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
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.
Planet
The Power of Wonder
Juan Insua
Notes on the progressive loss of the primordial human ability to feel wonder – one of the keys to creativity and hope.
Culture
All Films Are the Same
Anna Pazos
In these times of mass media production, cultural products seem to have lost the ability to leave a mark.
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.
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
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
Judith Schalansky: “Our planet is also an island in the known universe”
Juan Insua
We delve into the worlds of a writer of unclassifiable works that give wing to our imaginations.
Storytelling
The name of the thing
Josep Pedrals | Inés Macpherson | Cris Zhang Yu | Irene Pujadas
In a world saturated with euphemisms, we invite three writers and a poet to share their particular crumpled metaphor.
Storytelling
Verónica Gerber Bicecci and the language to come
Iván de la Nuez
Creator Verónica Gerber Bicecci composes a theory about the language of the future that emanates from the intersection between literature and art.
Storytelling
Lateral Approaches to Video Games
Adrià Pujol Cruells | Marta Salicrú | Lucía Lijtmaer | María García Vera
We invite an anthropologist, a journalist, a writer, and a performer to share their views of the world of video games.