In the third novel by Chilean writer Alejandro Zambra, Ways to get homehe coined the phrase “literature of los hijos” or “children’s literature”, which has come to refer to works dealing with the trauma of growing up under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. In a recent email conversation, longtime ZambraRead More →

PJ O’Rourke, the prolific author and satirist who refashioned the irreverence and “gonzo” journalism of the 1960s counterculture into a hallmark of conservative and libertarian commentary, has died aged 74. O’Rourke died Tuesday morning, according to Grove Atlantic Inc. Book Publisher and President Morgan Entrekin. The cause was complications fromRead More →

what’s new, music and concerts PJ O’Rourke, the prolific author and satirist who refashioned the irreverence and “gonzo” journalism of the 1960s counterculture into a hallmark of conservative and libertarian commentary, has died aged 74. O’Rourke died Tuesday morning, according to Grove Atlantic Inc. Book Publisher and President Morgan Entrekin.Read More →

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