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Pillar of Salt

An Autobiography, with 19 Erotic Sonnets

By Salvador Novo; Translated by Marguerite Feitlowitz; Introduction by Carlos Monsiváis
University of Texas Press

Written with exquisite sensitivity and wit, this memoir by one of Mexico’s foremost men of letters describes coming of age during the violence of the Mexican Revolution and “living dangerously” as an openly homosexual man in a brutally machista society.

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And Let the Earth Tremble at Its Centers

By Gonzalo Celorio; Translated by Dick Gerdes; Introduction by Rubén Gallo
University of Texas Press

At last available in English—the acclaimed Mexican novel whose protagonist, like a contemporary Leopold Bloom, takes a day-long tour of his city, exploring magnificent landmarks and grimy bars in pursuit of an elusive history.

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The Potbellied Virgin

University of Texas Press

A funny, focused portrait of Ecuadorian life in the twentieth century.

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After-Dinner Conversation

The Diary of a Decadent

University of Texas Press

The first English translation of one of Spanish America's finest fin de siècle novels.

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First World Third Class and Other Tales of the Global Mix

University of Texas Press

A collection of short stories and a novella by Brazilian writer Regina Rheda

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Selected Prose and Prose-Poems

University of Texas Press

This Spanish-English bilingual volume gathers the most famous and representative prose writings of Gabriela Mistral, which have not been as readily available to English-only readers as her poetry.

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