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Mexican Articles
I live about six months a year in San Miguel de Allende, in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. I've become intensely interested in Mexican writers and foreign writers who have visited Mexico and written about the country. Every two weeks, I publish a piece in the San Miguel's bi-lingual magazine, Lokkal, under the title "The Writer in Mexico," which discusses a book by one of these writers. You can access these articles here.
"Skully meditations": Allen Ginsberg in Mexico (Part 3)
The Hero of Yajalón: Allen Ginsberg in Mexico (Part 2)
Allen Ginsberg in Mexico
A Blind Man's Eyes Are Opened in Mexico
Aldous Huxley: A "civilized mind coming to grips with Mexico"
The "Precious Jewel" of Early Mexican Books
The "Fraternity of the Cosmos": Octavio Paz's Poetic Vision
A River and a City that Sing
Buddhism, Goofballs, and Whores: Jack Kerouac's Tristessa
"Chopin to the electric chair!": Mexico's Stridentist Poets
"Crazy Rhythm": Paul Bowles' Mexican Story
Paul Bowles in Mexico
Grandeza mexicana: The First Significant American Poem
The "Interrupted Thought" of Pre-Conquest Mexico
The Young Writer in Mexico: At the Writers' Conference
Again to Mexico: Paul Theroux's On the Plain of Snakes
Carlos Fuentes' Titantic Novel
Tomie dePaola's "Legend of the Poinsettia"
John Steinbeck's "The Miracle of Tepayac"
A More Spacious View
"Fraud and Rapine": Joseph Wheelan's Invading Mexico
"Never, never dull": Bernard DeVoto's Year of Decision: 1846
An American Land Grab in Old Mexico
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