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But does it matter what we call Latin American literature? Isn’t a rose by any other name just as sweet? In my experience, it matters because categories create expectations.

— Silvia Moreno-Garcia Saying Goodbye to Magic Realism" essay (2022)

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People love to classify things as black and white, good or bad, but I’ve seldom met any one who can be neatly defined and classified…

It’s never as fun seeing the monster as much as imagining.

I am partial to quiet, slow, psychologically intricate work.

Noemí’s father said she cared too much about her looks and parties to take school seriously, as if a woman could not do two things at once.

Mexican Gothic (2020)

Mortals have always been frightened of the night's velvet embrace and the creatures that walk in it, and yet they find themselves mesmerized by it.

Gods of Jade and Shadow (2019)

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