Ilan Stavans
Contributor at Freelance
Essayist, cultural critic, translator, publisher of Restless Books. http://t.co/vTZETqzzPX
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1 week ago |
theatlantic.com | Ilan Stavans
“At what precise moment had Peru fucked itself up?” So begins the novelist Mario Vargas Llosa’s 1969 masterpiece, Conversation in the Cathedral. What made the opening so famous and effective was the fact that many countries across Latin America, a landscape of shaky democracies, were asking themselves that question about their homeland. The number of people asking this seems to have grown in recent years all over the world. Perhaps you’ve asked it yourself.
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4 weeks ago |
lithub.com | Ilan Stavans
The only Aztec warrior, king, and poet we know by name, Nezahualcóyotl (1402–1472), emblematic Nahuatl philosopher and jurist, a combination of King David’s daring and King Solomon’s wisdom, who died exactly fifty years before Hernán Cortés’ violent taking of the imperial city of Tenochtitlan, might be said to be a Rorschach test.
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1 month ago |
jewishbookcouncil.org | Ilan Stavans
What’s the scoop on publishing? What Jewish books are agents, editors, and publishers especially excited for us to read? JBC’s series BookWatch is here to answer these frequently asked questions. Each month, a publishing insider writes an email to introduce themselves, give us a behind-the-scenes look at their work, and tell us about forthcoming Jewish books they can’t wait to usher into the world. This piece originally appeared in a JBC email on Friday, March 7.
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Nov 18, 2024 |
dialnet.unirioja.es | Ilan Stavans
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Oct 13, 2024 |
jewishbookcouncil.org | Ilan Stavans
Arroz con Leche (Ilan Stavans)If there is a Jewish Mexican recipe that might be said to be my lifelong friend, it is this one. We had it for Sukkot, but honestly, I have such passion for it — and such a sweet tooth — that I’ve found ways for Sukkot to never start or end. The combination of white rice, milk and sweetened condensed milk, golden raisins, a cinnamon stick, grated lemon zest, and, on occasion, lemon peel, is a triumph.
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