Nonfiction by Lina Meruane

Behind Closed Doors: Outing the New Chilean Narrative

Contrary to the epic, totalizing, and politically engaged narratives of the Latin American Boom, the scope of the stories here is narrow, intimate, more local than ever before.

Fiction by Alejandro Zambra

Story of a Sheet

Days before my dad set the house on fire, there was a sheet drying bit by bit.

Translated from Spanish by Megan McDowell

Fiction by Alia Trabucco Zerán

A Bitter Pill

I would have ironed my own hands had I not needed them to iron.

Translated from Spanish by Sophie Hughes

Fiction by Eduardo Plaza

Hyenas

It was impossible to talk to a dead man, so I talked to her instead.

Translated from Spanish by Rahul Bery

Fiction by Catalina Mena

The Head of Household Manifesto

The hearth is a fire that’s always being extinguished.

Translated from Spanish by Susannah Greenblatt