Mexico has long been the top travel destination for Americans. But until now, there has not been such a panoramic vision of offered by some of Mexicos finest contemporary writers of fiction and literary prose. Here are writings–many translated for the first time–that bring you to the people of the beaches, the deserts, jungles, snow-capped mountains, and megacities.
The voices are rich and diverse, the stories enthralling and strange. These writings shatter stereotypes as they provide a rollicking journey from the Pacific to the Gulf, from Yucatan to the U.S.-Mexico border, from humble ranchos to a fabulous mountaintop castle.
Contributors include rising stars as well as many of Mexico’s bestknown literary writers, including Carlos Fuentes, Ángeles Mastretta, Laura Esquival, Alberto Ruy Sánchez, Ilan Stavans, and Juan Villoro.
C.M. Mayo is founding editor of Tameme, one of the most prestigious publishers of Spanish/English literary translation. She is the author of the widely lauded travel memoir, Miraculous Air: Journey of a Thousand Miles through Baja California, the Other Mexico, and Sky Over El Nido, which won the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction.
For an interview with the editor and a sample story, go to www.cmmayo.com.Contributors
- Daniel Reveles
- Carlos Fuentes
- Inés Arredondo
- Jesús Gardea
- Elizondo Elizondo
- AgustínCadena
- C. M. Mayo
- Carlos Monsiváis
- Juan Villoro
- Guadalupe Loaeza
- Fernando del Paso
- Mónica Lavín
- Pedro Ángel Palou
- Ángeles Mastretta
- RaúlMejía
- Martha Cerda
- Araceli Ardón
- Bruno Estañol
- Ilan Stavans
- RaymundoHernández-Gil
- Julieta Campos
- Alberto Ruy Sánchez
- Rosario Castellanos
- Laura Esquivel
Translators: Alfred MacAdam, Cynthia Steele, Mark Schafer, Geoff Hargreaves, C. M. Mayo, John Kraniauskas, Daniel Shapiro, Amy Schildhouse Greenberg, Philip Garrison, Carl I. Jubrán, Eduardo Jiménez, Harry Morales, Daryl R. Hague, Leland H. Chambers, Myralyn F. Allgood, and Stephen Lytle.
MEXICO, edited by C. M. Mayo, ISBN # 1-883513-15-4