022Benjamin P. RussellComments Off on An Author Wrote About Her Sister’s Murder. It Led to a Breakthrough.

Cristina Rivera Garza wanted to shed light on the life of her sister, killed 30 years ago. Her book, part of a larger call for justice by women in Mexico, helped locate the suspect.

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Trump’s Russia Sanctions Shift War Dynamics to the Energy Front

October 25, 2025CONSTANT MEHEUT

Trump Backs Milei, But Argentina’s Elections Will Test His Popularity

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An E.P.A. Plan to Kill a Major Climate Rule Is Worrying Business Leaders

October 25, 2025Karen Zraick and Lisa Friedman

Presidents Are Limited to Two Terms. He’s Running for His Fourth.

October 25, 2025October 25, 2025Saikou Jammeh

Trump Leaves Behind a Reeling Washington to Chase a Deal With China

October 24, 2025October 25, 2025Katie Rogers and Erica L. Green

Sirikit, Glamorous Former Queen of Thailand Who Wielded Power, Dies at 93

October 24, 2025October 24, 2025SETH MYDANS

Nebojsa Pavkovic, Yugoslav General Convicted of War Crimes, Dies at 79

October 24, 2025October 24, 2025Trip Gabriel
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