The Tightrope Walk between Authenticity and Fraudulence: A Conversation with Diego Báez
Humor and self-deprecation can impose an ironizing distance, but at what cost?
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Daniel A. Olivas
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Daniel A. Olivas is an attorney, playwright, book critic, and author of 12 books, including the story collection How to Date a Flying Mexican (University of Nevada Press), which was recently released in a Spanish-language edition under the title Cómo Salir con un Mexicano Volador. His forthcoming books are Chicano Frankenstein (Forest Avenue Press, 2024), and My Chicano Heart: New and Collected Stories of Love and Other Transgressions (University of Nevada Press, 2024).
I’m a Firm Believer in Timing: An Interview with Rubén Degollado
For me, it is actually harder to write a book that is grounded in realism, as that is not how I see the world or how my family sees the world.
Rumpus Original Fiction: Nacho
The benign lipoma floated in a small jar that Abundio had set on his nightstand when he came back from the doctor’s office. At first, when Dr. Reyes had asked him if he would like to bring it home, Abundio had laughed in the belief that this was nothing more than obtuse doctor humor. But Dr. Reyes did not smile and waited for a response to her question. So, Abundio said: “Sure.”