"when you come to places like Mexico and other states that were colonized, that question of race becomes very interest…"

"I don’t think many people realize what it’s like to be a maid, what it’s like to be poor, and to literally have zero …"

"Telling is a component of many cultures and it’s certainly present in many classics of Latin American literature. Mod…"

"Growing up in Mexico, we didn't have a dividing line between the fantastical and the literary, like you do in Canada,…"

"It's probably a lot better to imagine that you can deal with vampires and witches, because at least those, there's so…"

"Thematically, I like to write quiet stories. I’m not a bang-bang kind of writer. I love, love Shirley Jackson. Stuff …"

"People love to classify things as black and white, good or bad, but I’ve seldom met any one who can be neatly defined…"

"It’s never as fun seeing the monster as much as imagining."

"I am partial to quiet, slow, psychologically intricate work."

"Noemí’s father said she cared too much about her looks and parties to take school seriously, as if a woman could not …"