#mexican lit

[thebluesthour]

A trembling blessing is that which invisibly rains on your heart that which leaves on your breasts brilliant points of gold and blue that which has changed you into a long pure ray / of dawn.

Homero Aridjis (trans. Eliot Weinberger), Blue Spaces

#lit #quotes #words #poetry #Homero Aridjis #Blue Spaces #the body electric #mexican lit #m #queued

[davidlavieri]

The shade, the meal he'd eaten, the tobacco, and the depths of autumn, about to subside into the darkness of the solstice th masked days, as the shortest days of the years were called—sent a shiver down the emperor's spine. He could have moved to the sunny side of the courtyard, but he was out of humor, and to be a pain in the ass he requested the goose-feather cape he wore in his rooms when it was cold. Etiquette demanded that he donate whatever tunic, cape, and headdress he wore at his public audience each morning, so he never appeared there in his white feather cloak, which he loved. He wore no earrings, necklaces, or lip plug. The tunic he had on now, also white, was embroidered with a simple border of flowers and sea snails. He was wearing plain sandals, adorned only with pearls-the gold-and-gem-encrusted sandals he'd worn to receive El Malinche were dazzling but very uncomfortable. He'd left them under the courtyard arch to feel the floor of swept clay under the soles of his feet. The feeling brought back the happy times before he'd entered the calmecac, when he could run for the fun of it with his cousins and the nursemaids' children along the corridors of the Old Houses, without having to think about the Tlaxcalteca besieging the city, the demands of the traders, a surfeit or a dearth of warriors to be sacrificed in the temples, infinite ambassadors presenting well-wishes and requesting a discount on the latest tribute due from their cities, or testy gods blithely doling out droughts, earthquakes, defeats, and invasions.

Álvaro Enrique, You Dreamed of Empires

#lit #quotes #history #alvaro enrique #mexican lit #you dreamed of empires

[andrumedus]

Rosario Castellanos, tr. by Magda Bogin, in The Selected Poems of Rosario Castellanos; “The Splendor of Being”

[Text ID: Spellbound, I contemplate the miracle of being / as at the pure center of a diamond.]

#literature #poetry #rosario castellanos #the selected poems of rosario castellanos #blood flowed under our skin #mexican lit #m #typography #x

[con-alas-de-angeles]

You have seen and touched my broken heart and held it in your hands.

Sor Juana Inés De La Cruz, Sonnet 164

#sor juana inés de la cruz #mexican lit #spanish lit #love quotes #lit

[belle-keys]

no, it’s gothic girl summer. while you down patrón shots, i’ll be repeatedly catching fevers while staring virginally out into the bogs as i pine for a man without any self-respect and unironically read “the monk” by matthew lewis.

#gothic #gothic literature #gothic lit memes #mary shelley #jane eyre #catherine earnshaw #dark academia #dark academia books #english literature #english lit #northanger abbey #dracula #daphne du maurier #mexican gothic #wuthering heights #frankenstein #brideshead revisited #the castle of otranto

[edelweiss-maiden]

‘‘𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭. 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳, 𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵’’ — 𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑎 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑜-𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑎, 𝑚𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑔𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑐

#mexican gothic #silvia moreno-garcia #silvia moreno garcia #noemi taboada #storyseekers #mine #my edit #edit #bookedit #book edit #litedit #lit edit #horroredit #books #literature #gothic literature #horror literature #horror books #gothic books #gothic horror #gothic romance #book tag #book quote #book quotes #aesthetic #book aesthetic #literature aesthetic #gothic aesthetic #spooky aesthetic #haunted aesthetic

[mournfulroses]

Luis G. Urbina, tr. by Samuel Beckett, from "The Centaur's Breath,"

#lit #luis g. urbina #poetry #quote #words #poetry in translation #selections #fragments #mexican literature #the centaur's breath #p

[brattylikestoeat]

#salsa de tomate #salsa #chilies #tomato #tiktok #tiktok food #mexican food #my post #video #bratty trying to get lit #food #me

[leer-reading-lire]

JOMP Book Photo Challenge || January || 26 || Bookish Goodies

#jompbpc #justonemorepage #book photo challenge #mexican gothic #silvia moreno garcia #gothic literature #Gothic lit #spooky reads #open books #books and reading #bookmark #booklr #leerreadinglire #bookblr

[haveyoureadthishorrorbookpoll]

Have you read...

