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On AI, and The Magus of Mexico

I am sharing today a piece I wrote on AI for Literal Magazine (in English and in Spanish). https://literalmagazine.com/artificial-intelligence-or-death-wish/

I’m also happy to have received copies recently of The Magus of Mexico. Malcolm Lowry, Magic & Myth, an anthology carefully compiled and edited by Mark Valentine around the work of Malcolm Lowry. I’m grateful for having been invited to be part of it with a piece on Dark As the Grave Wherein My Friend is Laid. The book is published by Zagava: https://www.zagava.de/shop/the-magus-of-mexico?edition=19. There is the paperback edition and a special thread-stitched hardcover, bound in agave. It includes essays from Helen Tookey, Mark Goodall, James Riley, Michael Romer, Jonathan Wood, Mark Valentine, John Howard and the late John Hyatt, apart from my own.

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Hawthornden Castle, y el premio Inés Arredondo para Ana García Bergua / Award to author Ana García Bergua

These are some of my reflections while at Hawthornden Castle last September, published in Literal Magazine, followed by a celebration of Ana García Bergua’s work. She has been granted the prestigious Mexican Inés Arredondo Award.

Comparto aquí algunas de mis reflexiones durante mi estancia en el Castillo de Hawthornden el pasado septiembre, publicadas en Literal Magazine, así como una celebración de la obra de Ana García Bergua, quien ha recibido el prestigioso premio Inés Arredondo.

Being a Writer: Some Questions and a Celebration
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El fin de ciertos mundos / The End of Certain Worlds

Mi más reciente colaboración para Literal Magazine , sobre los tiempos aciagos que nos está tocando vivir:

My most recent piece for Literal Magazine, about these bleak times:

https://literalmagazine.com/the-end-of-certain-worlds/

Y, hace algunas semanas, escribí también sobre la literatura y la violencia en México:

And some weeks ago, I wrote also about literature and violence in Mexico: https://literalmagazine.com/to-talk-about-violence/

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Restoration work on Blake’s Cottage

This is great news! The renewed Blake Cottage Trust has started the restoration work on the thatched roof of William Blake’s cottage in Felpham that is crucial to preserve the building.

Take a look at their website, it’s full of great news, https://www.blakecottage.org/news/news-october-2024, and join their mailing list to be updated. The new trustees have been working tirelessly to restore the building and reach the goal of opening it to the public by 2027. They’re doing a wonderful work. Please donate! https://www.blakecottage.org/home/donate

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New contributions for Luvina and Literal Magazine

Many thanks to Literal Magazine for publishing my article on Claudia Sheinbaum’s inaugural speech as the President of Mexico: https://literalmagazine.com/dark-october/

and to Luvina, that beautiful magazine produced by the University of Guadalajara, for publishing my piece (in Spanish) “Primavera en Paréntesis: https://luvina.com.mx/primavera-en-parentesis-adriana-diaz-enciso/

Agradezco a Literal Magazine la publicación de mi artículo sobre el discurso inaugural de Claudia Sheinbaum como presidenta de México, y a Luvina, esa hermosa revista producida por la Universidad de Guadalajara, por publicar mi texto “Primavera en Paréntesis”.