Jazmina Barrera : The Queen of Swords

Jorge Luis Borges called her the “Tolstoy of Mexico” and César Aira the “greatest novelist of the 20th century,” so why is it likely that you haven’t read or even heard of Elena Garro before now? And given that Garro was, like her fantastical stories, not beholden to the truth when accounting her own life, […]

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Jazmina Barrera : The Queen of Swords is an episode from Between The Covers : Author Interviews : Today's Best Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry -host David Naimon KBOO 90.7FM : A radio podcast on creative writing, craft & books (literary, genre-bending, experimental, fantastical, s by David Naimon, Tin House Books, KBOO 90.7FM.

This episode is 1:58:43 long.

This episode was published on Dec 6, 2025.

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