September 1, 2022   •   By Juan Camilo Velásquez

Latin America, after having created the architecture of others, never its own […] is once more looking inward and facing its own reality. Both public and private precincts must again become places of communication and encounter, enriched by natural elements like water, sound, wind, shadows.

Aesthetic Weather: On Cole Swensen’s “Art in Time”

John James considers “Art in Time” by Cole Swensen....

The Narrative Wars: A Conversation with Juan Gabriel Vásquez

A major Colombian author discusses the challenges of speaking truth in a “post-truth” era....

Miami Heat: On Juliana Delgado Lopera’s “Fiebre Tropical”

Dan López reviews Juliana Delgado Lopera’s “Fiebre Tropical,” a novel that gets at the queer feeling of ambivalence that attends home and family....

Reckoning with Colombia’s Bloody, Conspiratorial History in Juan Gabriel Vásquez’s “The Shape of the Ruins”

Mike Broida finds danger in Juan Gabriel Vásquez’s exploration of the conspiracies that shaped Colombia in his new novel, “The Shape of the Ruins.”...

Mixing Memory and Desire: The Films of Apichatpong Weerasethakul

On Thai independent filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul...

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