After years of work, I have finally finished my translation of NOBODY'S CAFÉ by Arqueles Vela, a classic of Mexico's postrevolutionary avantgarde and the first piece of experimental prose in all of Latin America. A playful study of the breakdown of identity under the effects of urban anomie. Tales of drawing room murders committed by men with multiple identities, automatic women, syndicalist mirrors and the café on the other side of life's secret door. I feel like it's the best work I've ever done, and I'm excited it'll soon be available in English
Entrevista realizada por Roberto Bolaño a Arqueles Vela en 1976 - Taller Igitur

Entrevista realizada por Roberto Bolaño a Arqueles Vela en 1976

Taller Igitur

The story of the real Café de Nadie, where the Stridentist poets and artists gathered

https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/opinion/mochilazo-en-el-tiempo/el-cafe-de-la-roma-donde-se-reunian-escritores-y-pintores-hace-100/

El Café de Nadie, donde se reunían escritores y pintores hace 100 años

En la colonia Roma existió un café hoy casi olvidado donde se escribieron algunas páginas de obras como La señorita Etcétera de Arqueles Vela y Andamios interiores de Maples Arce. Los artistas vanguardistas de la década de 1920, llamados estridentistas, lo bautizaron como Café de Nadie e hicieron de él la sede de sus tertulias. Abundaba café, alcohol y cigarrillos, considerados estimulantes intelectuales

El Universal
(For those who want some Stridentism in their life while the final steps of the book production process are completed, there are already translations out there of the poems of Kyn-Taniya and Manuel Maples Arce, and while not a Stridentist himself, José Revueltas was the Bad Communist younger brother of the Stridentists Fermín and Silvestre Revueltas, and his novel Earthly Days is particularly recommended)

@julieofthespirits

Félicitationes, Julie.

Espero que pueda comprar pronto su libro.

@julieofthespirits Sounds very interesting, looking forward to the book! Lamentablemente, mi español es muy básico. Necesito buenas traducciones.
@julieofthespirits Congratulations Julie! What a massive accomplishment. 👏🏽🎉
@julieofthespirits where is this available?
@douglasfur it hasn't come out yet, still in design
@julieofthespirits It sounds great, thank you for your work!!