Storytelling
Alana Portero: “Cynicism is reactionary”
Berta Gómez Santo Tomás
The Madrid-born writer talks to us about pain, cynicism, nostalgia and hope, about stories that fall outside of literary pigeonholes.
Storytelling
Technology
Did Calvino Dream of Literary Androids?
Carlos A. Scolari
The Italian writer explored the narrative as a combinatorial process and anticipated the functioning of generative artificial intelligence systems.
Storytelling
keep it cUUUUUUte – how do we write on the Internet?
Joana Girona
Every day we make linguistic decisions about how to express ourselves on the Internet, and the way we type is also a way of expressing who we are.
Storytelling
Colson Whitehead: “There’s this whole secret city that’s being built when everyone else is asleep”
Albert Forns
We talked to the American writer about New York City and the stories that unfold there.
Storytelling
Anna Starobinets: “The authors and readers of dystopias are like canaries in a coal mine”
Miquel Cabal Guarro
We talk to the Russian author about exile, the situation in her country and dystopian literature.
Storytelling
Cristina Rivera Garza: “To write is to create empty space”
Lolita Bosch
We talk to Mexican author Cristina Rivera Garza, one of the most important voices in Latin American literature today.
Storytelling
Technology
Living life as “content”
Joana Girona
On the subversion of identity on social media, algorithms that act as your mum, micro-labels on TikTok and online individualism.
Planet
Storytelling
Pankaj Mishra: “Modernisation is offered as a liberation, and yet it comes with many psychic costs”
Elisabet Goula Sardà
We talk to the renowned Indian author and writer about the complex relations between the West and the Global South.
Storytelling
“Te quiero ride como a mi bike”: what if we weren’t afraid of the cringe police?
Begoña Gómez Urzaiz
How do we process feelings of cringe and fear of ridicule in times of hyper-exposure to social media?
Storytelling
Snack Culture and Virality
Ainhoa Marzol
The short and fragmented formats that succeed on social media make decontextualisation one of the cornerstones of today’s digital culture.
Storytelling
Samanta Schweblin: “The Latin American women authors of my generation feel the joy of having arrived at a party in full swing”
Begoña Gómez Urzaiz
We talk to the Argentinian writer about her work, halfway between realism and science fiction.
Storytelling
Wolf, Wolf! Alarm Over Disinformation and The Liar’s Dividend
João França
A reflection on the consequences of losing our trust in everything we read and watch in the media.