Dolores Flores-Silva, from the Mexican Gulf state of Veracruz, teaches Latin American literature and culture at Roanoke College. She is co-author of The Cross and the Sword in the Works of Rosario Ferré and Mayra Montero (2009) and has written on topics such as Mexican and Hispano-Caribbean literatures and cultures, Chicano Studies, and—most recently—the US South. Her publications as a poet, playwright, and translator traverse languages and borders.
Illustration: Alec Dempster
Agustín del Moral Tejeda was born in Las Choapas, Veracruz, in 1956. An accomplished writer, journalist, editor, translator, and activist, he currently lives and works in...
Arturo Montoto (Cuba), En algún lugar de la ciudad, 2015, oil on canvas, 60x60 cm
The idea for this Gulf feature of World Literature Today goes back almost fifteen years to end-of-t...