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A story collection drawn from across her career brings into English for the first time the extraordinary stylistic and thematic range of the Mexican writer and MacArthur “genius” Cristina Rivera Garza.
“One of Mexico’s greatest living writers,” wrote Jonathan Lethem in 2018, “we are just barely beginning to catch up to what she has to offer.” In the years since, Rivera Garza’s work has received widespread recognition: she was awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant for fiction that “interrogates culturally constructed notions of language, memory, and gender from a transnational perspective,” and was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism. Yet we have still only started to discover the full range of a writer who is at once an incisive voice on migration, borders, and violence against women, as well as a high stylist in the manner of Lispector or Duras.
New and Selected Stories now brings together in English translation stories from across Rivera Garza’s career, drawing from three collections spanning over thirty years and including new writing not yet published in Spanish. It is a unique and remarkable body of work, and a window into the ever-evolving stylistic and thematic development of one of the boldest, most original, and affecting writers in the world today.
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“This book is an excellent introduction to a unique writer who deserves to be recognized not just in Mexico, but all over the world. A fine collection, chilling and frequently bizarre in all the best ways.”
— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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“Enter into the beguiling, menacing, and strangely poignant world that one of Mexico’s best writers creates through her short stories…The stories share an urgent search for meaning and connection.”
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“It’s hard to pick a favorite or convince yourself to set the book down.”
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“The conceptual cunning of Rivera Garza’s stories cannot account for the passion that warms them.”
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“Offers English-language readers access to more than thirty years of intriguing writing by one of Mexico’s greatest contemporary authors.”
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“This hypnotic, riveting collection…takes on love, migration, and violence…These unsettling yet deeply approachable stories ought to earn Rivera Garza the wider attention she deserves.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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About Cristina Rivera Garza
Cristina Rivera Garza is the award-winning author of several books, including Liliana’s Invincible Summer, winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Biography/Memoir. She is a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize. She is the M. D. Anderson Distinguished Professor in Hispanic Studies and director of the PhD program in creative writing in Spanish at the University of Houston.
About the Narrators
Kirsten Potter has won several awards, including more than a dozen AudioFile Earphones Awards and been a three-time finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. Her work has been recognized by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts and by AudioFile magazine, among many others. She graduated with highest honors from Boston University and has performed on stage and in film and television, including roles on Medium, Bones, and Judging Amy.
Timothy Andrés Pabon is an English- and Spanish-speaking voice-over artist who has worked extensively in advertising and audiobook narration. He has had acting roles on House of Cards and has also been a costar on HBO’s acclaimed series The Wire opposite country music legend Steve Earl. As a stage actor, he has worked off-Broadway at the June Havoc Theatre, and his regional credits include Center Stage, the Shakespeare Theatre, Arena Stage, the Hippodrome, Olney Theatre, Rep Stage, and GALA Hispanic Theatre.
Thom Rivera is a multiple Earphones Award–winning narrator. He is also a classically trained television, film, theater, and voice actor. He has toured nationally and performed at regional theatres and Shakespeare Festivals throughout the US. On television, he can be seen in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, New Girl, The Mindy Project, and the CBS series Zoo.
Frankie Corzo is a film and voice-over actress and audiobook narrator. She obtained a BA degree in theater studies from Montclair State University.
Natasha Soudek was raised in the South, speaks native German, lived in Berlin and Vienna, and finally settled in the Lower East Side of New York City. After honing her stage presence by studying acting and playing hundreds of live music shows (singing and playing bass), she moved to LA to record with Channel/DreamWorks and act on TV. Her voice is as distinct and memorable as the range of characters she’s played on-screen.
Stacey Glemboski is a seasoned voice artist and audiobook narrator of many books in the science fiction and young adult fiction genres.