Cristina Rivera Garza

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Cristina Rivera Garza


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in Matamoros, Mexico
October 01, 1964

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Cristina Rivera Garza is the author of numerous works of fiction and non-fiction. Originally written in Spanish, these works have been translated into English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Korean, and more. Born in Mexico in 1964, she has lived in the United States since 1989. She is Distinguished Professor in Hispanic Studies and Director of Creative Writing at the University of Houston and was awarded the MacArthur “Genius” Grant in 2020.

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TIMBRE: SI LA REVOLUCIÓN FUERA EL ÚNICO CAMINO

 TIMBRE SI LA REVOLUCIÓN FUERA EL ÚNICO CAMINO [La Jornada, Mayo 19 2026]Fue ya hace años que la crítica Christina Sharpe, autora de ese libro fundamental sobre las postvidas de la esclavitud y las violencias racistas en el mundo de hoy—In the Wake: On Blackness and Being, del cual todavía no existe una traducción al español—me invitó a participar en la Alchemy Lecture, una
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“You need the ocean for this: to stop believing in reality. To ask yourself impossible questions. To not know. To cease knowing. To become intoxicated by the smell. To close your eyes. To stop believing in reality.”
Cristina Rivera Garza, The Iliac Crest

“Vivir en duelo es esto: nunca estar sola. Invisible pero patente de muchas formas, la presencia de los muertos nos acompaña en los minúsculos intersticios de los días. Por sobre el hombro, a un lado de la voz, en el eco de cada paso. Arriba de las ventanas, en el filo del horizonte, entre las sombras de los árboles. Siempre están allá y siempre están aquí, con y adentro de nosotros, y afuera, envolviéndonos con su calidez, protegiéndonos de la intemperie. Éste es el trabajo del duelo: reconocer su presencia, decirle que sí a su presencia. Siempre hay otros ojos viendo lo que veo e imaginar ese otro ángulo, imaginar lo que unos sentidos que no son los míos podrían apreciar a través de mis sentidos es, bien mirado, una definición puntual del amor. El duelo es el fin de la soledad.”
Cristina Rivera Garza, El invencible verano de Liliana

“I had stopped asking what really happened in order to explore the foundation of reality itself. I was in pursuit of something new, something that, in one way or another, would change the way I experienced the ocean.”
Cristina Rivera Garza, The Iliac Crest

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