Respecting the Silence with Fernanda Melchor and Yuri Herrara
In this conversation, writer and journalist Fernanda Melchor, author of the International Booker Prize shortlisted novel Hurricane Season, speaks with professor and writer Yuri Herrera, whose book, A Silent Fury: The El Bordo Mine Fire, will be published in June. The two Mexican writers talk about their latest books and the ways in which literature opens the door to a richer, more complicated understanding of culture.
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