Grieving mother Magos cuts out a piece of her deceased eleven-year-old son Santiago’s lung. Acting on fierce maternal instinct and the dubious logic of an old folktale, she nurtures the lung until it gains sentience, growing into the carnivorous little Monstrilio she keeps hidden within the walls of her family’s decaying Mexico City estate. Eventually, Monstrilio begins to resemble the Santiago he once was, but his innate impulses—though curbed by his biological and chosen family’s communal care—threaten to destroy this fragile second chance at life.

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#Monstrilio #Gerardo Sámano Córdova #horror books #horrorbookpoll #horror #bookblr #books #magical realism #monster horror #mexican horror #mexican literature #queer horror #gay horror #queer lit

[boxwinebaddie]

i'm sorry but everyone actually has to know that if ravesey ever get married in a formal ceremony ( which, oh my god, is this real??? hello ) ravenstan totally got up on stage and crimson dawn dropped the Hardest punk rock cover of kiss me by sixpence none the other...Ever

#nina speaks #listen i know that went crazy #and it was cute lmao #crimson dawn taking y2k chick flick romcom songs and punk rockifying them and freaking them is so iconic to me #i bet you stan leaned down and kissed kyle on the hand and winked and kyle rolled his eyes literally blushing lmaooooooo #also pls note ravenstan did in fact kiss him under the milky twilight and lead him out on the moon lit floor <333 #they did also cover style by taylor swift i'm afriad #also sorry i might be posting a lot bc i feel criminally insane tonight #all the candid footage taken of jersey is him getting rizzed #and then flipping off the camera #also the jewish mexican fusion went crazy stupid jersey said his vows in spanish and ravenstan said his in hebrew ;-; <3 #and marjorine cried like a baby...kenny...also cried #don't look @ me i can't think abt my kids gettin hitched #the box wine & stanley marsh smolders were free flowing btw #not for raven he was having a mocktail i love u baby :* #jersey tho? he was veeeery drunk lol #it was at starks pond and a lovely autumn evening #like jersey talked about in his letter to stan for his bday #and the stars were all out at night for the reception #literally because crimson dawn were tearing it up #i refuse to believe stan didn't sing at his own wedding #he totally ate and left no crumbs bitch #hot shit bad boy behavior

[myclutteredbookshelf]

The world might indeed be a cursed circle; the snake swallowed its tail and there could be no end, only an eternal ruination and endless devouring.

MEXICAN GOTHIC by SILVIA MORENO-GARCIA

#mexican gothic #silvia moreno garcia #gothic lit #playlist #fanmix #music

[andrumedus]

The love that loves us does not turn its gaze from us even for a second.

Rosario Castellanos, tr. by Magda Bogin, in The Selected Poems of Rosario Castellanos; “The Splendor of Being”

#literature #poetry #rosario castellanos #the selected poems of rosario castellanos #solace for the lonely #lovers at the edge of eros #mexican lit #m #x

[deklo]

:)

#having a great time #the pool is so warm….the hot tub is so hot…… #my sister and i got mexican food for dinner right next to the hotel :) #we could see the moon and the ferris wheel lit up :) #i had a spicy jalapeño blood orange margarita it was SOOO GOOD. GOD. #we’re back in the room!!! i’m gonna draw!!!! i just took a shower i’m so fresh and cozy :) #happy almost bday 2 me hehe #(and happy bday to my sister) #ANS HAPPY TAURUS SEASON AND FULL MOON IN SCORPIO OKAUUUU #AND mercury retrograde is almost over. god bless

[sheltiechicago]

The Dark Surrealism Of Arturo Rivera

Arturo Rivera was born in Mexico City in 1945. He studied painting at Academia de San Carlos in Mexico City (1963-68); and silk-screen process and photo-silk screen process at The City Lit Art School of London (1973-74).

#arturo rivera #artist #art #mexico city #mexican artist #academia de san carlos #silk-screen process #photo-silk screen process #the city lit art school london #dark surrealism #painting #painter

[ladyygrace]

okay so maybe horror is just about trauma huh??

#i’ve not read horror lit/media criticism so this is probably obvious to anyone who has #but i’m watching ‘hill house’ and just reread ‘mexican gothic’ and watched ‘kulima’ last week and i’m having thoughts 💭 #t:ginger speaks