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Coverage of the Guadalajara Book Fair

Still wish I had the money/time to attend the ongoing Guadalajara Book Fair, but instead, the coverage at Hermano Cerdo will have to suffice. They’re posting day-by-day rundowns of events, observations, etc., complete with great pictures. Definitely worth checking out—especially if you read Spanish. ...

Hermano Cerdo: Issue 23

As mentioned on Conversational Reading, the new issue of Hermano Cerdo is now available. Included in this issue are articles on Juan Jose Millas’s El Mundo, on Sergio Chejfec’s Los incompletos y Mis dos mundos, and on Daniel Sada’s Casi nunca, which will be published by Graywolf. ...

New Hermano Cerdo

For all Spanish readers, the new issue of Hermano Cerdo is now online. In his post about it, Scott Esposito points out this review of a new anthology of fiction by Peruvian women. It would be great if a few more Peruvian women writers made their way into English . . . ...

Hermano Cerdo's Books of the Year

I first found out from Scott Esposito of Conversational Reading that Hermano Cerdo — the fantastic Spanish-language blog about literature and martial arts — is running an incredible Books of 2008 series of posts. They’ve asked a wide range of authors and editors (mostly Spanish, although not entirely) to ...

New Hermano Cerdo

Issue #21 of Hermano Cerdo is now available, and looks to have some interesting pieces.

Hermano Cerdo Otra Vez

A new issue of this martial-arts-meets-literature site has arrived. This edition includes a short war story, “Una buena semana,” or, “A Good Week,” by Juan Bonilla, a writer from Bogotá. I also enjoyed the essay, “Sidekick,” by Miguel Habedero. He writes, “Hubo una época en la ...